Dooming my dog to a sexless life

[smoore]

On Friday I'm taking a step that cannot be undone:

Sienna is getting spayed.

This is something that I'm having a lot of emotional turbulence over. See, it's like this. I'm totally smitten by my dog (if that wasn't already painfully obvious). This smittenness dictates directly into my brain, saying that she is Special Among Labs, a Prize

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Of Passion and Profit

[fervid_dryfire]

[dang- I've had multiple failures attempting to comment here; one more try]

Interesting...in that I completely agree. "Capitalism without conscience" is certainly the creed of an evil heart. If you're doing it solely for a profit without (much) regard to what your responsibilities are, then to hell with you.

Furthermore, anyone who would indiscriminately solicit to every "opportunity" available is a reprehensible combination of careless and desperate, or worse. Hardly the ear-marks of a "stable, reliable partner" in any case.

I'm very glad you and other marks "eligible individuals" resisted.

However, I would not fault a person who is passionate and dedicated to her profession. Whether it's puppies, Xbox-360s, toy train sets, horses, guns, silver, used cars, and even drugs (prescription or otherwise)- if it's done honestly and with respect to the goods and/or services (not to mention the customer), I'm all for it.

Parting shot- spaying/neutering pets is the best decision an owner can make if they know they're not in it for the breeding. Yours is the right choice; animals can't control themselves, so pet owners must step up to the duty no matter what.

PS- Not that you needed another reason to refuse, but the "$800 a pup" enticement you know not to be accurate speaks of a likely underlying "bait and switch" strategy; you know you're dealing with a lowlife when they throw such tactics at you. =\