I took my pet Chow to be neutered and they didn't give me a choice, just zeutered him. He always LOVED his walks, but this day, he took 2 steps and stopped. I knew something was wrong. I looked down and his balls were the size of grapefruit and he was obviously in much pain. I was FURIOUS. He ended up having to go back to have them whacked. My poor baby...never went back to that vet.
Carol Rebecca Reiss - 10 years ago
Hands down NO TO ZEUTERING.
Zeutering is an opportunity for big pharmaceutical companies to make huge profits at the expense of innocent dogs and their owners/caregivers. Surgical neutering is simple, inexpensive and does the job completely. Zeutering only renders the male sterile. It does not change any of the habits that surgical neutering effectively does. It also is extremely detrimental to the health of the animal. It introduces a heavy metal into the animal's system unnecessarily.
Zeutering/ chemical neutering was introduced once before, and t subsequently taken off the market do to adverse reactions in the dogs. Perhaps the big drug lobby got this dreadful idea back on the market?
I know how dreadful zeutering is from miserable experience. As a volunteer at a kill shelter in GA we had the opportunity to zeuter 6 young males. It was a disaster. All six were adoptable. One was rescued and adopted out and suffered a recurring infection in his genitals. The rescue owner was furious with the county and demand a cease and desist of this process. Another dog who was also rescued suffered from a hardened scrotum. He had so much pain that his personality changed. This dog who was evaluated prior to being zeutered by a recognized behaviorist was deemed a deemed highly adoptable.
After being zeutered and consequently suffering painful complications, his personality changed. While in foster care he went after another dog . After being rescued and suffering this disastrous procedure, he was returned to the county facility where he was placed in a ten day quarantine (solitary confinement) and the euthanized.. Our county managers were informed. They nixed the entire zueteering idea.
PLEASE SAY NO TO ZEUTERING. IT IS INHUMANE AND TANTAMOUNT TO THE WORST KIND OF ANIMAL EXPERIMENTING>
GG - 10 years ago
Not for this alternative. In an eco-conscious world, we shy away from chemicals in our food and don't want to subject our dogs to chemicals in the lawn in order to keep them safe. Sounds painful and inhumane to me. The down time is really not that significant thus I would continue to prefer neutering my pets. I appreciate the information posted!
Leisa - 10 years ago
The male we adopted from a no kill shelter was neutered (he was about 1 year old), and we have never had any issues. We also adopted a stray off the streets, and plan to have him neutered, not zeutered, since a lot of the annoying male habits aren't stopped without the surgery. Things like marking, mounting, etc.
Sue - 10 years ago
Our adopted dog from the shelter 2 years ago in the US was "zeutered". He was able to be adopted the day after his 'surgery.' Seemed seamless and he didn't even seem to notice. At 2.5 years old, he suffered a major urinary tract infection, which seemed unusual for a male dog and one so young. Two rounds of antibiotics and so far, so good. I've read that sometimes this type of neutering or neutering too early (as is done often in shelters, it seems) can cause problems later. Maybe that had something to do with his infection, and maybe not.
I took my pet Chow to be neutered and they didn't give me a choice, just zeutered him. He always LOVED his walks, but this day, he took 2 steps and stopped. I knew something was wrong. I looked down and his balls were the size of grapefruit and he was obviously in much pain. I was FURIOUS. He ended up having to go back to have them whacked. My poor baby...never went back to that vet.
Hands down NO TO ZEUTERING.
Zeutering is an opportunity for big pharmaceutical companies to make huge profits at the expense of innocent dogs and their owners/caregivers. Surgical neutering is simple, inexpensive and does the job completely. Zeutering only renders the male sterile. It does not change any of the habits that surgical neutering effectively does. It also is extremely detrimental to the health of the animal. It introduces a heavy metal into the animal's system unnecessarily.
Zeutering/ chemical neutering was introduced once before, and t subsequently taken off the market do to adverse reactions in the dogs. Perhaps the big drug lobby got this dreadful idea back on the market?
I know how dreadful zeutering is from miserable experience. As a volunteer at a kill shelter in GA we had the opportunity to zeuter 6 young males. It was a disaster. All six were adoptable. One was rescued and adopted out and suffered a recurring infection in his genitals. The rescue owner was furious with the county and demand a cease and desist of this process. Another dog who was also rescued suffered from a hardened scrotum. He had so much pain that his personality changed. This dog who was evaluated prior to being zeutered by a recognized behaviorist was deemed a deemed highly adoptable.
After being zeutered and consequently suffering painful complications, his personality changed. While in foster care he went after another dog . After being rescued and suffering this disastrous procedure, he was returned to the county facility where he was placed in a ten day quarantine (solitary confinement) and the euthanized.. Our county managers were informed. They nixed the entire zueteering idea.
PLEASE SAY NO TO ZEUTERING. IT IS INHUMANE AND TANTAMOUNT TO THE WORST KIND OF ANIMAL EXPERIMENTING>
Not for this alternative. In an eco-conscious world, we shy away from chemicals in our food and don't want to subject our dogs to chemicals in the lawn in order to keep them safe. Sounds painful and inhumane to me. The down time is really not that significant thus I would continue to prefer neutering my pets. I appreciate the information posted!
The male we adopted from a no kill shelter was neutered (he was about 1 year old), and we have never had any issues. We also adopted a stray off the streets, and plan to have him neutered, not zeutered, since a lot of the annoying male habits aren't stopped without the surgery. Things like marking, mounting, etc.
Our adopted dog from the shelter 2 years ago in the US was "zeutered". He was able to be adopted the day after his 'surgery.' Seemed seamless and he didn't even seem to notice. At 2.5 years old, he suffered a major urinary tract infection, which seemed unusual for a male dog and one so young. Two rounds of antibiotics and so far, so good. I've read that sometimes this type of neutering or neutering too early (as is done often in shelters, it seems) can cause problems later. Maybe that had something to do with his infection, and maybe not.