Momologue on the reason she spayed her dog:

Beyond the irritation of scrubbing splotches off fabric, Ellie needed
to be fixed for the obvious reason – so she wouldn’t bear any
illegitimate pups.

Even with her elegant stance, noble muzzle
and royal disposition she was a love child herself. She’s what the
common folk would call a mutt.

The Fates were kind to her the
day she wandered onto my block off a busy street. Her timing was
perfect – she had avoided death by speeding cars and caught me outside
saying goodbye to a visiting friend.

Jimmy told me later the
only reason he ‘let me’ keep her is because she looked like a miniature
version of our older, now deceased dog, Rieker. (Truth be told, Jimmy
was goo-goo-ga-ga over her after the first thirty minutes. He just
tried to hide it.)

Because Ellie wasn’t a purebred, her puppies
would be unwanted. Finding responsible owners who’d keep them loved,
sheltered, and fed with regular health checkups would be impossible.
Most of the fluff balls would be assured to suffer cruelty and die
homeless.

I love, love, love my dog, but he is also a mutt (sorry, Rathuahua! You are a mutt!) so he got the snip just a short time after he came to live with us. He seemed mad at us for a couple of days after the great neutering, but he got over it. Go on over to Momologue to read the rest of the spay story- it’s funny and touching all at once.

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