Last week’s column entitled ‘Spaying and neutering makes sense’ provoked an outpouring of support for the premise, and many callers and e-mail letter writers added further comments on the issue, most of which I will include in this week’s TPC.
Firstly, allow me to emphasize that my mentioning last week of the almost compulsory overnighting of the animal in the vet’s clinic, after the surgery, was simply to illustrate the added costs the owner would have to pay in other countries. I do recognize that many owners would prefer to arrive the next day at the vet’s clinic and see ‘Sheba’ bouncing around and wagging her tail, instead of the owner having to agonize with the pet (throughout the day/night) until the patient has fully recovered.
Well, for that peace of mind one has to pay. Also, if there is a problem with the dog’s recovery,