Birth Control in dog food, your thoughts, - Page 1

The number of dogs being born everyday is out of control.The shelters are all full and overcrowded, and there certainly are not enough homes for them all. I am really interested in hearing some thoughts on what you think of the idea of "cheap dog food" being manufactured and sold off the shelves in discount stores.? I am not intending to classify, but it really already is, Most people that have unwanted litters are those that can not, or do not feed Name Brand dog foods.Many pups in the dog pounds are from pups either dropped off or born into the streets. I. See where it says it would cost maybe 3cents per can of dog food to add it. I wonder if this birth control was added to dry dog food that was sold at say the family dollar store was made available, would it help?

Only if the owners ate it.

"Only if the owners ate it."   

LMAO jcmeyer.  

If birth control dog food was labelled as such and the purchasers were aware of what they were buying, then I don't have a problem with it.  But if there was no label on the dog food that stated that it contained birth control and owners were buying it unawares, then I would have a problem with it.  Not because I have a problem with reducing the unintentional populations, but because of the principal of it.  Adding ingredients to any food, humans' or animals' without letting the buyer be fully informed is not right.  

Yet another reason to feed raw or homemade...never really know what they put in the processed stuff.  

The "overpopulation problem" is not that simple.  I truly believe it depends on locale.  I see NC shelters euthing dogs, even puppies, every day.  Where I live, the shelters are not overrun with stray dogs and accidental litters but often full of healthy dogs, many of them purebreds, dogs that were already spayed/neutered and vaccinated, but because the owners want instant gratification (cute dog) and aren't willing to put in the time (training and behavior management) the dog gets dumped.  We also have the luxury of being able to take dogs from other areas of the state or country when the shelters/rescues are not at max capacity.  I guess adding drugs to dog food here would just make people like myself even more skeptical of most dog food brands.

I myself would be totally against putting it into food WITHOUT making it PERFECTLY CLEAR that it is in there. I myself would be looking to target those who get a free dog, let it run around town and feed it that cheap crap food. I mean really, most people that are responsible pet owners do not allow their dogs to run around and get bred. There are several people in my area that are always trying to give away pups, usually pitbull mix, no shots, no worming, no nothing but a few more dogs to hit the dog pound. THOSE are the kind of people I would like to see be able to get the food in the stores. Than there are people that feed stray dogs, dogs you can't catch, dogs that are just out there in the city streets, those dogs .I don't know, I guess I am just looking ffor some kind of fix to so many unnecessary deaths, of unwanted animals.