Brainwave or daft idea?
How about a Staffie amnesty?
How about some lovely charity pays a bounty for Staffies and Staffie types brought in for neutering?
That could be money or it could be goods...
Whatever the incentive it has to be more attractive than all the hassle of having a litter and trying to sell the pups.
Ipods for Gonads?
Pay to spay?
Use the money it costs to kennel and kill these poor dogs that didn't ask to be born and stop this breeding mess.
Or maybe those owners who use the spay system could be given a reward card of some kind - something like a deduction off their council tax? Something tangible?
I hate the phrase, but is it time for some blue sky thinking on this one?
How do you stop poor people seeing their Staffie as a breeding machine? Undeclared earnings from a litter make a huge difference to people on the breadline at the moment with zero long term consequence.
We can either reward them for spaying or penalise them afterwards?
Which is better - contraception by incentivised neutering or population control by euthanasia?
And maybe McDonalds could give vouchers for free chipping, too?
Burger and chips.
Time for more coffee.
How about some lovely charity pays a bounty for Staffies and Staffie types brought in for neutering?
That could be money or it could be goods...
Whatever the incentive it has to be more attractive than all the hassle of having a litter and trying to sell the pups.
Ipods for Gonads?
Pay to spay?
Use the money it costs to kennel and kill these poor dogs that didn't ask to be born and stop this breeding mess.
Or maybe those owners who use the spay system could be given a reward card of some kind - something like a deduction off their council tax? Something tangible?
I hate the phrase, but is it time for some blue sky thinking on this one?
How do you stop poor people seeing their Staffie as a breeding machine? Undeclared earnings from a litter make a huge difference to people on the breadline at the moment with zero long term consequence.
We can either reward them for spaying or penalise them afterwards?
Which is better - contraception by incentivised neutering or population control by euthanasia?
And maybe McDonalds could give vouchers for free chipping, too?
Burger and chips.
Time for more coffee.
Comments
Maybe free microchipping/vaccination/training classes for owners who sign up to get their bitch puppies spayed when they're old enough.
I would like to get more of these puppies trained and properly socialised so that they're less likely to be surrendered when they get older.
If the owners could be given some pride in the achievement of training their dogs it would be an alternative to the status of having a nasty dog.
I'm thinking of the kind of thing that the splendidly named Bad Rap rescue and education group does in the US.
But there is another issue. The RSPCA might find more homes for staffies if they let existing staffy owners adopt another staffy. When Jez, my RSPCA rescue staffy, was 17 months old I wanted to rescue a 2nd staffy. I was told it was against their policy. And in fact I needed the local managers 'special permission' to have a 2nd dog from them at all as I already had a staffy. Now that is just nonsense. Jez is a gentle, dog-friendly little girl who is not aggressive at all. Ironically, I am now having problems with the unsocialised Springer that they allowed me to have.
And come to think of it, when I adopted Jez as a 13 week old puppy they really tried to put us off having a staffy. I was told they were dog aggressive and warned about their locking jaws (as though they bite and lock their jaws all the time!). It was only after a week when I couldn't get Jez out of my head that I went back for her.
So come on RSPCA, get your facts straight and stop trying to stop people adopting staffies when they want to.
My ex neighbours crossed their rottie with their staffie and produced fourteen pups last summer - all kept in the yard and kitchen with no vet care for the bitch, no special feeding or whelping care no socialisation for the pups until they were advertised in the free mag at eight weeks for £150 each.
A trail of all sorts arrived at their door - no home vetting, no questions asked, not known to anyone as far as I know but pups viewed, money handed over, deal done and hey presto 14 X 150 = £2100
It broke my heart to see these dear kind lovely tempered gorgeous pups treated like another easy sale commodity
But when it comes to easy money - No competion!