What do you think of this pro spay dog link?

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http://www.gomestic.com/Pets/To-Spay-or-Not-to-Spay--Dogs.171733

my wife wrote the link and she also uses a internet site called STUMBLEUPON where you can share links with other people, well somebody who is a animal lover is telling my wife she clearly doesnt love animals, her link was poorly written and not well researched and so forth,  My wife is crushed and has tried talking (well on the internet ya know) to this person but they just seem belidgerant (spelling?) it all started because my wife used the word "Responsible Breeder" and this person thinks no breeder is responsible and condemned my wife for supporting breeders, so my wife sent the person this link to show that really she supports spaying, but the person told my wife her link sucks, so anyhow 
my wife wants to improve the link -what did she miss?  thanks

Somebody else · Accepted Answer

I don't see anything factually wrong with the article. It is generally well-written, though I see some minor errors. Your wife has a tendency to change pronouns halfway through her sentences (example: "When a dog enters her heat cycle she is very annoying and messy, they bleed and sometimes have looser stools"). I also see one or two punctuation errors (example: "the dogs risk of diabetes" should be "the dog's risk of diabetes", "A dog who is not breeding, will not catch any sexually transmitted diseases" doesn't need a comma). There are also a couple of run-on sentences (example: Ultimately the number one thing a pet owner can do is be responsible, yes, your dog is undoubtedly wonderful, and would have cute puppies, but there are already millions of cute puppies waiting for homes).

Overall, while there may be some errors and some stylistic inconsistencies, it is not worthy of such a great deal of criticism. Unfortunately, spaying and neutering is still a controversial topic for some people and the internet is full of idiots, so it's likely your wife will get nasty emails about it no matter what she does.

OhIDoDoI · Answer

Agree with "Somebody Else"... aside from a few grammatical changes, there's nothing wrong with the site.  It's concise, easy to read, well laid out and not attacking a point of view.  Any pro-spay/neuter person will get hate mail... tell your wife not to worry.

Also tell your wife, if she gets 100 hate-emails, and 1 person decides not to breed... that has to make the 100 hate-emails worth it, right?

ADD:  One thing your wife could add, is a physical description of what "spaying" is.  You explain neutering, you should explain spaying too, even though it sounds like a super intense surgery.

ADD2:  Under "prevents some uterine infections", that should be prevents "all", since spaying removes the uterus entirely (correct me if I'm wrong here).

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What do you think of this pro spay dog link?

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