savagem wrote: A rescue wants to get pups adopted out as quickly as possible, both to keep costs down and to get them into homes at the optimal point in their development. And let's be honest--to get them into homes before they hit that gangly, awkward puppy stage.
A rescue also wants to get pups adopted out as quickly as possible to free up space for the next bunch that's coming in -- the faster the pups are adopted out, the more dogs and pups they can save.
While I personally don't agree with pediatric speutering, I think it's a necessary "evil" in the vast majority of rescue situations.