We're planning on getting a dog with a pedigree. We are leaning toward a female and NOT neutering her. We are not certain that we won't breed her and we felt it would "hurt" the dog.

We're hearing that it is healthier for the dog to be neutered especially if we don't plan on breeding her.

So this sparked a question related to God and man's intervention.

At some point, man intervened and bred this type dog for certain characteristics. Is man therefore obligated to always intervene (such as neutering this dog for the sake of her health)?

Side Note: I don't believe in the "Prime Directive" of Star Trek. I am a strong believer in the butterfly flapping its wings in Kansas affecting the weather in New York. I relate that to one's existence affecting another's, so the one IS always obligated to intervene.

With God out of the equation, when has human intervention been "better" for the non-human? Man is supposed to "brush a dog's teeth"?!

Hasn't medicine or "clipping one's nails" improved quality and quantity of life? These are intervention, aren't they? Or are they natural and determined paths from the original conditions of the universe?

If God IS in the equation and is the God of the bible, there is a command that basically says to intervene (have dominion over the animals--non-human).

What do you think about natural events versus intervention?
Should I neuter my dog?