<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Can Neutering Your Dog Make It&nbsp;Depressed?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts_and_life/science/2011/10/spaying_and_neutering_does_it_cause_depression_in_cats_and_dogs_.single.html" target="_self">Quite possibly</a>. It would bum me out if it happened to me. And this is one of the more surprising and brilliant passages in JR Ackerley&#39;s inspired &quot;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Dog-Tulip-tie--Classics/dp/1590174143/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1318352041&amp;sr=1-2-catcorr" target="_self">My Dog Tulip</a>.&quot; He actually sees his German shepherd as having sexual needs. Hilarity ensues, as they say, when he tries to fulfill them.</p>
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