Question:
Shalom,
I understand it is forbidden to sterilize a dog oneself or through a non Jew. However if one is buying a dog can he tell the non Jew that he will only buy a/the dog if it has been sterilized, knowing that the non Jew will sterilize the dog in question. It seems this would be permitted as i do not yet own the dog and am not doing the sterilization myself. Could you please share your thoughts on this.
Answer:
By telling the non Jew that he will only buy the dog if it has been sterilized might be like telling him explicitly to do so.
Sources:
Sanhedrin 56a-b, Sheiltas 105, Rosh Bova Metziyah 7:6, Rambam Avodah Zorah16:13, Nemukey Yosef Bova Metziah 53a, E:OH 5:14, Beis Shmuel ibid 16
