Neutering verus not neutering - HELP PLEASE

[Suesse]

If you neutered an 11 month old dog how does it affect the dog? Will he still want to mate with females or will that die down? Will he still be protective and brave and fast and energetic? Thanks any info would be greatly received!

[Rusty-Buck]

He won't be interested in looking for females and mating with them. My neutered dogs are still protective, it calms them down but otherwise doesn't really affect them. They are still entergetic, but it makes them a little calmer.

[bernicesmama]

I think neutering is great and doesn't make the dog not have a personality. My Tank has enough personality for two dogs! lol Tank is fast, energetic, happy and very protective still.

[dobermom]

I have heard it usually take about 6 weeks to get all the testorone(sp) out of them.

It will NOT change their personality

[Nightrise]

I've never owned a male dog, so I couldn't tell ya. I've heard people say they calm down a little but not much and it prevents unwanted pregnancies, which is always a plus; don't wanna add to those shelters. It depends on the dog though I think. I knew a JRT who got nuetered and was still a little freak. He didn't just get nuetered either, he got his dew claws removed at the same time. He was running and playing when he got home, lol. But those same people say their male weim wasn't like that at all. I just think it depends on age and perosonality.

[rutylr]

It will not stop all dogs from wanting to breed.I know a few neuter dogs that have tied with ******* in season.
Neutering is the best way to go, if the dog is not being shown there is no need for them not to.
Donna

[Faith]

Originally Posted by rutylr

It will not stop all dogs from wanting to breed.I know a few neuter dogs that have tied with ******* in season.
Neutering is the best way to go, if the dog is not being shown there is no need for them not to.
Donna

i'm glad you brought it up. we have a playmate that is nuetered and has been for over a year who still tries to hump Faith from time to time (she's altered as well).

[merrow]

i personaly dont like to have a dog or bitch done unless there is a good reason to do so, I think that the vets try and make ppl do it Just for the extra money but what i get cross about is that they dont let ppl no that they will gain waity if they dont watch there exersise and food and when they r fat they push to sell u the science plan nice and costly.
we have a had a few ppl come in and said that it has helped calm there dogs down which in some cases is grate but it can affect there personality we have a few lhasa apsos that we now cant put in cages because they will bite u if u try to get them out where as b4 they were the lovlest little dogs. and if u are responsible with a bitch on heat then there is no reason to get her done but that is just my view

[Nightrise]

Originally Posted by merrow

i personaly dont like to have a dog or bitch done unless there is a good reason to do so, I think that the vets try and make ppl do it Just for the extra money but what i get cross about is that they dont let ppl no that they will gain waity if they dont watch there exersise and food and when they r fat they push to sell u the science plan nice and costly.
we have a had a few ppl come in and said that it has helped calm there dogs down which in some cases is grate but it can affect there personality we have a few lhasa apsos that we now cant put in cages because they will bite u if u try to get them out where as b4 they were the lovlest little dogs. and if u are responsible with a bitch on heat then there is no reason to get her done but that is just my view

Maybe you have a poor vet who isn't that good with dealing with the human customers. Or perhaps your vet isn't that great at all. The reason for fixing up dogs is because we have an overpopulation in unwanted pets in shelters that are being euthanized each day. Many people who can't get rid of pups from unexpected pregnancies take these pups to shelters and if they don't find a home or go thruogh many bad homes, guess what happens. Bye bye they go before hitting a year old. You may be a responsible owner but accidents happen. My mother was a very good dog owner and still is great with dogs, especially huskeis. Her first Husky, Tasha, got pregnant on accident. A man fixing our pool brought his dog over and it was her first heat. Only one visit and I think they had like eight pups... that's a lot for just one time, lol. They found successful homes on their own but a lot of people don't take that effort or try to make that effort and fail and give up in the end.

Also, if you spay a female before her first heat you reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. She'll gain weight but at least she doesn't die and you don't HAVE to buy those food products they sell at the vet's, there are other ways of dieting if you look into it and do your own research as well as listen to the vet. Don't think fixing is bad, it even saves lives and doing it before the first heat helps the dog cope with those hormone levels.

Kiev was fixed, never had a heat and never gained weight. She was all muscle and very elegant and feminine (huskies have distinctive masculine and feminine features). She's a little on the heavy side now but she's 4 years old now and doesn't desire to run as much as she used to. But she was only a few months old when she was spayed and it took four years for her to gain weight and it wasn't from spaying, it was from her lack of getting up before 10 in the morning, lol.

You may not have a vet who's a good people person to feel you can't trust him/her but fixing your pets is healthy.

[SouthernWoman]

I am mostly for neutering/spaying, but slightly "iffy". My mother's dog, Bo is a 93 lb. unneutered male Catahoula, who is 3 or 4 years old. He has never bred with a female, most likely never will, and honestly does not seem that interested in roaming to find a female. He does not mount anyone or anything, is not aggressive, and you really would not know he was not neutered except that his "equipment" is pretty obvious.

Still, I am aware Bo is probably the exception to the rule, and generally I feel it is better to neuter/spay than not. Yes, it might make your dog a little fatter, but honestly that is not that big a deal to me. I would rather have to watch my dog's diet a little better than be responsible for a litter of mixed puppies that will be difficult to find good homes for and have a much higher chance of ending up in bad situations than not.

Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a mixed breed dog, but there are tons in shelters that desperately need homes so I don't think it is a good idea to breed more, especially by accident.