Neutering

[clown23]

I am thinking about getting my 1 year and 2 month old bic hon frise neutered because lately his hormones have been acting up. He's been whining alot and has been acting up alot more than usual. He is very active, we take him on runs at least once a day sometimes more and were always doing other things with him. Can you guys out there tell me what the pros and cons of getting your dog neutered are. Alot of people say that dogs become lazy once they are neutered is this true? Some information would be appreciated.
Thank you

[Moo]

Can't think of any cons for it. I defintiely would not say neutering makes a lazy dog. It makes a less aggressive, healthier dog, who wanders less... and can't reproduce.

We may have some general information threads around here about it.

[saluki-sue]

all of our dogs have been fixed. we find that your guys are only as lazy as we let them be meaning they are all still very active. the pros totaly out way the cons, in fact the olny con I can think of is he will have to be calm for a few days after he is done. the pros are a dog who doesn't need to act like a teenage boy, he will never get teticular cancer,his chances of prostate cancer go down to almost none. I could go on. I'm sure everyone else can give you more.


good luck

Sue

[Maggie_May]

I think you should. We neutered both of ou males and we spayed all of our females but two. The two not spayed are just as active as the others. The males are active for their ages. I think it is a good idea!!!

[Evil One]

First off I can't say either of my three boys..aged...10,5 and lmost 6 months old got lazy after being fixed...Cody was done before we got him and Cajun and Blue we did while we owned them..All three of my males are real fit...and they have at times more energy than me...as for Pro's and Con's..>Well I can't think of any Con's..I mean unless you are a breeder..then your dog should be fixed...Saves alot of heart ache..and wondering..and just plain not listen..on top of the marking..Me I have never had this happen,the marking part and Cajun wasn't fixed till he was 3..the breeder wasn't sure if she wanted to use him as a stud at the time so we waited....I personally think it makes then a better dog if done.and when done they bounce back real fast..I must admit Blue the pup bounced back faster than Cajun...but all in all it was well worth it....

[KellyJean]

I just neutered Sam last week on Thursday. Just like with my horse, it was a hard decision, mainly because I was already thinking about Sam becoming a papa.

However, the decision was an easy one once I realized a few things:

1) Sam is a mutt. Sure, he's a Blue Heeler/Aussie cross, the product of two AKC registered registered parents, but he, himself is a mutt. There are enough mutts in the world, we don't need more, as much as I would love to have some from him... if I want another, I can always grab a full sibling of his, or a half, if the mood strikes me.

2) Sam's a male... so, if I wanted to breed, I'd need to find a female, and I wouldn't have the puppies myself anyway, unless I found a female to breed, and it will be years before I consider myself ready for another dog.

3) I know at some point that Sam will run away from me. It might be out in the country at the farm, and it might be here in town. In addition to worrying about how to find him, I don't want to have to worry about him sewing his wild oats when he's gone.

4) I think that unaltered males have less tendancy to wander off, and less desire to mark their territory. Two very good things, espically when the territory is inside.

5) When (if) I get another dog, it will probably be a full female Blue Heeler (I'm head over heels for this breed). If she comes into heat before I can get her altered, I don't want to worry about keeping Sam and her apart.

6) The female that Sam will come into contact with the most will be his mother... I don't want "instinct" to take over there. Every night, Sam runs with his mother, an altered male, and two intact males (one of them is his father). I don't want them to become aggressive when Sam enters their territory.

7) I did think about the health benefits of having him altered. I have known 2 dogs in the past year who had testicular cancer... I don't want that to happen to Sam.

So, I did put a lot of thought into it, and all votes pointed to neuter... so I did.

Kelly