personality

[jacs]

hi guys,
this may sound like a dumb question, but can breeding a bitch permanately change her personality?? ie: make her gentler? jacs.

[barnjess]

Now that depends on the bitch, some say that it will make her mellow, others say that there will be a change for a short while but when the pups are weaned that she will be her old self, My bitch is pregnant and she has had a major temperament change she is split up from the other dogs because she will go for them if they come near me. Before you breed from a bitch she needs to have a good temperament as she will pass along her temperament to her pups, so if you have a bitch with a bad temperament then don't breed from her to make her nice as this will not happen, and if you have a nice tempered bitch be prepared to see a bad side of her. Also other things need to be taken into account before breeding, along with temperament

[jacs]

im not breeding my bitch she's desexed. thankgod lol. i'm just checking up on advice i gave to someone else. app a vet told them it would mellow the bitch. i believe the bitch in question should be put down. she is extremly animal aggressive.

[Blaze]

Originally Posted by jacs

im not breeding my bitch she's desexed. thankgod lol. i'm just checking up on advice i gave to someone else. app a vet told them it would mellow the bitch. i believe the bitch in question should be put down. she is extremly animal aggressive.

Well if she's aggressive then I certainly wouldn't breed from her. Sometimes there may be a change in personality but it wouldn't turn an agressive dog into a mellow one at all.
At the same time putting her down should be a very last resort. I'd suggest changing vets and then I would focus on training her (taking her to obedience school, getting an animal behaviourist etc) and then if that didn't work I'd look into re-homing her to someone who doesn't have any animals and is experienced with dogs. That's just my opinion though! It's also said that spaying a dog can make it more mellow (not to mention other positives - health wise etc) maybe you could talk the owner into getting that done instead??

[jacs]

this bitch is very aggressive...training may help...but rehoming her even to a home with no pets wouldnt be a good idea. what if she got out?...too late then.

[Dax]

Do you know why she is so aggressive? Abuse, neglect or illness? Have they considered bringing in a professional trainer or behaviorist?

[jacs]

i see what u guys are getting at and believe me i would never think of euthanasia as only option and maybe it isnt,, but i just have a gut feeling about this dog. like somthings not right about her. im not really familar with her background and i know the owners dont have the cash to consider a behaviorist. they got her when she was 2 yrs old and i dont think they know much either. i was only asking to check the advice i gave them which was i didnt think it was a good idea to breed her on the basis of behaviour change. there are so many neglected animals out there already. sorry if i offended anyone....

[Bellabianca]

In my personal experience, having puppies can change a bitch's personality. ******* can suffer from a canine for of postpartum depression/agression. When I was ten I was bitten twice in about 2 minutes by a German Shepherd dog that had had her first littler of pups. I was standing just in the doorway of about a 10 x 12 room. The puppies were in a whelping box in the far corner of the room. She came to me sniffing and wagging. I patted her on the head a few times-"Good girl"-then she jumped up and bit me on the chin. Being ten and dumb (and scared) I turned to run and she bit me on the back of my ankle. 8 or 9 weeks later when the puppies had been given away, she attacked a little boy riding by their house on a bicycle. A few weeks later they had to have her put down, as the agression/protectiveness was causing her to bite and snarl at her family members. It was very sad.

[BabyElephant]

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