Dog Neutering: What's Your Opinion?

[Dr Lobster*]

The title speaks for itself.

Would you recommend dog neutering, and what's your opinion on it?

it made our family dog misbehave more, it's 'supposed' to calm them down, but it didn't in his case.

the vet i spoke too at the time recommended that if you aren't going to breed your dog, you should have it cas trated, since in older dogs it can lead to prostate problems, including bleeding (which was the reason why our dog had the operation) and they can be quite ill.

my pet dog, cuthbert isn't old enough to have is bollocks off yet, but as soon as he is, he's having the procedure in the slim hope it will calm him down, because he is completely mental. he's worse than a child. he will eat ANYTHING.

he opened a packet of grass seed the other week and it was all over the carpet (you could see this packed see in his waste product) and just this weekend, he started to eat the foam packaging from my new hotplate (he was left unattended for only minutes).

[Lorns]

Reading about the Dr's pooch problem reminded me of my own puppy nightmares.

My ex-husband bought me a puppy many years ago as a birthday prezzie. She was a pedigree pooch and i had no plans to breed her. I wanted to have her speyed but he was adamant she wasn't to be. It was an ongoing issue but, i had until her first season to change his mind. He won!
She would eat anything and everything including the three piece suite.
She ate a whole packet of cigarettes which made her extremely ill. It killed her worms ( not a recommended cure). I had to make her sick with salt water as i thought she had eaten my stash of cannabis. I felt awful when i found the stash within 20 mins of making her puke. She had phantom pregnancies which made her claw the carpet to shreds ( she went into nesting mode). She was even producing milk. After all this and much much more, i still couldn't convince him to get her speyed.
I really believe it would have calmed her down.

Sadly when we split up i couden't find a property to rent that would allow pets. Those that would allow pets were not suitable for a dog to be left all day. He kept her for a while and then gave her away. I still miss her and have thought about dognapping her. I wouldn't do it but i would love to see her again.

I do think all dogs and bitches should have their bits and pieces removed if you don't plan on breeding from them. A friend of mine had a lovely Staffy and he was used for breeding. He had a lovely temperament with people but with other animals he would turn into a vicious, nasty b'stard. I swear it was a pitbull in disguise. He eventually had to be put down as he got testicular cancer. That dog had some characteristics that i personally would not want passed onto any of its offspring. Personally i would have chosen to have had that dogs charlies removed pronto.

The same applies to cats. It makes sense. There are enough stray and unwanted cats and dogs as it is in this country.
It stopped my cat from dragging cuddly toys into the middle of the living room floor to shag. He only ever seemed to do this when we had guests around. It hasn't stopped him sharpening his claws on the leather suite though.

My parents' dog wasn't sure whether he was George or Mildred after he had the op. He would mount dogs or bitches and didn't mind dogs mounting him.

So if you don't plan on using him as a stud dog i'd make an appointment with his vet. He will have the hump with you for a while but he'll get over it.