Does neutering male dog stop him pulling on lead?

lavalamp

Hahahaha!! Ask my choccy if he stopped after being neutered!! He's been to training as well and still does it! Good luck!

Sagz_2

Does neutering male dog stop him pulling on lead?

YES!

But only until the anesthetic wears off

con1888

nope it certainly doesn't. In fact it may not change any behaviours. It CAN calm them down but not always.

zaksmum

Paradigm wrote: »

Has the vet actually advised castration to cure this "problem"?

Yes he did. He said castration would calm the dog right down and thereafter the dog would walk serenely on the lead!

The poor dog was emasculated yesterday. Whatever the pros and cons of doggy castration, I can't believe for one minute that it's likely to stop him pulling on the lead!:eek:

Paradigm

zaksmum wrote: »

Yes he did. He said castration would calm the dog right down and thereafter the dog would walk serenely on the lead!

The poor dog was emasculated yesterday. Whatever the pros and cons of doggy castration, I can't believe for one minute that it's likely to stop him pulling on the lead!:eek:

It does make you wonder what some vets are thinking of when giving this advice? It's shocking!

The only things castration is guaranteed to prevent are... siring puppies & the very small risk of testicular cancer. Hoping for anything else is a lottery!

It's sad that a dog has had to endure a totally unnecessary procedure due to a misguided, professional, opinion.

To be honest I'd be changing my vet.

zaksmum

Paradigm wrote: »

It does make you wonder what some vets are thinking of when giving this advice? It's shocking!

The only things castration is guaranteed to prevent are... siring puppies & the very small risk of testicular cancer. Hoping for anything else is a lottery!

It's sad that a dog has had to endure a totally unnecessary procedure due to a misguided, professional, opinion.

To be honest I'd be changing my vet.

To be honest I'm amazed. Poor dog has had to go through all that...and for what? I'll bet he'll still be pulling to the best of his ability as soon as he recovers:( poor little fella

Person_one

zaksmum wrote: »

Yes he did. He said castration would calm the dog right down and thereafter the dog would walk serenely on the lead!

The poor dog was emasculated yesterday. Whatever the pros and cons of doggy castration, I can't believe for one minute that it's likely to stop him pulling on the lead!:eek:

Fortunately, dogs don't really care about being 'emasculated', they don't have the emotional attachment to their balls that human males do. I don't think being neutered makes him a 'poor dog' at all.

catkins

Either the vet is a complete idiot or they just wanted money for a procedure which is not really necessary.

Neutering doesn't even always calm dogs down. I certainly know of quite a few that have stayed just as crazy after, a couple got worse!

zaksmum

Person_one wrote: »

Fortunately, dogs don't really care about being 'emasculated', they don't have the emotional attachment to their balls that human males do. I don't think being neutered makes him a 'poor dog' at all.

I'm referring to the dog having to go through a general anaesthetic and post-op discomfort...that's why I'm saying "poor dog"!

zaksmum

catkins wrote: »

Either the vet is a complete idiot or they just wanted money for a procedure which is not really necessary.

Neutering doesn't even always calm dogs down. I certainly know of quite a few that have stayed just as crazy after, a couple got worse!

Let's hope he doesn't get worse then.

He's almost impossible to walk at the moment. He would easily pull an adult male right over.