Neutering adult male dogs - does it help?

krlyr

I still wouldn't be averse to using a high protein dry food - such as Orijen, Eden and the like. The quality of that protein source, fillers used to bulk out lower protein food, additives etc. would rank much higher than protein level.

System

it was an instant cure for my dogs cushion "fetish" .

lostinrates

Yes we did.

We had an adult dog giant breed ( bought as an adult) who was very force ful around girl dogs. He was of a nervous disposition ( I suspect he had had had treatment from the way he acted around his previous handler ) and his behaviour around other dogs on a domestic setting ( out of kennels) became difficult. We decided when he had pushed a boundary very much to far for comfort to have him neutered.

It had a very beneficial impact.

Fosterdog

My boy was neutered as an adult but I had to have him done as he was a foster before we adopted him. We don't know his exact age but different vets had put him between 2-6 years.

I really can't comment on whether it affected his behaviour at all though because he had so many issues when we first got him, behavioural and medical, we don't really know what was cured by training, what was helped by getting medical conditions under control and what was affected by neutering.

I know a lot of people complain of the dogs coat getting very soft after being done, my boys did go soft at his next moult after the op but two year on and a few moults later and his coat is back to being as course as it was before so wasn't really a long term effect.

zaksmum

I got my dog neutered at the age of 5 years. He was a nightmare around other dogs if they started on him first.

He wouldn't just have a snap at them and see them off, he'd be seriously going in for the kill and drew blood on more than one occasion.

If another dog got on his back in that dominant thing male dogs do, all hell would break loose.

My nerves were shredded with him. So I very reluctantly realised something had to change and opted to have him neutered.

The change in him was unbelievable. Within days, he was calmer and more relaxed. Other male dogs would come over to him, have a sniff, and he'd just walk away. Dogs have even rushed over to him barking in his face (would've caused mayhem previously) and he's just not remotely bothered. He's become so affable and chilled.

So for him, it was the best thing that could have happened.

teddysmum

Joly, a cavalier, was done aged 8, as he developed a tumour. It came up very quickly and was only discovered as I was removing a knot from his coat. I then had Teddy, another cavalier, 6 months youinger, done a few months later, as he was the more dominant dog and I didn't want Joly bullied.


Teddy did not change, but Joly actually sticks up for himself, now and will growl Teddy off if the latter approaches his food, though he is still a softy with humans.


Both ceased marking very quickly; Joly within a couple of days, which my vet said was unusual.


The only problem is coat. Joly has always had a longish fine coat and it has grown so long that I've had to take him to the groomers. Teddy's coat has gone the other way, becoming quite sparse, but part of this is due to a long term, unidentifiable allergy (We have had the battery of tests and he's on lifetime Atopica), which causes him to scratch or rub his shoulders on carpets.

sheramber

Neutered dogs can be attractive to entire dogs as they don"t smell like male dogs so they assume they are female.

I know of someone whose dog's life was made a misery by entire dogs after he was neutered. Entire dogs would regularly mount him , which he objected to, and fights would result.

It is not something I have come across personally, but it is something to be aware of.

zaksmum

sheramber wrote: »

Neutered dogs can be attractive to entire dogs as they don"t smell like male dogs so they assume they are female.

I know of someone whose dog's life was made a misery by entire dogs after he was neutered. Entire dogs would regularly mount him , which he objected to, and fights would result.

It is not something I have come across personally, but it is something to be aware of.

This did happen with my son's dog after he was neutered. My own dog, before being neutered himself, who'd been best mates with him previously, suddenly saw him as an object of desire.

There was much humping going on and to my horror - in front of the grandkids - the poor dog ended up being covered in you-know-what:eek: :eek: :eek:

Fortunately this only lasted two weeks or so before they went back to "just good friends" again!:)

lizzy23

I noticed an improvement with mine, he was a stroppy sod with other males, completely changed after i had him done,,,,,

Nebulous2

sheramber wrote: »

Neutered dogs can be attractive to entire dogs as they don"t smell like male dogs so they assume they are female.

I know of someone whose dog's life was made a misery by entire dogs after he was neutered. Entire dogs would regularly mount him , which he objected to, and fights would result.

It is not something I have come across personally, but it is something to be aware of.

I've read somewhere that this is particularly the case with dogs that are neutered very young. My dog will try to mount some neutered males and the owner generally says, I don't know why, but lots of dogs do that to him.