Dog Neutering?

[rickthailand]

hi, i have a 1 year old husky and he is a very active dog runs around the garden and barks at everything and everyone (which is starting to annoy my neighbours (and me) now I have heard that if you nurture a dog he will become more quiet and relaxed. can anyone please tell me their experience with that?

thanks in advance

rick

[sbk]

do you mean neuter? as in sterilize your dog?

[krading]

The poor mutt would prefer to be 'nurtured'

[rickthailand]

do you mean neuter? as in sterilize your dog?

yes i am sorry for my spelling. he is a male dog and I meant sterilizing him

rick

[Tywais]

Topic title corrected.

I'm also interested in the responses on this. Our GR is well behaved except when there is a dog in heat within 500 meters of our place. My wife was against the idea but when he disappeared on us for 24 hours after I opened the gate to take him for a walk, is thinking it may be a good idea. However she brings up some points that concern me also. She believes he will become lazy, get fat and have a shorter life span. Any thoughts on that plus the OPs question on behavioral changes?

[mangotogo]

Hi, neutering your dog will not shorten his life span: running away and getting run over will!

As far as weight gain: you are in charge of the feeding, so again it is more an environmental issue. Neutering reduces urge to roam for females on heat, reduces intermale aggression ( up to a point). Reduces chances of prostatic and testicular cancer (they are gone).

It does not change the dog's temperament or behavior. Barking will not be controlled by this procedure.

I am a veterinarian and the only dogs that I have kept intact is my current one because i am showing her. But all my other dogs were neutered and spayed. Makes life a lot simpler keeping them. And it does not ad to the overpopulation.

So unless your dog has great breeding potential I would recommend you to neuter him.

[rickthailand]

Hi, neutering your dog will not shorten his life span: running away and getting run over will!

As far as weight gain: you are in charge of the feeding, so again it is more an environmental issue. Neutering reduces urge to roam for females on heat, reduces intermale aggression ( up to a point). Reduces chances of prostatic and testicular cancer (they are gone).

It does not change the dog's temperament or behavior. Barking will not be controlled by this procedure.

I am a veterinarian and the only dogs that I have kept intact is my current one because i am showing her. But all my other dogs were neutered and spayed. Makes life a lot simpler keeping them. And it does not ad to the overpopulation.

So unless your dog has great breeding potential I would recommend you to neuter him.

thanks for your advise

rick

[villagefarang]

Three males and one female all went under the knife. As stated, it didn't change temperament but has made things a bit easier to deal with. Highly recommended.