Neutering has very little to do with aggression in most dogs. The concept that deprivation of hormones makes a being ( person or dog) more biddable was developed by the eugenics industry and used as a justification for forced sterilization of humans, and later used to convince people to desex their animals routinely. I acknowledge that w…
Neutering has very little to do with aggression in most dogs. The concept that deprivation of hormones makes a being ( person or dog) more biddable was developed by the eugenics industry and used as a justification for forced sterilization of humans, and later used to convince people to desex their animals routinely. I acknowledge that we don’t want litters of unwanted puppies, however in my 20 years of owning unaltered males, i’ve never had an accidental litter of puppies. I did have to neuter my then 9yo american bulldog because he developed a tumor on his scrotum that ruptured. My husband came home from work the day it happened and asked how my day was. I told him I spent the day holding the dogs balls ( applying pressure to stop the bleeding) 😆. Unfortunately the only way to excise the tumor was to cut them off.
I’m sure you’re right. Years ago they pushed having animals “fixed” at 6 months! And then we started reading how terribly detrimental the lack of hormonal development was for your dog. Ours are a 5 YO Lab and a 2 YO Husky, almost exactly the same size, and the only problem we have is that they each try to make a show of dominance over the other but it’s all bark and no bite. And then they mark territory, but I’m sure they would do that anyway because that’s what dogs do.
In large dogs there's now recognition that early castration (female and male) results in bone problems due to interference with growth plate closure and also to certain cancers, at least in some breeds. Finding that out led me to wonder what awful things we'll eventually find out about the results of the castration of children to "affirm" their (or their parents') mental illness.
We followed that idiotic recommendation with our old Lab and had him neutered at 6 mos. He lived the normal lifespan of a Lab, 14 years, but suffered terribly with arthritis for the last 4-5 years of his life. I blamed the early castration.
The awful things they are doing to children is simply unthinkable! The resulting horrors, both mental and physical will play out for years in those sad, wrecked lives.
Neutering has very little to do with aggression in most dogs. The concept that deprivation of hormones makes a being ( person or dog) more biddable was developed by the eugenics industry and used as a justification for forced sterilization of humans, and later used to convince people to desex their animals routinely. I acknowledge that we don’t want litters of unwanted puppies, however in my 20 years of owning unaltered males, i’ve never had an accidental litter of puppies. I did have to neuter my then 9yo american bulldog because he developed a tumor on his scrotum that ruptured. My husband came home from work the day it happened and asked how my day was. I told him I spent the day holding the dogs balls ( applying pressure to stop the bleeding) 😆. Unfortunately the only way to excise the tumor was to cut them off.
I’m sure you’re right. Years ago they pushed having animals “fixed” at 6 months! And then we started reading how terribly detrimental the lack of hormonal development was for your dog. Ours are a 5 YO Lab and a 2 YO Husky, almost exactly the same size, and the only problem we have is that they each try to make a show of dominance over the other but it’s all bark and no bite. And then they mark territory, but I’m sure they would do that anyway because that’s what dogs do.
Marking territory: Male cats do that as well.
Something tells me male humans, centuries ago, likely did the same.
😂😂
In large dogs there's now recognition that early castration (female and male) results in bone problems due to interference with growth plate closure and also to certain cancers, at least in some breeds. Finding that out led me to wonder what awful things we'll eventually find out about the results of the castration of children to "affirm" their (or their parents') mental illness.
We followed that idiotic recommendation with our old Lab and had him neutered at 6 mos. He lived the normal lifespan of a Lab, 14 years, but suffered terribly with arthritis for the last 4-5 years of his life. I blamed the early castration.
The awful things they are doing to children is simply unthinkable! The resulting horrors, both mental and physical will play out for years in those sad, wrecked lives.