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Originally Posted by kalina82  just from my experience working at an emergency clinic for almost a year now, i've noticed a trend. Most of the hit by car dogs that come in are intact males. Most of the no warning aggressive dogs are intact males (they can be the sweetest things at home but with other people or in a strange environment they are total psychos). I do not like working with intact males. in fact most of my bite marks on my arms come from intact males (the rest are from cat claws). They also constantly have schmegma coming from their penis which then happens to get on my hands/arms/clothes while working on them. totally not a fan....
Healthwise, neutering reduces the risk of testicular cancer, prostate cancer, and other prostate related problems. vet's do not tell you think because they want to make more money by roping in another surgery, these are facts, not opinions. |
an example of aggression in intact males:
A little story about what happened today at work. We had an Italian Greyhound come in with a bite wound that it got from the "family" Labrador. BOTH dogs are intact and they had a dominance/territory issue which the Iggy lost....big time. The lab grabbed it by its head and neck and would not let go. The owner had to hit the lab on the head to get it to release the iggy, and then the lab turned on him. the iggy was bit so bad that it had a torn trachea and esophagus, and serious trauma. he was not doing well and died on the table.
the owners, instead of asking if they could get their lab neutered, asked if we could remove its k-9's instead so it couldn't bite anyone else. senseless....
My point is even the smallest intact male can go into the red zone and have an aggressive/dominant moment. why risk it?