The sex drive of a dog is based on hormones and scent. Much of the dog's perception of his world is based on his nose and what he smells. It has been recorded that some dogs are so sensitive in their sense of smell that they can sense chemical changes in humans such as when a diabetic's blood glucose is getting too high.
An un-neutered male can smell the sent of a female dog in heat from over a mile away. That scent causes very great stress on the male dog. A human may not sense what is bothering the male but the dog knows very well. Even if your male dog is not aggressive or territorial I would not put him through the stress of having to deal with a sex drive when he is not being used for breeding. It is a cruel fate to assign a dog to when the operation to rid him of that issue is so easily done.
My son has a Lab and he had a problem with getting him neutered. Joe is a great dog. Very friendly and well behaved but he was always getting lose and would go in search of a "friend." He would slip out the door or the gate to the fence when the kids would open them and off he would go. At the age of two they finally got him neutered. After several months he lost the urge to wander and is a homebody now. While his general behavior did not indicate he had a problem obviously the desire to mate was an issue with him. Do they guys a favor and neuter them. There is no good reason to put them through the stress of a hormonal life. |