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Originally Posted by gemy  At this point in time, my contract is being modified to disallow de-sexing prior to full maturity for my large breed dogs. if done my health warrantee is null and void.... That is how serious I believe is, the deleterious effects of early spay and neuter for my large breed.
My personal experience with multiple studs and females in the same home, environment is mixed. Even when my female was in heat, my BRT and my YT full males did not mix it up. Came close, and standing heat is not something that is easy to go through with two full males in the home, but they did just okay together. Also I was on vacation for a week with at least three full YT studs and one BRT stud with 8 females of which only one was de-sexed. No male problems YT on YT or BRT to male YT's not of his pack.
ON the other hand, I have had BRT males I have had to keep a very wide margin of space with my male BRT.
In summary, I guess it truly depends upon the character of the dogs, which is something that is not evident until full maturity.
My experience in training and in multiple performance sports and venues, the most aggression often comes from de-sexed males, followed by de-sexed females, followed by older full females. |
I can definitely see how large breeds are more affected by early altering so can't say I disagree with you. It doesn't seem to have as much of an affect on the small breeds as large breeds.
I've only had my unaltered ones fight. I'm sure it partly depends on the individual dogs personality too.
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