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So... No intact dogs at the dog park please! Mostly because some people lack better judgement and common sense. :facepalm: |
My yorkie was neutered at a young age but still marked at my old apartment where he was an only child. Now that he has a brother (that's not a yorkie) and we've moved into a house for some odd reason he doesn't mark. All of my animals are spayed or neutered. The lower risk of cancer is a big selling point for me. It doesn't mean that an intact animal is going to get cancer, but I don't want to take the chance. Also, not having to worry about females in heat, and general looks. Snipped male dogs look so much...better without their balls. Also I've found that intact males tend to 'express' their excitement by showing their 'lipstick tube', my dogs don't do that. I've never actually seen their winks...and I'd like to keep it like that. My person philosophy is that I wouldn't gamble with my reproductive health or take the chance of myself getting pregnant, why would I gamble with my furbabies? -Victoria |
I took Oscar in for his yearly physical and shots on Monday, and my Vet told me he would suggest waiting until he was around 8yrs old before neutering him!! I asked my vet why he suggest waiting so long and he said if I'm not having any issues with him marking or with aggression ect. that we could wait until later.. I asked why 8yrs old and he said that 8yrs old is the longest he would want to wait due to anesthesia complications in older dogs, as well as thats about the time they start seeing the testicular cancer and prostate problems. This whole conversation took me by surprise because he has ALWAYS been very adament about fixing your pups. The marque out front even says "If it ain't fixed Neuter it" So I'm confused as to why he would suggest waiting only because he doesn't have any problems and he's healthy. |
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I'm going to do some more reading based on the info some of you have posted here. I'm not sure (and I do need to read more - I basically read fast and try to hit the highlights) that the inate problem was touched on in the article about "is it ethical to neuter" ..umm, how was it put "controlled"? "non-breeding"? Anyway...if a dog is NOT meant for breeding, I'm still trying to figure out how it is anything BUT ethical to neuter him? His basic drive is to reproduce. That's how nature made him. I need to read more because I must have missed this topic in the studies. How is it helpful to a dog to be "controlled" or whatever you want to call it..kept from mating..and NOT neuter him? That's like purposeful torture, in my mind. The dog is meant by nature to breed. He's not allowed to by ME but I don't take that inate drive away from him? That's just mean and sick if you ask me. Please tell me I missed that part of the "ethics" study.... |
We're still waiting to neuter Oliver. He is 2 years old and so far every time we've taken him to be neutered something prevented it. 1st it was his liver, then it was juvenile cataracts he was successful in his surgery and now he has to go through the same thing for his other eye. It's not like we aren't trying. |
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I'm going to have Jasper neutered at 6-8 months. He is 4 mos now. The vet suggested 6. After reading all of these posts I'm not sure if I shouldn't wait until much longer. I'm confused. :confused: |
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Oh and for the record, all of my dogs were spayed/neutered prior to first heat/at recommended age. All of my dogs lived and exceeded the average age. (save for the couple tragedies). My oldest just missed his 17th birthday by weeks, a Black Lab named Shine!!! |
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Another thing that people should know is that some unspayed females can be just as bad about marking their territory as males. |
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