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[Aaron_butcher 17]

After castration how hard is it to keep the weight off? My dog gets a good hour and a half walk every day and has 2 acres to run about when he's not on a walk. And will he lose prey drive or is it hit and miss, he will only be slipped on rabbits and long ears nothing with teeth.

Cheers, Aaron.

p.s I used the search button but couldn't find the answers I was looking for.

[reddog70 236]

had one of my dogs done he had retained testicles hes three and a half now and its very difficult to keep any weight on him see how it goes mate you may not have any problems

[Moll. 1,770]

Fed the correct amount, exercised well, there is no reason he will gain weight.

Imo half the time the weight gain/neuter thing is an excuse for lazy pet owners.

[iamduvern 62]

Had mine done at 3 1/2 hasn't gained weight still works as good as ever and has access to food 24/7

[Aaron_butcher 17]

Thanks alot

[rocky1 942]

Fed the correct amount, exercised well, there is no reason he will gain weight.

Imo half the time the weight gain/neuter thing is an excuse for lazy pet owners.

moll i,ll have 2 disagree in my case,my bitch got neutered a year ago after having a bad time with a litter,you said that is an excuse for lazy pet owners,well not in my case ,i,ve allways bring my dogs on ,on my bike that how i get them matchfit ,since the operation ovisily a rest after the pup ,i noticed the weight graduly ,anyway i do alot of road walking asweel 2 aviel ,when i do take take them out the bike she laggs behind my other dogs,once i took her on a big 1 say 10 /15 mile ,we must have 5 mile into the ride and turn around a just ran home ,i,ve done every from changeing food ,less amount changeing diet ,she can catch but as good she not fat but as lean as she was before the litter ,i,ve semi retired her now just for day time mooching its a shame because has been my best dog ,but she give me 7 brilliant season and 2 pups so very gratefull 2 her at the same time

Edited January 7, 2011 by rocky1

[Moll. 1,770]

It might be something else rather than the neuter Rocky, especially if she no longer wants to participate in exercise, neutering will not take away a dogs desire to run and walk.

You changed her diet, is she still getting enough protein. Could she have something causing pain, arthritis for example? Just trying to think of reasons for you

[skycat 6,173]

Whilst some dogs might be 'just the same as before' after neutering, there is loads of evidence to suggest that it does affect animals. Many do gain weight, though a natural, no carbs diet may help to stave off weight gain. And all dogs are different, though the metabolic rate of those which have been neutered often slows down quite a bit meaning that the dog will need sometimes up to half the amount of food it needed prior to neutering.

[Moll. 1,770]

If the food/exercise is of the correct amount/type though Sky a dog should not gain weight or lose the interest to exercise. Statistically wise if it were so at least some of the bitches, i, my family and pals have would have gained weight? The only bitch to have done so has been Jazz, and that was at 10yrs of age and during an illness. Now she is exercising again the weight is leaving and the muscle mass has improved.

[baldockbanks courser 598]

Castrating or spaying surely should only be carried out for medical reasons in a working dog.

If your dog ends up average or poor you wouldnt breed from it. But what if your dog turns out a realy good worker what a waste that is and a shame for the breed, not to past on such traits in the futer.

 

In the futer if you ever need to sell the dog it renders it worth less to a lot of working men. I only keep bitches but wouldnt buy a spayed bitch how ever good she is in the feild. the way I look at it is if a dogs not good enougth to breed its not good enougth to feed.

 

When I hear people saying I cant have my bitch bleeding in the house for two weeks a year or my dogs to much of a character I wonder why such people dont invest in a gold fish instead. True my lurchers and terreirs never come inside but when growing up my mother always kept various bitches and it wasnt very hard to keep a bitchs in the kitchen on lino for the duration of a season.

 

I dont buy into all that R.S.C.A (scum) nonsense about old bitches and dogs getting every disease under the sun if left as nature intended at the end of the day when its an old dogs time its there time leaving space for the next generation to take there place, nature at work.

[rocky1 942]

It might be something else rather than the neuter Rocky, especially if she no longer wants to participate in exercise, neutering will not take away a dogs desire to run and walk.

You changed her diet, is she still getting enough protein. Could she have something causing pain, arthritis for example? Just trying to think of reasons for you

do,nt think it can be anything else ,she like going on short walks and exerciseing ,she still got her drive in the field ,like i said she not fat just not as lean as use 2 be,and as for protein the dry is 24% {snedys wonderdog} which is a good complete meal,and also tripe and pigs hearts and also vegy mix in,defo not arthurites ,just think she had bad time with her last litter ,in labour 36 hours siscirum and loseing 8 out of 9 pups,but not putting her the shelf yet she only 7 and use her for ferreting ,diggin and mooching

[Moll. 1,770]

Not as lean as she used to be is not the same as putting on weight after a neuter

At age 7 after pups she will be different, muscle mass changes as they get older, joints get stiffer, loads of reasons for her not being the same as she was. She would probably have looked the same as she does now if you had not neutered her Rocky

[Aaron_butcher 17]

He's getting castrated because he is trying his luck with my german shepherds so he needs to calm down a bit and will never be bred from. If he turned out to be the worlds best coursing dog I wouldnt breed from him. There are to many dogs about at the minute anyway so I'm not going to add to the problem by breeding just to sell. When he retires I will buy a new pup and start again. I've never sold a problem dog, problems can always be sorted.

[stormrider8 59]

Castrating or spaying surely should only be carried out for medical reasons in a working dog.

If your dog ends up average or poor you wouldnt breed from it. But what if your dog turns out a realy good worker what a waste that is and a shame for the breed, not to past on such traits in the futer.

 

In the futer if you ever need to sell the dog it renders it worth less to a lot of working men. I only keep bitches but wouldnt buy a spayed bitch how ever good she is in the feild. the way I look at it is if a dogs not good enougth to breed its not good enougth to feed.

 

When I hear people saying I cant have my bitch bleeding in the house for two weeks a year or my dogs to much of a character I wonder why such people dont invest in a gold fish instead. True my lurchers and terreirs never come inside but when growing up my mother always kept various bitches and it wasnt very hard to keep a bitchs in the kitchen on lino for the duration of a season.

 

I dont buy into all that R.S.C.A (scum) nonsense about old bitches and dogs getting every disease under the sun if left as nature intended at the end of the day when its an old dogs time its there time leaving space for the next generation to take there place, nature at work.

 

Good post

[Casso 1,261]

After castration how hard is it to keep the weight off? My dog gets a good hour and a half walk every day and has 2 acres to run about when he's not on a walk. And will he lose prey drive or is it hit and miss, he will only be slipped on rabbits and long ears nothing with teeth.

Cheers, Aaron.

p.s I used the search button but couldn't find the answers I was looking for.

 

 

Castration will effect his zest for life, its not just his sexuallity , or course his will not understand what has happened, but if you watch a castrated dog around entire dogs will see his behavour has changed,and the other dogs can sense the difference in him, his drive is not just in his head,

I believe this push to castrate dogs in society is generated from a misunderstanding of their very nature,

Alot of pet owners turn to the vet for advice with a problem dog , and the vet aint going to turn down a few quid which also may solve certain traits in dogs, but whatever the problem was the dog owner is still none the wiser as how to solve it with a different dog in the future,

most if not all problems with dogs can be sorted, without having to curtail their every nature,,best of luck with him,,