castration

[tom22 519]

got a saluki,bull greyhound 19months old. (also got collie greyhound bitch 21months) both very good workers, work day and night only problem is that the dog is agressive with other dogs bin advised to get him castrated, just worried might loose his keenness. any suggestions.

[airbourne 128]

will not affect his prey drive

[tom22 519]

thanks for your comments do you think that it will sort the aggression out?

[the big chief 3,099]

it will efect his pray drive mate and it will all so make him go big as in buscle wise a vet told me this and a pig farmer who won't do it to his pigs because of this reasen butt if you are unsure ask a gh man

[tom22 519]

thanks mate

[airbourne 128]

thanks for your comments do you think that it will sort the aggression out?

yes mate it can if its just a dog with dominent agression due to his hormones. some dogs are bred with out any reguards to temperament ie agression in the sire, dam, and can throw agressive off spring. I was talking to a breeder of dobermans some years back who bred them for guard dogs, or pets i asked how they do it, they said it starts in the pedigree.

[tom22 519]

thanks for your comments mate

[BrianSteven72 369]

it will almost definitely affect his prey drive and he will put on weight you would have to be very carefull with his diet

[chartpolski 23,352]

will not affect his prey drive

 

Yes it will. It'll affect his prey drive, sex drive, aggresion, and if not properly controlled, it will turn him fat and lazy.

 

Cheers.

[jambay5 191]

it may not stop him being aggressive had mine done last year did not make a diff, training the dog is the best way mate, oh and he did not lose his prey drive at all

[Stabs 3]

I have no experience whatsoever with castration in running dogs, but for what it's worth I do have experience with castration with a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. I picked up a young dog from some pakis in Illford many years ago and they attempted to curb the young lads natural exuberance (quite normal for that type of dog as far as I could see) by chopping his knackers off. This had no effect whatsoever and he was then banished to their garden where he dug himself a pit to live in and was fed peaches

I took him on and after exchanging the 200 sheets, I bundled him into my pride and joy Audi and off we went. I don't know what he was like before castration but I can tell you that he had no problem with prey drive whatsoever. He often tried to eat his foxes and despite being a gentleman around other dogs, he had on occasion shown that he was cut from the old cloth. His sex drive was undiminished and he'd always tie with the Stafford/Patterdale bitch I had. Most of the time this was a pain in the arse - I remember one time when they were tied and then surrounded by a beef herd and we all had to wait until they were finished before we could move on. You need a properly stock broken dog for times like those! He was, however, a great barometer of when the bitch was standing should we have wanted to chuck another dog over her.

He worked on a daily basis so we never had a problem keeping him fit either

 

Like I said, not a running dog, so probably not entirely relevant, but food for thought.

 

[Big red 1990 16]

i think it makes a difference how old they are when they get castraited. (i know it does with horses and livestock) if they are castrated before they reach maturity i think it will affect there drive. atb

[tresspasser1 13]

My old collie grey attacked dogs an when I left him in an I took my other dogs out it was like a maniac butting the gate screaming to get out trying to eat the mesh fence it was mad Got his balls whipped off sorted him right out . Caught tuns of foxes with him an every other quarry He was still keen an chilled out more in kennel an turned out good with other dogs.

[Simoman 110]

Castration MAY affect his prey drive as the dog is no longer producing testosterone, BUT at his age the dog aggression has become a learnt behaviour and it is unlikey castration will have any significant affect..............

[Fabapocalypse 35]

I doubt castration will affect your dog's prey drive - bitches hunt, after all...

 

My current dog was already castrated when he came to be and if he's lost any drive, I hate to think what he was like when he was entire! My last dog was castrated in my ownership at four years old for medical reasons and if I remember rightly he actually lost a little muscle mass, but he didn't get fat or lazy and lost no drive. Neither dog seem to have any change to their coat, either, which is another point that often gets raised.

 

Some of your dog's aggression may well be learned behaviour by now so castration alone may not solve it but it may take the edge off and make it easier to train him out of it.