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I've got a seven year old male toy poodle. I've had him since the day he was born. He's actually one of four from a litter that my sister's dog had. As long as I've had him, my mother and older sister have always tried to talk me into getting him fixed. I've always resisted the idea because, to be frank, taking my best friend to get his balls cut off has just never been a very appealing idea to me.

However, certain recent events are threatening to take the decision from my hands. If I do go through with it, I'm afraid that he won't be the same dog anymore. Right now, he's playful, energetic, affectionate, and easily excitable. I'm worried that once he gets neutered, he'll become lazy and fat and lethargic like his brother and nephew. Mind you, those two were neutered as soon as their balls dropped, so I don't know if their personalities are a result of the procedure or if they would have had them anyways.

I'm hoping some other dog owners can clue me in on what I can expect if I do end up going through with this.
 
I can't say for male dogs, but I had my female dog spayed and it didn't affect her at all.
 
I dislike the idea of spaying or neutering, yet I understand its so..just in case it gets outside and runs off they wont end up making hundreds of puppies within a few years. If the dog doesnt have any issues before neutering then it's just blowing money imo.

Thatd suck though,getting to a vet,being put under, getting yer junk ripped out then going home without knowing why someone'd do that to you. To them I'm sure its like an alien abduction x3

too bad we cant do this to our children to prevent over population >>
 
We could, however, do it to ourselves. And to people who are stupid... buuuuut that's a whole other can of worms on human rights. Doing it to kids would be wrong anyway.



What sort of certain recent events are you talking? The fun of your ottoman becoming his... ottowoman? Or what?

I was really young when the last dog we had had his nuts removed. Didn't really change him, he was still the nutcase that ran around the house whenever we came home. I do imagine he would probably not be too happy with it...
 
TTEchidna said:
What sort of certain recent events are you talking? The fun of your ottoman becoming his... ottowoman? Or what?
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Well, my sister and her husband are treating our parents to a one-week cruise to Mexico. Usually whenever my sister goes out of town, she pays me (quite handsomely, I might add) to housesit and take care of their three dogs. The problem is, since my parents are going this time, there's no one left to watch my dog. All of my sister's dogs are females. Two of them are spaded, but the youngest one, my dog's sister, isn't. So right now, my options are to either have my dog neutered and take him with me over there, or have her find someone else to housesit.

Now, normally, I wouldn't even consider this, but as I'm currently unemployed, I can't afford to turn down an easy paycheck. The fact is, I REALLY need the money, so this is probably going to happen, I just really want to know what I can expect after my boy stops being...well, my boy. :/
 
Fixing a dog does nothing to them aside from make them sterile. He'd be fine.
 
Not sure about boys, but one day I came home from school and my girl had been spayed. She was fine, if a little confused. Same with my second dog.
 
My dog is a girl, but we had her fixed after her first heat and she is the most playful dog we've ever had. She's almost three and still really energetic, so I don't think it would be such a bad thing.
 
From Dog Time:

The benefits to your dog--aside from his not siring unwanted puppies--are considerable:
  • He's less likely to get certain diseases, such as testicular cancer and most prostate diseases.
  • He will be calmer with less testosterone in his system, and thus you'll be calmer too.
  • He'll mark less, inside and out, since he has less incentive to announce his presence.
  • The lower level of testosterone can improve if not eliminate roaming, aggression, humping, and other dominance-related behaviors. (He still might want to hump, but mounting after neutering has more to do with dominance than sex. He can still show interest in females in heat or hump your knee.)
  • In the case of senior dogs, neutering reduces the size of an enlarged prostate.
  • The health and behavioral benefits occur whether your boy is a wee puppy or distinguished senior citizen.
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There's more at Pet Education.com and you could always do a quick Google search for more info.
 
  • kind of playful
  • energetic
  • affectionate
  • easily excitable

My experience. Rex went from dragging me down the street during walks, running with me back and forth in a sort of tag-like game, and howling at passing sirens to... not. He never howled at the sirens again. It went from my getting tired from our 30+ minute walks to his getting tired at around 20 minutes. As for play, he would still chew his bone fairly vigorously and occasionally toss it in the air, but if I tried to start the running game, he would only start to follow slowly before stopping and looking around. He would still turn onto his back if I started rubbing him while he was lying there chewing his bone, though. :ksmile:

Maybe part of it was his getting older, but the neutering definitely didn't do him any favors (considering the above happened right after it :sweat:).
 
This is one reason I don't own pets. :sweat:

But yeah, I can see why you'd want to go through with it.
 
I've owned both male and female dogs. My male dog was never neutered, but he also never showed any interest in females either. I think once we tried to get him together with a female, but he wouldn't even acknowledge her.

My female dog we adopted from an animal shelter, so she was already spayed, but she's the most energetic dog I have ever seen in my life. Now, when we first got her she was very shy and not trusting of people, but doubt that had anything to do with the fact she was spayed, since it took her about a month or so to warm up to us. My neighbors' dogs are also spayed, and both are quite energetic. So if you're worried about him losing his energy and becoming lethargic, I wouldn't be concerned.
 
As someone who has worked in foster care and helped shelters for years, I'll say please please PLEASE neuter your dog. Thousands of animals die every year because of overpopulation due to careless breeding and people who don't fix their pets. I know you don't intend to breed, but accidents can happen, and then there goes the lives of many animals. And like an earlier post said, it's better for their health and their behavior will probably improve. (And they can still be playful)
 
Seiko said:
As someone who has worked in foster care and helped shelters for years, I'll say please please PLEASE neuter your dog. Thousands of animals die every year because of overpopulation due to careless breeding and people who don't fix their pets. I know you don't intend to breed, but accidents can happen, and then there goes the lives of many animals. And like an earlier post said, it's better for their health and their behavior will probably improve. (And they can still be playful)
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Are...are you Bob Barker? Lol jk, yeah neutering your pets is the way to go unless you plan on breeding them. Otherwise..well you know.
 
I've had dogs all my life, & worked out animal sanctuaries since i was 8
& can tell you that there is no difference in the personality of a dog after it has been neutered
More often than not a dog doesn't get done, because the owner has an issue with balls being cut off
 
I had a male Cairn Terrier for about 10 years, for the first half of his life, he was not fixed. He was a super onry and energetic dog. Well we finally decided to get him fixed after getting another female dog after we were advised that it would help curb some of his new "habits" since we introduced the female.

To make a long story short, he was absolutely the same in every way after he was fixed for the last five years of his life, except he was a bit less of a horndog. =/
 
My dog went from a hellion to being...an even worse hellion after he was neutered.
 
Seiko said:
As someone who has worked in foster care and helped shelters for years, I'll say please please PLEASE neuter your dog. Thousands of animals die every year because of overpopulation due to careless breeding and people who don't fix their pets. I know you don't intend to breed, but accidents can happen, and then there goes the lives of many animals. And like an earlier post said, it's better for their health and their behavior will probably improve. (And they can still be playful)
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...dog condoms. And birth control pills. And sex ed.

I wonder if people would buy that sort of stuff... hmm... Especially the middle one, if it were developed correctly...
 
Zekurom said:
This is one reason I don't own pets. :sweat:
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My is because I'm allergic and might die if I spend more than a week close to an animal :-/
TTEchidna said:
...dog condoms. And birth control pills. And sex ed.

I wonder if people would buy that sort of stuff... hmm... Especially the middle one, if it were developed correctly...
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Knowing people, enough would buy it to make it worth making them.:rolleyes:
 
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