I have been told that castration causes my dog?

Question

to be immature,uncontrolable, waffy and never reaches adulthood is this true?

Answer 1

No - I have 2 neutered dogs and they aren't any of those things!

What it will do is prevent your dog from getting testicular or prostate cancer and help reduce the population of unwanted dogs that are in this World!

Answer 2

I've had a look at some of your answers and almost everyone agrees that castration does not cause all the things you mention.

To add to that I'd like to point out that large farm animals are castrated to make them more manageable and easier to handle. Bulls, rams, pigs and horses can all be dangerous when they are entire and it has been customary for years to castrate those male animals that will not be used for breeding.

The castrated animals still grow to physical maturity - think of all the gelded racehorses! Animals bred for meat have to be able to grow in order to produce the maximum amount of meat and horse used for riding need to be a good size and strong enough to do the work required.

Your dog should respond to basic dog training in exactly the same way as any other dog. Gelded horses take part in the very exacting discipline of dressage and many of the dogs competing in high level obedience competitions (including Crufts) are neutered.

As for being immature and reaching adulthood - how a dog's character develops depends mainly on how it is reared. A spoilt child often grows up to be a petulant spoilt adult and there are a lot of immature people out there.. The same goes for dogs!

There is a theory that none of our pet dogs ever really reach adulthood, and the independence that goes with it, because of their almost total reliance on their owners. It is referred to as neoteny and is the main characteristic which separates domestic dogs from wolves.

Answer 3

'who' told you this? Is it another of these mysterious 'someone'. Usually the people doing the tellingknow nothing about dogs.
Speak to your vet about the possible effects of castration. In my 25 year experience having lots of dogs which were castrated, the only thing castration does is prevent testosterone related problems, and stops them fertilising a female.
BTW the term 'castration' is correct.
The removal of the testes is castration. The fact that the scrotum remains is neither here nor there. Farm animals which are castrated also have the testes removed and the scrotum left. Why would the scrotum be removed too. It is only a bit of skin which will in time shrink to nothing after castration.

Answer 4

Good lord NO! Neutering a male dog actually calms them down most of the time. And all animals reach adulthood should they live long enough to. Spaying and neutering is a responsible thing to do and has no adverse affects on animals. Whoever told you that is a moron.

Answer 5

That might be true if it is done too young, but when done at around 6 months (or later) it actually does the opposite of all that ... plus they live longer.

You just can't breed or show a dog without the family jewels. Because what would be the point -- see the main benefit of showing dogs is to prove and improve the value of their future puppies.

Answer 6

No - not unless its neutered as a puppy before its started to mature. If neutered too early they can take on a bit of a peter pan syndrome and seem to retain immature behaviours/personality. A good vet would recommend against neutering too early.

Answer 7

If he is castrated before maturity, there is a good chance he will not mature physically in the same way an entire dog would. He will probably also be less self confident too. Don't see why they should be uncontrollable though. If you think about it, a boy who was castrated before puberty would never develop in the same way as "normal" men do - unless they were given hormone replacement.

Answer 8

No not true at all. Actually it's quite the opposite. One reason people get their dogs neutered is to calm them down, that doesn't always work though.
Having your dog trained will stop this behavior, it has nothing to do with him being altered or unaltered!

Answer 9

Not at all. Neutering actually tends to MELLOW a dog out and make them more mature and controllable. It also keeps them from wandering and/or trying to escape their fenced yards in search of a "booty call". :) It also helps prevent any aggressive behaviors and unwanted behaviors like humping your leg and peeing on your couch.

Answer 10

None of that is true at all! think about it this way, besides all the other health benefits and the fact that you will prevent more unwanted puppies being born, you will also be saving your dog an entire life time of sexual frustration!