does neutering a male dog get rid of dog aggression and hyperactivity?
2007-03-28 08:45:51 · 11 answers · asked by astanzo 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Hi there I am a Veterinarian Technition and hope to help! Neutering your male will settle him down a little and will distinguish inter-male aggression. You should also neuter your male for the following reasons: (sorry- I have to give you all the health issues!
Prevents prostate and testicular cancer (dogs).
Reduces inter-male aggression (dogs).
Reduces dominance aggression towards people (dogs).
Reduces urinary "marking" (of vertical objects such as furniture.)
Reduces "mounting" behavior, and sexual frustration.
Reduces roaming.
Prevents unwanted litters. (It is truly amazing what some dogs will do in order to mate with a female dog who comes into "season". Some dogs will dig under fences to get to another dog, while some have even managed to mate through chain link fences!)
Prevents your males from running away to mate with a female in season. They will jump fences and ignore calls to follow a female in heat.
Plus, on average, dogs who are spayed/neutered live longer and have less behavioral issues!!!
Hope this helps!
2007-03-28 08:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the earlier neutering is done the more affect it will have on the dog. It can generally be done any time from 6 months of age.
Hyperactivity is normally down the breed but the main obvious effect it does have is decreassing the boisterousness and certainly agreesion should be decreased as the level of wanting to be more dominant over one another is pretty much lost.
neutering is worth doing as it rules out any prostate/testicular problems in the future for the dog.
2007-03-28 08:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by hayles 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
my insane male dog calmed way way down and stopped being aggressive toward everyone after he was neutered. It takes a couple months for their testosterone to dwindle down but once it does it is like having another dog. A much better behaved one.
2007-03-28 08:58:58 · answer #3 · answered by Velvet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neutering doesn't do much for hyperactivity but can reduce same sex aggression.
2007-03-28 08:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by W. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I nuetered my dog and he is still full of life and aggression... Depends on what age you do it at and what type of breed they are. Mine was 5 months and he is half rott, so we probably did cut out some of his aggression which is a good thing. I don't think I could handle him being more of a brute.
2007-03-28 09:56:17 · answer #5 · answered by WOOOOO Whooo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, somewhat. To get rid of aggression you need to walk them a lot. Neutering will get rid of the sex stuff.
2007-03-28 08:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it just depends on the dog. i had a dog neutered and he was still very hyper and i had another dog where it did nothing for agression.
2007-03-28 08:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by hello 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its done before the aggression starts it is more likely to help.
2007-03-28 08:50:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the dog is already aggressive it may not but it should help with his hyperness.
2007-03-28 08:49:02 · answer #9 · answered by stacy g 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It makes it so your dog cant have sex because you cut off their balls
2015-11-28 12:29:48 · answer #10 · answered by Jackson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋