When is the very best age to neuter a dog? It depends upon the dog.
When to spay or neuter a pet dog is a personal option between the dog’s owners as well as the dog’s vet (and often a contract with a breeder or shelter).
There are pros as well as cons to spaying or neutering a puppy or pet dog of any type of age.
When I bought my weimaraner puppy from a breeder I agreed under contract to have him neutered by 14 months, as well as that was okay with me.
Remy is 10.5 months now as well as I had him neutered on Monday. I believed it would be useful for others to hear about my decision, as well as please feel complimentary to share your own examples in the comments.
When is the very best age to neuter a pet dog or puppy?
Personally, I wished to wait as long as possible before neutering Remy since the newest research study states it’s healthier for a lot of dogs to stay intact as long as possible, ideally their whole lives. I’m thankful our vet keeps as much as date with the current research study as well as he really motivated me not to neuter Remy at all.
With a larger breed like Remy, my primary worry was the direct relation between early neutering as well as boosting the dog’s danger for joint issues as well as bone cancer down the road.
Since my pet dog will be extremely active as my running partner as well as prospective agility dog, I took this seriously.
I’ve already written well-researched articles on the pros as well as cons of spaying as well as neutering dogs. You can checked out those here:
Pros as well as cons of spaying as well as neutering a dog
Are rescue groups neutering puppies as well young? Evet!
Health benefits of spaying as well as neutering:
For females, a spay surgical treatment removes her uterus as well as ovaries, getting rid of her danger of ovarian cancer, getting rid of her danger of an infected uterus (pyometra) as well as minimizing her danger of breast cancer.
For the males, eliminate the spheres as well as you get rid of the danger of testicular cancer.
Health dangers of spaying as well as neutering:
(This is just a short sampling. checked out my full publish with references here.)
Spayed as well as neutered large-breed dogs are a lot more likely to establish bone cancer
Spayed as well as neutered dogs are a lot more likely to establish hip dysplasia
They’re a lot more likely to tear their ACLs
More likely to have adverse reactions to vaccines
Spayed women are a lot more likely than intact women to have urinary incontinence.
It doesn’t take a physician to figure out that hormone-producing organs impact lots of areas of the body beyond reproduction.
OK, however what about behavior?
My visitors outside of the U.S. are shaking their heads now.
In so lots of countries, people normally do not spay as well as neuter their dogs as well as the dogs do not have behavioral issues. At least, not any type of a lot more so than spayed as well as neutered dogs.
Do you notice that when a neutered pet dog is aggressive, his habits is blamed on either the owner or a lack of training?
But when an intact pet dog is aggressive, his habits is blamed on the truth that he has balls?
With my pet dog Remy, I would’ve neutered him sooner had I observed any type of evident behavioral issues.
We have not had any type of difficulty in any way with:
Marking in the house
Aggression around other dogs
Humping other dogs
These behaviors can normally be handled with training, socialization as well as controlling the environment, however every pet dog is different. I do believe spaying/neutering can at least assist with managing specific behaviors. But it’s not a magic fix.
With Remy, he regrettably does try to hump ME on event when he’s excited, as well as he’s extremely “up close as well as personal” with sniffing people as well as dogs. He likewise humps Ace’s pet dog bed.
Kaba.
I do hope these behaviors will decrease at least a bit now that he’s neutered, however I’m not counting on it. Update: Neutering did seem to stop this behavior, however he stopped a year or so later, I believe because of being a lot more mature in general.
Other aspects in my decision:
By now I hope it’s evident there is no finest age to neuter a pet dog or puppy. So much depends upon the private dog.
Here were some extra aspects for me:
Cultural issue
In the United States, there are stereotypes against intact male dogs as well as they are normally not enabled lawfully in pet dog parks, off-leash pet dog beaches, pet dog daycares, etc. I board my dogs as well as I want Remy to be able to plAy.
Kısırlaştırılmış köpeklerden saldırganlık
Bu gerçekten çok büyük bir faktördü.
Diğer köpeklerin çoğunun Remy’ye saldırganlık gösterme eğiliminde olduğunu gözlemledim. Esas olarak onun olgunlaşmamışlığı ve patlayıcı enerjisi nedeniyle, ancak onun sağlam olması nedeniyle de aynı şekilde olduğuna inanmalıyım.
İnsanlar sağlam köpekleri saldırganlık için suçlama eğilimindedir, ancak sorun olan kısırlaştırılmış köpeklerdir. Kısıtlı köpeklerin Remy çevresinde saldırganlık gösterdiğini fark ettim ve bu da kötü sosyalleşmeye geliyor.
Her neyse, Remy diğer köpekleri seviyor ve ne yazık ki bir sürü de durdu, onu büyütmeye/çekmeye ya da ona zorbalık yapma ya da ona saldırmaya çalıştı. Şimdi diğer köpeklerin onu daha fazla kabul etmesini kısırlaştırdığını umuyorum.
GÜNCELLEME: Kısaltma Remy, diğer köpeklerin kendisine nasıl tepki verdiğini tam olarak değiştirmedi. Enerjisine cevap veriyorlar, sağlam olduğu gerçeğine değil.
Enerji
Bir evcil köpeğin kısırlaştırılmasının enerjisini azaltacağı bir efsane, ancak hey, eğer Remy% 5 daha az enerjiye sahip olursa, alacağım! Göreceğiz.
GÜNCELLEME: Diye koyduğum gibi, Remy’yi kısırlaştırma enerjisini azaltmadı.
“Sorumlu” olmanın yanı sıra istenmeyen çöpler ne olacak?
Bu hiçbir şekilde San Diego için bir konu değildi.
Sıcak köpeklerin bir kenara bıraktığı sokak köpeklerinin olmadığı bir alanda çevrimiçi olarak. Birçok köpek, aile evcil hayvanları olarak evinizin içinde tutulur ve halka açıktır. Sadece “istenmeyen çöpleri önlemek” için Remy’yi kısırlaştırmak benim için bencil olurdu.
Başka bir yerde yaşasaydık farklı olabilirdi, ancak durumumuzda gerçekleştirilecek hesap verebilir şey, sağlık ve zindelik ve kendi köpeğimizin en iyi faiz oranını düşünmekti.
Ama benden yeterli.
Remy, onu sessiz tutmak nispeten basit olduğu kadar iyi iyileşiyor. Ancak birkaç gün içinde bir kez daha koşana kadar bekleyemeyiz!
Şimdi senden haber almak istiyorum…
Köpeğinizi ne zaman kısırlaştıracağınız veya ne zaman kısırlaştıracağınızla ilgili kararınızın temel yönleri nelerdi?
Bir evcil köpek veya köpek yavrusu kısırlaştırmak için en iyi yaş olduğunu belirtirsiniz?