Castration??

RED-DOT

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My 5 year old Chessie shows agression towards the odd male dog and i am not going to breed from him... i am contemplating the snip and was wondering if it will stop him scrapping? What do vets charge for it, he is 35kgs?
 
It may not solve the problem. Perhaps more social networking and maybe show him who's boss a little more. My old Viszla can be quite vocal and even snappy but I put it down to her old age, loss of hearing and sight. Maybe she's like all females and has selective hearing!
 
TBH
I'm not sure castration will help
the dog will still want to fight castrated or not
It's in a male dogs genes to be dominant and more so in dogs that are dominant by nature
Chessies are such a dog
at the age of 5 socialising may be a little late
Is this is a major concern or just contemplating because you hav not experienced such likes in a dog
 
I dont think it will stop him mate , and id leave them on so youve got something to distract him with ;)
 
hi mate,
twenty years ago i had an english bull terrier that started to get real nasty with other dogs so i followed the same train of thought as yourself and went to the vets he told me that it may or may not have the desired effect but as a try measure he gave him a hormone jab that he said after a few days to get into his system would have the same effect as castration and would last a week or two if it did the job then ok go ahead with the op.
one week later the dog was a changed animal so great thinks me its worked, that afternoon i had to go out so i put him in his pen along with my 5 month old whippet bitch that he had known all its short life, when i returned an houre later the pup was dead, so the next day my best mate followed him it was the hardest thing ive ever had to do but it had to be done.
take from this sad story what you like maybe this maybe that but to this day if any dog i own shows aggression that is unpredictable its history, as ive learnt my lesson.
all the best
jimmy
 
Castration will have little or no effect on aggressive behaviour. Is this out and out aggression to all other male dogs or is it as your post "the odd dog". Either way it is a training issue.
 
He got attacked by a lab on a shoot 2 years ago and since then he has a nervous aggression which can result in a scrap with the male dog that shows agression towards him...
 
My terrier was castrated a few years ago because he had a tumour on one of his ********.

He had both removed and is just as aggressive as he ever was before and that was a good six years ago he had it done.
 
Many years ago we entered a proven terrier into an earth and on breaking through to him we found the quarry had castrated him :eek: all we could put it down to was the dog running over its back and matey tucking his head under his front leg and nipping back upwards , anyway after getting the dog right he went on to work a good while afterwards . Never slowed him down
 
If it nervous aggression, likihood is castration won't make much difference.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, there is an injection (tardak) and also a hormone implant (suprelorin) that act as a kind of 'chemical castration' which may aid your decision to whether castration is likely to be effective.
Cost of castration is around £130-150 normally.
 
Got my lab done, why cause he shares a kennel with my border terrier bitch who I will have a litter from when she is three. He weighs 28kg and cost £150, price is based on weight and how much the drugs will cost to knock them out. Always get male dogs done if I don't intend to breed from them, make life a bit easier if you have more than one dog in kennel and stops straying when a bitch is in heat. Aggression once starts is hard to stop I am afraid.

Bod.
 
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