leedslad27 Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 right. after a long hard decision we decided to get our 10 month old springer castrated. this was about 2 weeks ago. since then he has been a nightmare. he wont respond to me. hes started becoming aggressive towards me and the family and has started jumping over the garden fence( which was already built higher to prevent this) has anyone experienced anything similar? or has any advice? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 why the long hard decision, what problems did you hope to cure? I presume 2 weeks since his op? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 right. after a long hard decision we decided to get our 10 month old springer castrated. Why did you decide to get the dog castrated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedslad27 Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 yes 2 weeks since his op. well he has no papers so not for breeding. lots of people suggested this to calm him and not run off when not on the lead. even a vet reccomended it. do you think this is the reason for the bad behaviour? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) yes 2 weeks since his op. well he has no papers so not for breeding. lots of people suggested this to calm him and not run off when not on the lead. even a vet reccomended it. do you think this is the reason for the bad behaviour? cheers Guess what... your dog didn't need to be castrated! So what if he has no papers, just because he doesn't have papers doesn't automatically mean he should be sterilised. None of my dogs have papers, but I'm not going to neuter them because of it. I may or may not breed from them, I haven't decided yet. It would be nice to get a pup from them in the future, but whether they have papers or not isn't going to make them better workers. As for castrating the dog to calm him down and stopping him running off, this is also wrong. What you had here was a training issue. This takes time and effort sort out. My dogs are constantly jumping over the garden walls, when I let them out of the run I just don't let them in the garden unattended. I've even had to reinforce the bottom of the chainlink fence in my dog run with weld mesh because my springer kept on making holes in it. Springers are high energy dogs they need to be for what they've got to do and its good to see them with a bit of drive, you just need to channel it in the right direction. Even though your vet recommended castration doesnit mean that he was right. Just because he has papers to say that he's a vet doesn't mean he's any good at it. The reason vets and organisations like the RSPCA recommend castration is (a) to make money ( to stop irresponsible dog owners from breeding unwanted litters of puppies. The reason for his bad behaviour is because he has a few training issues which can be sorted. IMO the only time when you should castrate or neuter a dog is if its bits are causing it health problems. And as for the argument that castrating or neutering a dog reduces the risk of cancer, that's just bull ****. However you can rest assured that your dog certainly would never get testicular cancer, not unless his balls ever grow back. Any of the reasons that you have quoted for having your dog castrated are sadly in my opinion not valid. Sorry if my post is harsh and you find it offensive, but I hope other novice dog owners will read it and think twice before they have their dogs castrated. I'm not an expert but in the last 5 years I have successfully trained two very good bitches and I didn't have to neuter them to do it. Although I also had a dog which didn't work out so well but castrating him would't have worked either. Hopefully you will be able to sort out the recall issue with your dog. Good luck with him in the future! Edited April 22, 2009 by deeksofdoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedslad27 Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 cheers for the reply. taken on board.but when you go to a vet you hope to get good advice dont you? normally have faith in them. his agression is now stopping after the last few nights spent just in the feild. castration seems so have done sod all to him so your right. but the cancer thing is the only positive. (dont know how rare this is anyway) but like you say im new to springers and hoped a vet would at least give good advice. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 and has started jumping over the garden fence he will do now, no dangley bits to get caught up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plinker Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 would you trust someone who had your nuts cut off seriously though i would put the castration to the back of your mind and just work on his recall until it is sorted then move through his training/behavour one step at atime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedslad27 Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 ha yeah. good point about getting caught on the fence. well going to the feild now so going to see how he goes. cheers for advice mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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