Getting a Dog Fixed?
We took in a little stray dog a month ago. We got him his shots, he is about a year old. We like this little dog very much.
We have another dog that is eight years old. She is a good natured female spaniel mix who just hangs around the house, and never goes running off. I live in the middle of 50 acres of North Carolina mountain wilderness.
Two days ago, the new dog led the other dog off on a run. They were gone for about an hour. This is bad news, as dogs that run off may get shot by hunters or neighbors.
If I got the new dog neutered would it reduce his tendency to explore the woods? If the little dog keeps leading my other dog off on runs through the woods, he has got to go.
We have another dog that is eight years old. She is a good natured female spaniel mix who just hangs around the house, and never goes running off. I live in the middle of 50 acres of North Carolina mountain wilderness.
Two days ago, the new dog led the other dog off on a run. They were gone for about an hour. This is bad news, as dogs that run off may get shot by hunters or neighbors.
If I got the new dog neutered would it reduce his tendency to explore the woods? If the little dog keeps leading my other dog off on runs through the woods, he has got to go.
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it will help some . Traditional wisdom is yes, but its up to the dog 0 -
no getting the dog fixed is not going to keep it home , if you have the 1 dog and it stayed home just fine you should have kept it that way , 2 dogs if left alone will at some point run , its just their nature, either get rid of the new dog , or fence your yard so they can't run , or end up with a dead dog 0 -
I`d get it fixed then tie em both up.Problem solved. 0 -
It may help, but dogs that have been used to roaming larger territories or have become nomadic, tend to continue that behavior. You might look at establishing a perimeter with a shock collar. That would require some remote short range transmitters and might not be really cheap. Dogs are very social, so yeah, if the old gal hangs with a bad crowd she will be a gangsta too. You might also look for help from any near-by dog trainer, with a lot of experience. Some are very creative at solving such problems. 0 -
yeah...but they still crap, dig, eat food, and bark![:p] 0 -
it is a myth 100%, it would be like saying a vasectomy would keep you home, because basically that's all it is 0 -
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"it is a myth 100%, it would be like saying a vasectomy would keep you home, because basically that's all it is"
Not exactly. With a vascetomy they cut a little tube. When a dog gets neutered, they cut his balls off. Adios to the testosterone.0 -
why did you post a question when you already had an answer that you would accept ??
ask any "professional" dog breeder or trainer what neutering a dog will do, they will tell you many things that you also will not accept, like they will still look for a female, and in some cases they can still mount them, and follow through but will shoot blanks0 -
I took in a stray pit bull ("Target) for awhile, and had him broken(not FIXED) to calm him down. It didn't work, and the vet said it was because it must be done in the first six months of life to accomplish that.
Had to get rid of him, 'cause he threatened the horses and my old man dog Siberian Husky named Phantom - R.I.P.
If that procedure were to be done to y'all, would you consider yourselves "fixed"?? Not me, I would think I was profoundly broken. I think the term "fixed" is a PC word, forced on men by the feminist conspiracy.
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AG quote:When a dog gets neutered, they cut his balls off.
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...that's why females all the way, FIXED!0 -
quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
I took in a stray pit bull ("Target) for awhile
Don't you have a set...
What possesed you to take in a pit bull, much less a stray pit bull that'd probably been maltreated? I'm surprised he didn't take it out on your throat the first day.0 -
I had a nuetered dog that was taught how to run by a new dog. After that she started to teach my PUPPY how to run and it was starting to become a pita. The 2 dogs (bigger dogs)eventually started to eat my chickens and that was it, AS I WAS WALKING OUTSIDE I ACCIDENTALLY TRIPPED AND MY PISTOL WENT OFF HITTING THE ONE DOG. The next week the other dog for some unknown reason WALKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF A RIFLE. Now my puppy sleeps 10-15 ft away from the chicken coop and stays close to the house. 0 -
Bullzeye - I know it sounds stupid, but here are the circumstances: I heard my 2 outside dogs going crazy out by the barn, grabbed a very old Valmet single shot kid sized .22 and hustled out to see what was happening. This dog, head nearly hidden by tall grass, was threatening my old man dog Phantom. I swung the .22 up and took a quick shot at him - missed. He took off around the back side of the barn and I ran around the front side (maybe "shuffeled" is a more accurate word) to intercept him. When I got there, my two daughters were playing with him. he was instanyly named "Target", and became our in-the-house dog. Took him to the vet to have him broken, in the hope that that would remedy the reputation that Pit Bulls have. He was a great buddy for me, but he wanted to eat the other dogs and the horses. Took him to animal control and told them if he didn't get an owner, to not put him down and I'd take him back.
He was adopted by an old woman who had bred pit bulls, but whose last one had just died. He now lives a couple of miles away at a place on 1500 acres of forest, and no other animals but him.
He was the smartest and sweetest dog to humans that I've ever had. and I miss him. I still go to visit him, and I think he remembers me. The new in-the-house dog is the perfect dog Gretchen Wilson, who has some of the dingbat characteristics of red-headed women.
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It'll definitely help, and he'll be even more mellow and loving. 0 -
"why did you post a question when you already had an answer that you would accept ??
ask any "professional" dog breeder or trainer what neutering a dog will do, they will tell you many things that you also will not accept, like they will still look for a female, and in some cases they can still mount them, and follow through but will shoot blanks"
You gave a completely incorrect description of fixing a male dog. You said it was just like a vasectomy, when it is, in fact, completely different. I just explained the difference.
I was hoping for some advice from forum members who had experience with getting a male dog fixed. For those who gave such advice, I appreciate it.0 -
Allen, the age of the dog does indeed make a large difference. done while he is a pup, he never develops a lot of the secondary sexual characteristics and would be unlikely to run. Neutered as an adult male, it is much less likely to have much affect on the running/roaming.
I had a vasectomy and I have been to Australia, and even Oklahoma.0 -
We neutered a two-year-old cat and it didn't stop him from spraying.
Can't tell you about dogs. Our dogs are neutered and they stay indoors where they belong.
When I take Sam (Lab) out, he will stay with me on a walk, or within sight of me if I am working on something. I don't know how he might have behaved if he were not neutered.
Buster, a basset hound, cannot go out without a leash. He is just too interested in what he can sniff to listen to any commands to come on.0 -
nunn - Kinda like a woman??
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