listen you fat slob youre the last person to talk about hormones. the chance your dog gets cancer is low. and its treatable. destroying their natural production of testosterone for it is asinine. do you even produce testosterone you fat tub of shit? http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/new-study-neuter-risk-hip-dysplasia-dogs/
Well that escalated quickly. Got Chloe back yesterday after she stayed with a friend for 12 days during our honeymoon. She was exhausted, but the look she gave me when she saw me was pretty much the cutest thing ever.
I feel like its always the guys who blame anything that pops up after neutering the dog on the neuter
Especially when its a high energy dog like a pit, who already have problems with their knees in general
Boarding Mallory (dog I failed at fostering) for the first time this weekend. Wyatt doesn't give a fuck, but Mallory is incredibly attached and will probably hate it
There's literally studies based on this theory that supports it. Anti vaxxers have nothing to base their theory on.
you're looking for an excuse instead of accepting your dog is getting older. it's ok. this is a safe place. it's not your fault.
No. I was literally against it from day one. I wanted to know if there was a way to avoid cutting him. I didn't care about breeding a mutt. I didn't want him to just get clipped 'because the vet said so. ' they literally cut the price after my gf shopped around behind my back. They're just assholes trying to make easy money. There's enough dogs in this world to take care of as is. But cutting off their natural supply of testosterone because 'Uh maybe he might get cancer' is fucking bullshit. They were designed to have it for a reason.
They have them to reproduce, which is a net negative. Are you saying you wanted to get a vasectomy instead? Or just fuck you if my mongrel impregnates your dog.
What benefits. That he might get cancer? Are you kidding me? Males getting cancer is more rare than females and its more treatable. I've literally never seen a dog with balls get cancer. 8 have scene neutered dogs get cancer. The push to neuter your dog has next to nothing to do with health. It's about correcting the dog population. Which is fine. I get it. But don't try to sell me a line of bullshit about their health.
Its about health, its about behavior, its about the safety of animals around them. I've seen unneutered dogs get severe UTIs because their prostate gets so big. But you're right on the fact that spaying is much more important than getting your dogs/cats neutered.
Also it doesnt matter if you dont plan to breed your dog. Just like in the human world, there are plenty of unplanned pregnancies
as a dog owner whose boy currently has cancer, I would've done any and everything possible to prevent it.
It wasn't an option at the time. I don't remember why or what I was reading about Again my gf did this behind my back. I wanted to look into options before she went ahead. She just took him one day and had him snipped.
Behavior? Literally has been a pussy his entire life. He never barks ever. Unless I try to provoke him to. Hed never attack anything. He's been attacked by every pissant dog in New York and has yet to do anything but run. He's scared of his fucking shadow. Outside of jizzing on the couch there was no rush to do anything about his balls.
I feel for you. Im not going to lie. I'm pissed. I'm not trying to justify my initial fears about it. I literally was worried about this specific thing happening and now it's here. I need to find 8-12k down the road to fix his knees to get him to live another 5-6 years. I don't think that's a bad investment. He's too good of a dog lose because of money.
That he won't get testicular cancer. That he has a much, much lower chance of prostate issues. That he will likely live longer. That I can bring him to the dog park without being that guy who breaks the rules. That other dogs are much less likely to be aggressive towards him because he's intact. . Calm the fuck down and stop acting like an expert because you read a summary of a paper about golden retrievers.
Danny Greene probably should have gone to the stupid GF shit thread and kept your anger toward her over there
completely understandable to be upset. it's odd to base your anger on a fringe opinion and paint a very well received procedure as the bad guy. this thread is full of posters dealing with life altering surgeries for their pups. yours isn't special because he just got fixed. your gf isn't to blame. she was trying to help or she wouldn't have done it. process this and we will be here to help with the surgery if you need us.
It's not 1 study. I don't think overall dog health is predicated on their balls being removed. Fuck a dog park.
No testicular cancer or issues, no prostate issues are absolutely predicated on being neutered. And testicular cancer isn't incredibly rare. You pretending there are no benefits is absurd. It's not just a dog park. You said your dog gets attacked... Wonder what may have been a cause for that? What you linked was one study. On golden retrievers.
No. I'm saying The benefits arent enough to warrant it. No dumbass. I was talking about his behavior. My dog is still attacked by dogs because he's friendly. He doesn't understand little snot nosed douche dogs are assholes and enjoy being miserable. He tries to befriend them. Theyre literally a quarter his size and he still doesn't bite even after being bitten a few times. Larger dogs are his best friends. He's literally the only friend of a rescue pit that was abused and doesn't know how to act around other dogs. Except him. There's multiple studies. And that study is well respected.