i would never neuter a male guard type or working dog
and God bless you...the first female dog person with some sense about it
i have a breeding contract with the breeder anyhow
Yup!
(If you snip ‘em, they just get *more* PO’d!)
“and God bless you...the first female dog person with some sense about it”
That surprises me.
One of the main reasons vets [and others] advocate neutering males is to STOP ‘aggression issues’.
[aka “drive”]
What good is a “non-aggressive/low drive” working dog?
The efficiency and success of *any* -working- dog is directionally proportionate to their drive.
Take away the main source of their drive and you got pretty much nothin’ left.
The first 2 Dobes I had were intact.
#1 was pretty mellow but would put himself between me and what he perceived as a threat.
#2 was younger and sharper and would “take out” the threat, if necessary.
All of the others between those 2 and the one I have now were rescues and therefore, had to be neutered.
There was only one rescue male I felt *fairly* safe “going anywhere” with but I wouldn’t have bet my *life* on him.
[he was neutered after having fully matured and was what is termed a good “threat dog” but I really don’t know if he would/could have backed up his threat posture.]
Luckily, I never had to find out, either way.
The one bitch I rescued was spayed and she was a pistol whose drive surprised even me.
The neutered male I had at the same time simply acted as her noisy but fairly innocuous back-up.
The one I have now is Euro and he fell out of the womb full of drive.
My vet’s already nagged me about neutering him and I’ve firmly said that card was -off- the table.
Look at the Marine Corps Devil Dogs photo I posted and tell me what you see every dog still swinging...:)
[I could have just as easily said “I prefer my men *and* my dogs to have balls].....LOL