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Location: God's Own County
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15-07-2009, 11:11 AM
I will repeat I do not have a problem with neutering dogs, only the prepubescent/maturity neutering that is carried out as a contraceptive measure.
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15-07-2009, 11:17 AM
Originally Posted by kcjack 
So does the rescues your associatted with rehome entire young males?
kenzo came to his new owners via a local rottie rescue who did allow him to go entire.
I know the woman who re-homed kenzo, she does the best she can with what she has,
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Location: Dorset
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15-07-2009, 11:19 AM
Originally Posted by JoedeeUK
You have lost me you had one spayed & both castrated ??
I would expect a dog aggressive dog to get more aggressive after castration if the aggression is not hormone related-this is why dogs should be chemically castrated first to assess the situation in a medically correct way. Sadly few vets /owners do this they go straight for the"jugular"& remove the testicles
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15-07-2009, 11:21 AM
Originally Posted by JoedeeUK
Our GSD rescue cannot afford to castrate/spay all the dogs/bitches that go through the rescue-at a minimum of £150 a time that would mean having to generate at least 400 @ £150 every year(£60,000)before the feeding & other veterinary treatment is accounted for. Some come in already neutered-oddly enough these are usually the ones with the really bad behavioural problems-the owners substituting neutering for training & this is not just my experience over the past few years, but the last 40 + !!
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Location: Wakefield England
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15-07-2009, 11:37 AM
Originally Posted by kcjack
I am surprised your vets charge you full amount thats shocking.
Have kept out of this because i don't have dogs only bitches, so have never had a dog of my own castrated, and i think bitches are different (JMO) i have however had lots of rescues castrated, we do castrate from 6 months onwards, however we don't do it, if the dog in question appears to be not mature enough to do it. Of the ones we have had done none have come back because of behavioural issues after, i personally don't think that it has much effect on behaviour, and most issues in my experience are down to owners not training or unmderstanding how to handle their dogs, and for me this is the main reason that any dog ends up in rescue
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Location: God's Own County
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15-07-2009, 11:55 AM
Originally Posted by Tassle
But that does not give a true indication of whether castration will work....it does not inhibit the teststerone.
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Location: God's Own County
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15-07-2009, 12:06 PM
Originally Posted by kcjack
I am surprised your vets charge you full amount thats shocking.
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15-07-2009, 12:07 PM
Originally Posted by JoedeeUK
It's the hormone-Progestogen. Far better to use the Suprelorin implant as it does inhibit testosterone production & is truly a checmical castration !
Added to the fact the Tardack injection only lasts one month.....
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