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- From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
- Subject: Re: Will late castration affect my dog's behaviour?
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- Date: 22 Dec 1992 20:47:54 GMT
- References: <18710@mindlink.bc.ca> <KMURPHY.92Dec19172229@orangutan.cv.nrao.edu> <1992Dec22.053716.142@wolves.Durham.NC.US>
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- In article <1992Dec22.053716.142@wolves.Durham.NC.US> wolfe@wolves.Durham.NC.US
- (G. Wolfe Woodbury) writes:
- >We neutered our male schipperke at about 2.5 years. It DID help a lot.
- >
- >He was being extremely aggressive towards Sue, and had nipped both Sue
- >and my mother a time or two. He also went totally berzerk whenever a
- >female "in heat" got anywhere near him. He had a chronic balanitis as
- >well.
- >
- >Since the operation, he is MUCH calmer and easier to get along with. He
- >is a little more "snuggly" and affectionate. He also gained quite a bit
- >of weight.
-
- On the other hand -
-
- We neutered Tex when he was five. It didn't change his desire to hunt all
- smaller dogs and cats. Otherwise, he has always been very calm, so that didn't
- change.
-
- His weight didn't change, either. (Well, I guess he was a pound or so lighter.)
-
- David Gutierrez
- drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu
-
- "Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
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