Guys and their feelings about neutering

Oh god I let it slip to my dad today that Sawyer has an appointment to be neutered soon. Oh buddy did he ever flip. He absolutely hated it.....HATED IT when we took Tucker to get him neutered. My dad just beleives its unkind and if you do get your dog neutered atleast let him "get lucky" once .

I try to explain that there is no reason not to neuter Sawyer now. I never plan to breed or show him. And it may be helpful with his humping and obsessive marking. I also try to explain that Sawyer doesent know what his nuts are for im sure and I seriousely doubt he knows he's gonna be missing out on anything. And also he will be nearly 15 months old by the time he goes in which I feel is a good age.

But now my dad is upset with me . Doesent matter much though since Sawyer isn't his dog lol. My brother has alot of the same feelings. And has asked me "Why not just let him be ALL MAN".

Maybe on wrong here but im thinking most women don't get all emotional and upset/uncomfortable and they think of a female dog being spayed. Atleast I know that I don't. I figure if im not going to breed or show the dog then why keep either sex intact? I don't want a whoops litter on either side.

My boyfriend is the same way. hes getting a male GSD, i told him all the stuff he had to do to make sure that he wouldnt find a female to breed with and he said he would do ANYTHING as long as didnt neuter him. He went on and on about taking his manhood just to make things easier for us.

And then he finally pointed out "well.. your getting that little froofroo dog with the big ears (he means papillon) and I dont tell you what to do with her so you cant tell me what to do with my dog.. other than the raw feeding stuff, your gonna have to do that" lol lucky me

I know. And not just dogs cats too. My friend took her cat in and asked about getting an hour lunch to pick him up. Almost every guy spoke up with how horrified they were with that.

One would think that all balls were psychically connected . . .

What good is it doing to keep him intact if you have no plans for that that requires such? I like you let my dogs mature before getting them altered. I just personally think it's better for the dog that way.

My dad had this attitude and we ended up losing one of our male dachshunds to testicular cancer. Needless to say his attitude has changed - now all his animals are altered.

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It seems like they spend enough time thinking with them, a connection could have developed.

I've never met a guy like that. My dad couldn't wait to get the cats neutered, but then he knows intact cats spray and he HATES that smell. Robert doesn't care either. I had to convince him to leave Charlie intact so I can show him.

There used to be this hysterical woman at the dog park that I frequented when I worked animal control. There were a lot of young guys with intact male dogs (college town) around, and any time they got going on how awful neutering is, and why they won't neuter their mixed breed/humping everything dog, she would look them straight in the eye, and very seriously ask them, "You know they let you keep YOURS, right? They don't take them off."

My wife and I decided a long time ago not to have kids.

She's never said anything about "showing" me.

But I've still got mine!


Seriously though, I don't have any problem with it. And since I'm involved in rescue it's mandatory, of course. But c'mon, doesn't it make you a little bit queasy to consider ANY alteration to an animal? If we're honest about it, we spay and neuter for our convenience, not the dogs or cats. We do it to solve the pet overpopulation problem; that's "our" problem, not theirs.

Ugh. So chauvinistic. ... but he didn't care about spaying Maggie? haha

My friend has this little Toy Fox Terrier x Chihuahua who is a complete a-hole. Humping, growling, dominating, marking everyone/everything, getting all of the neighbor's dogs pregnant. He's such a nice guy and he knows his dog's behavior is unacceptable, but he cannot neuter him. After some convincing, he's considering getting him a vascectomy. He decided it can't be that bad after he found out Fozzie isn't neutered, and look how cool he is!

I think they should only be worried when you say "You're next if you don't stop peeing on the toilet seat" :rofl1:

Also no, I feel no personal loss spaying a female dog...but then again I've been trying for the past 6 months to have my tubes tied, so maybe I'm not the best person to speak on that.

It is a bit of the dog's problem, when he is displaying serious humping behavior and OBVIOUS frustration/discomfort. It has to be aggrivating to have the equiptment and the drive but never, ever the chance to use it.

I think it's completely fine to leave a dog unaltered, given that you're completely careful, they are well-behaved and don't obviously crave the chance to mate. But if they are sexually frustrated, I do think it's more humane (after the dog is fully developed, hopefully) to neuter. I went through the same dilemma with my bunny. He was a wonderful little bun, besides the fact that he began to mark everywhere and hump his water bottle/people's feet. I neutered him because it was the kindest thing to do for him, and he stopped obsessing over sex completely.

:hail: :cheers:

And to the other . . . it took me YEARS to convince the idiot doctors that I seriously never, ever, ever wanted to be pregnant.

Nope.
Not at all queasy, actually.

I wouldnt say queasy, but like any surgery i get a little scared sometimes. What if something goes wrong? ect..

and there were sometimes when my dog was recovering, where she looked miserable that i wondered WHY DID I DO THIS? but after shes back and recovered, i know why i did it. because not spaying kenya wouldve meant a lot things. no more dog parks for one thing, which is something both she and I love and her going into heat and driving our neighbors dogs crazy

Me neither, and I've actually seen a couple of castrations performed--one on a calf when I was a kid, and one on a friend's horse a few years ago.

DH must be uniquely secure in his manhood, because he has no issue with altering. Actually, we've discussed this issue and he feels there is something wrong with guys that seem to tie their own manhood to neutering....

Not at all! Lol it is really chauvinistic.

Its crazy though he was legit upset when I let it slip.

I do agree that there are some male dogs that can be left unaltered and be just fine. But when it becomes obsessive with the marking and humping its obvious the dog is frustrated and not 100% happy. Tucker was fine until he was about two and it was all we could do to keep him off poor Maggie. He also started marking in the house which wasent cool. Luckily Sawyer hasent started marking in the house *knock on wood*.

^ This saves me having to type the same thing ...

I neutered my current boy (and I don't usually neuter my boys) because he was having issues with it. Almost all the other boys (including his father) were intact until death (dad was 12 yrs old BTW) because it wasn't a problem for them.

I do. And when I think of a male getting neutered. But only if they're my dogs, because I worry about what'll happen and I worry that I won't get back the dog I brought in.

Tyr just wouldn't be Tyr without his testicles.

Nope, doesn't make me queasy to think about it. Or watch it get done. I watched several of my females get spayed, and my males get neutered, and even assisted on a couple spays. This was when I was a tech for my vet.

And it does not only benefit the owner. Yes, having my males neutered completely eliminated the humping and hiking issue, but it also greatly benefits the dog. Lowers a female's risk of reproductive cancers (my mother had an unspayed female years ago that died of mammary cancer) and a male's risk of testicular cancer. I had a dog die of testicular cancer, and I've got another with it right now (and I had his testicals removed a couple weeks ago, but he still has a large, cancerous tumor in his testical sac). So yes, having dogs altered DOES benefit them (excluding premature spay/neuters).

And Pixie, I totally hear ya! Gage is the only dog in my crew that isn't altered yet. He just hit 6 months and is getting done very shortly, as I had to move back his operation date. My dad still picks on me going, "Can't we just have ONE male in this house that can be a real man?" LMAO.

I hear this a lot but we neutered Jack at a year and he was still Jack--just with less humping of random dogs (he and Sally still go at each other) and no more leg lifting. then, oddly enough, the leg lifting came back at age 2, and has not left us since--lol.

Neither of my dogs had recovery issues either. The hard part was not seeing them go through pain when recovering, but keeping them from being TOO active....