Have you decided to adopt a dog? So it’s a precious time, but it must also be the time when, as an owner, you must accept all your responsibilities to give your pet everything it needs to be happy.
Is it a male or female dog? This is a completely individual decision, although regardless of the chosen sex, a controlled, responsible and desired reproduction by the owners will be fundamental to animal health, in this sense the control of the reproduction of their animal must be an issue that deserves its all attention.
- However.
- In this Animal Expert article.
- We will not discuss the issue of castration as a responsibility.
- But as a way to improve canine behavior.
- Read on and find out if it is necessary to sterilize males to improve their behavior.
First of all you should know that castration is not the same as a sterilization process, because it is a more invasive surgery, but it can also have greater benefits.Castration involves the removal of the testicles, preserving the scrotum.This technique not only prevents the animal from reproducing, but also inhibits the dog’s sexual behavior, but what does that mean?
A male dog has a strong reproductive instinct and suffices to notice a female in heat next to it so that this causes a real chaos, this happens through different mechanisms:
With castration there is not this intense hormonal dance, which has a positive impact on the dog and also in his human home, however, this practice goes further and reduces the risk that the dog has certain conditions of hormonal origin such as: prostate cysts., prostate hyperplasia, testicular tumors and tumors in the perianale region.
That’s the question many owners ask themselves, but it’s not the right question because it’s poorly worded.First we need to clarify that a man does not exhibit sexual misconduct, it simply exhibits sexual and natural behavior that can be problematic.
Dogs that misperform them do so because of poor intervention by their owners, not because they exhibit their sexual physiology, in any case, the question is whether it is appropriate to sterilize the dog to reduce its dominance, aggressiveness and disobedience when it detects a female.in heat.
The answer is yes, it is appropriate, although it does not lead a man to exhibit sexual behavior to be a man unable to control himself, it could then be said that sterilization reduces the anxiety of the dog caused by his strong reproductive instincts and the problems faced by the owners.
Doesn’t that explanation convince you yet? You may have some myths in mind, so let’s find out quickly:
Not all dogs are the same and that’s why I would like to share the experience I had with my first dog, which quickly became one of the most loved people to me, Verdi was a mixture of beijingers that accompanied me for 19 years, becoming another member of the family.
If you have ever shown the behavior of a typical male dog, it must have been insignificant, since we have never observed in it all the signs that this implies.It is also important to know that at age 15, he had to have surgery for a perianale tumor that, although not malignant, causes oppression in the region and is clearly hormonodependent.
By that I mean that there are dogs that are only affected when a dog in heat is nearby, so you can’t neuter your dog, but you can’t behave sexually either.
But that is not the only thing to keep in mind, you may not have decided to adopt a Beijinger but a Siberian Husky, a sturdy dog, beautiful and very close to the wolf.
In this case, the problem is not only because the dog can cause the greatest chaos inside the house, because it has a very robust structure, the problem is that castration will in itself involve the intervention on the wild beauty of this.Animal.
Do you want to keep all your pet’s instincts trying to respect its nature to the fullest or, conversely, decide that this is not an option for you?There is no better decision than another, sterilization is a generic issue, as it should be treated individually according to each dog and each owner.
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