The Mutts Nutts - to snip or not to snip?

[DaveShoelace]

My dog Charlie is the best dog ever. 18 month old black lab, very nice temperament, really gentle and wimpy - never ever growled at a dog and we can trust him near kids etc.

So for that reason I have always managed to avoid getting his pride and joy chopped off. He is the least aggressive dog in the world so I didnt see a reason to do it.

But in the few times he has come across a dog in season he has gone crazy, which is normal of course. Yesterday however we came across a stray dog who another dog walker pointed out looked like she was in season (dunno how she knew). Charlie went nuts and chased her out of the park, through someone's garden, out the other side and onto a main road. He ran for over a mile and thankfully lost her, so he came back to me.

I did really well to keep up with him the entire way (what a site I was, christ, huffing and puffing and screaming stop that dog at passers by) but had my missus or my parents (who sometimes walk him) been out with him they would have lost him for sure and he could have easily been hit by a car.

The fact that such a well behaved dog who barely leaves my side in the park could do this has really scared me, so I have booked him in to get the snip. Now everything I have read and been told has told me its a great idea for lots of health and behaviour reasons anyway, let alone it may save his life if this sort of thing crops up again.

But I feel so damn guilty now, he has the op tomorrow and he has been pulling a sulky face all morning. How many other dog owners have given their dog the snip and does it change them much?

This is him submitting to a bassett hound

[GreekStein]

poor dog.

'If your mrs said to you today sorry Baz, no more rumps ever for you mate - you behave better without em' how would you feel?

Maybe that's why I own a leopard skinned gecko and a tortoise.

[DaveShoelace]

poor dog.

'If your mrs said to you today sorry Baz, no more rumps ever for you mate - you behave better without em' how would you feel?

Maybe that's why I own a leopard skinned gecko and a tortoise.

Ive been going out with her for 5 years mate, I'd probably agree with her now

[Eso Kral]

We have a 9month old Tri colour King Charles Cavalier and at his puppy training classes thye definatley recommend to have them off as it will stop this kind of behaviour and also calm the dog down a bit.
Watching your clip was funny cos our dog does the same submissive behaviour when he meets other dogs especially if he has not met them before or if he is not with his same breed.
Ours gets done next Tuesday  poor boy

My vote is Snip

[sovietsong]

i have experienced this from the other side mate, billie was almost raped, she was clear in refusing the dogs advances but he took no notice, she didnt lead him on and is no way a tease...

I think you should accept that the snip is the only way to go, some dogs are sexual preditors no matter how nice they are before/after...

[DaveShoelace]

Thanks Ya'll, just took him into the Vets, typically he was really well behaved and pulling a sulky face just to make me feel more guilty.

[Eck]

LOL at huffy dogs, our first boxer would always ignore us when we picked him up from the Kennels after our holiday. He would sit in the back of the car facing out the rear and wouldn't turn around and look at us.

Maybe he just never forgave us for getting his knackers cut off though....

[rex008]

i have experienced this from the other side mate, billie was almost raped, she was clear in refusing the dogs advances but he took no notice, she didnt lead him on and is no way a tease...

I think you should accept that the snip is the only way to go, some dogs are sexual preditors no matter how nice they are before/after...

This may be whooshing me, but that seems like a rather bizarre post. You can't seriously apply human standards of behaviour to dogs? All animals are sexual predators, including humans a lot of the time. Evolution leads to that fact.

Sorry, nothing to do with chopping your dog's nadgers off, just puzzled (or whooshed, not sure).

[DaveShoelace]

i have experienced this from the other side mate, billie was almost raped, she was clear in refusing the dogs advances but he took no notice, she didnt lead him on and is no way a tease...

I think you should accept that the snip is the only way to go, some dogs are sexual preditors no matter how nice they are before/after...

This may be whooshing me, but that seems like a rather bizarre post. You can't seriously apply human standards of behaviour to dogs? All animals are sexual predators, including humans a lot of the time. Evolution leads to that fact.

Sorry, nothing to do with chopping your dog's nadgers off, just puzzled (or whooshed, not sure).

I don't think he was suggesting doggies should be treated in the same way as humans or put on a register for such a thing, just that an unsnipped dog is potentially going to hurt or impregnate a lady doggy against both owners wishes, so another reason to get him done, courtesy to others.

[Graham C]

He won't know any different in a couple of days, don't worry about it.

[booder]

He won't know any different in a couple of days, don't worry about it.

Is that what Mrs Silo told you ?

[EvilPie]

I had Ronnie's nuts chopped off cus he was a loony.

[ ] made a difference.

If I knew back then what I knew now I wouldn't have had it done.

It won't stop him chasing girl dogs in heat. He'll still have a nose and they'll still send him loopy. Just part of having a dog.

Don't worry about the dog though, when I had Ronnie done it didn't seem to bother him one bit. Certainly didn't fall out with me.

One thing I really don't get. 3 years ago they banned the docking of dog's tails. This I can understand because the tail is a natural part of a dog. Just seems a huge hypocrisy to me that they ban that but positively encourage chopping their knackers off.

[sovietsong]

i have experienced this from the other side mate, billie was almost raped, she was clear in refusing the dogs advances but he took no notice, she didnt lead him on and is no way a tease...

I think you should accept that the snip is the only way to go, some dogs are sexual preditors no matter how nice they are before/after...

This may be whooshing me, but that seems like a rather bizarre post. You can't seriously apply human standards of behaviour to dogs? All animals are sexual predators, including humans a lot of the time. Evolution leads to that fact.

Sorry, nothing to do with chopping your dog's nadgers off, just puzzled (or whooshed, not sure).

I took the offending dog to the police station, explained to the kind officer what had occured and that I wanted to press charges for attempted rape, the officer didnt take it seriously.

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[DaveShoelace]

He seems fine, very whiney last night but seems back to his normal self this morning, bit quieter than usual but doing his normal daft doggy shenanigans this morning.

Didnt realise his 'sack' is still there (but empty obv) the things you learn

[Eso Kral]

our puppy is being done tomorrow
how is your's now dave??