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Best Age To Neuter
I have a four month old Akita male. I have heard lots of opinions about whether to neuter or not. I have no reason not to neuter. My question, which has not been answered after searching many web pages is this, What age is the best age for my dog to be neutered?
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Welcome to pets.ca, Limey77 . I'm sorry to inform you that we can not answer any questions unless new members post pictures of their pets .
Just kidding (although it would be awfully nice to see your furbaby ). Not sure if you'll find any definitive answers to your question. There are many pros and cons to neutering early or waiting until a dog reaches maturity. I think LavenderRott had posted some references to studies...I'll pm her this thread. Personally, although I know some may not agree with me, if I only had one dog who showed no signs of aggression towards other dogs of the same sex, I most likely would wait until at least 1 year old...maybe even 2 (taking extra precautions of course to avoid any accidental breeding). As it is, we have four...a male who doesn't easily accept other mature males, and three females. We've fostered dogs before who were in heat and it created too much tension amongst the girls. We opted to spay our last adopted pup before she had her first heat because of this. Hope we can get you the right info to help with a decision best suited for your particular circumstances.
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I am surprised you haven't found anything listing the pros and cons of pediatric spay/neuter. What does your breeder say?
There are several studies that show a correlation between pediatric spay/neuter with an increase in cancers, an increase in joint related issues (both hip and elbow dysplacia) and some behavioral issues. Unfortunately, I just got a new computer and don't have all the bookmarked pages that I once had. I do have this link - you will need to download onto Adobe Reader the link at the bottom of the page. http://sites.google.com/site/goodpup...rhealtheffects Here are the pros and cons from that link. Quote:
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Some of these articles might help.
http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongT...uterInDogs.pdf Long-Term Health Risks and Benefits Associated with Spay / Neuter in Dogs Laura J. Sanborn, M.S. May 14, 2007 http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/pdf...ma.231.11.1665 Determining the optimal age for gonadectomy of dogs and cats, Margaret V. Root Kustritz, dvm, phd, dact http://www.savethedals.org/earlyneuter.htm Veterinary "Review" Article on Neutering, with Implications for Dalmatian Stone-Formers Abstracted by Carroll H. Weiss Study Group on Urinary Stones Research Committee Dalmatian Club of America http://www.showdogsupersite.com/kenl...vet/neutr.html NEUTERING MALE AND FEMALE DOGS Mary C. Wakeman, D.V.M. ©2003 for BREEDERVET http://www.littleriverlabs.com/neuter.htm The Question Of Neutering and at what age (Put together by Gregg Tonkin, Little River Labradors from postings by Pam Davol PHD and Chris Zink DVM, PhD, DACVP) http://leerburg.com/pdf/neutering.pdf Should You Neuter Your Dog? Ed Frawley, Leerburg Kennels * words are l e e r b u r g.com and L e e r b u r g Kennels http://www.traciehotchner.com/dt/fil...Villalobos.pdf The Bond and Beyond for VPN December 2008 by Alice Villalobos Will We Change on Early Spay-Neuter? http://www.showdogsupersite.com/kenl...ionindogs.html ISSUES REGARDING CASTRATION IN DOGS Mary C. Wakeman, D.V.M. ©2003 for BREEDERVET http://www.petresource.com/Articles%..._neutering.htm New Views On Neutering By Ruth Marrion, DVM http://www.acc-d.org/2006%20Symposiu...ession%20I.pdf Non-reproductive Effects of Spaying and Neutering Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Non-Surgical Contraceptive Methods for Pet Population Control • www.acc-d.org SESSION OVERVIEW - Dr. John Verstegen http://www.peptech.com/HTML/Animal_H...n_general.html A non-surgical method to suppress testosterone http://prdupl02.ynet.co.il/ForumFiles_2/23999370.pdf Pros and Cons of Neutering E. Hardie Department of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. http://www.doglistener.co.uk/neutering/rspca.shtml RSPCA Admit to Spaying and Castrating Puppies AT SIX WEEKS OLD Stan Rawlinson MTCBPT.MPAACT Doglistener Behaviourist and Obedience Trainer http://users.lavalink.com.au/theos/Spay-neuter.htm#vacc Should I spay or should I no..? -- pros and cons of Spay-neuter Hungarian Vizsla Health Resource http://www.doglistener.co.uk/neuteri...eutering.shtml Spaying and Castration (Neutering) Dogs and Cats A Stark Warning Stan Rawlinson, a full time Dog Behaviourist and Obedience Trainer. http://www.wholedognews.com/ Spay, Neuter, and Cancer: Revisiting and Old Trinity Myrna Milani, BS, DVM http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html Early Spay-Neuter Considerations for the Canine Athlete One Veterinarian's Opinion © 2005 Chris Zink DVM, PhD, DACVP http://www.columbusdogconnection.com...ebuttal%20.pdf Rebuttal to “Early Spay-Neuter Considerations for the Canine Athlete” Lisa M Howe, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS Associate Professor, Small Animal Surgery Co-Chief Surgical Sciences Sect Dept of Vet Small Animal Clinical Sci College of Vet Med and Biom Sciences Texas A&M Univ College Station TX 77843 http://www.pluggd.tv/audio/channels/...episodes/4njnh Dog Talk Show #96 Tracie Hotchner (10-18-2008) Early spay/neuter may be harming our dogs! Hear Dr. Christine Zink, DVM, PhD, DAVCP on the physical benefits of delaying neutering and trainer Parvene Farhoody on how it can reduce aggression. http://www.antrozoologisenteret.no/a.../art_breed.pdf Effects of breed, sex, and neuter status on trainability in dogs James A. Serpell* and Yuying Hsu† http://users.skynet.be/fa242124/a-en...tion-dogs.html Gonadectomy and behavior Dr Joël Dehasse http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homep...lityReview.pdf Temperament and personality in dogs (Canis familiaris): A review and evaluation of past research Amanda C. Jones *, Samuel D. Gosling Neuter/Spay - Health, Behavioural, Societal and Other Pros and Cons This is a reading list of articles and papers by Veterinarians, breed clubs, trainers and others on neutering or spaying your dog that I have found helpful and very educational. Most are based on extensive Veterinary research and also provide references you can check further. If you are wrestling with the question of when or whether to neuter/spay these may help. They do not all agree and one is even a rebuttal of another. One is a link to a radio show interview. One is a link to a medical testosterone suppressant not yet available in N. America but is in the U.K. and Australia. Some are not easy reading. I think I personally found the first two in the list to be of most help and I appreciated the non-biased way the information was presented. The list is in no particular order, articles were simply added as I discovered them. If the links are not clickable I have tried to include the name of the paper and author in case you have to search for them. I hope this helps folks out and good luck with your decision. A tip, I went to my Vet to discuss the first two articles with her. Laveder Rott's quote is from the first link. |
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My new computer thanks you for the links, Longblades!
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My computer says yours is welcome. There are a few more I should add but haven't got around to it. If you have any I don't would be happy to see them, once you get them from your old computer that is.
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OY! Between spay/neuter, raw feeding, vaccinating, puppymills, genealogy and other misc. stuff - I probably have close to 500 bookmarks on the old computer. I think I just might start over - it would probably be easier.
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Fantastic! Thanks for all those links, Longblades.
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Thank you all for the input and thanks for the links. There are quite a few. Not sure why I couldn't find them.
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An amazing spay-neuter resource. Let's not lose this folks.
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