Chemical Castration for Dogs

Humping has little to do with sex. Dogs do it when anxious or excited or adolescent. They usually grow out of it.
If chemical castration works, you may want to have him neutered but not if he’s fearful, when castration will make him worse.

David49

Sounds like you are all in favour of mutilating dogs for your own convenience.

What a peculiar take on the issue. A view at odds with pretty much every dog charity in the country.

We rescued an intact male dog.
At any opportunity he was away over our six foot fence after any bitch for miles around. He was in grave danger of coming to grief on the road and potentially causing an accident in which others could be hurt.

He had the snip and died in his bed, many years later after a long, safe and happy life.

Have you tried looking at any of Dogs Behaving Badly episodes (on YouTube)? There might be something helpful on there

Mutilating dogs? Never heard that one.

Responsible owners do this .

Eloethan

I think it is better to the dog neutered, rather than using chemicals which may have side effects or create long term health issues.

It must be frustrating for your dog to have such a high sex drive so it probably is kinder anyway.

Agreed.

David49

Sounds like you are all in favour of mutilating dogs for your own convenience.

No David neutering dogs (and bitches) is socially responsible as it reduces the likelihood of “accidental” mating or pregnancies and unwanted litters of puppies as well as reducing the incidence of dog theft by those seeking to breed (usually illegally ) in puppy farms and the like. Not to mention reducing the dog’s urge to stray whenever a bitch is in season anywhere in the vicinity , oh as well as aggressive behaviour.
Castration and spaying also reduce the dangers of cancer in both sexes so “personal convenience” really doesn’t come into it.

Claremont

He is 2.5 years old, and in this case there is clearly a problem!

Yes, thank you, I can read. I was simply speaking in more general terms.

He is 2.5 years old, and in this case there is clearly a problem!

We have had male Labs our whole life and none of them were neutered. We never had any problems with any of them and all lived long, happy, healthy lives. There are very convincing arguments for having a bitch spayed, less so for male dogs. And in fact, neutering too early can actually cause more problems later in life, especially for larger breeds.

Totally agree.

Much better this way.

I think it is better to the dog neutered, rather than using chemicals which may have side effects or create long term health issues.

It must be frustrating for your dog to have such a high sex drive so it probably is kinder anyway.

I agree with Ordinarygirl unless you are going to put your dog to stud there is little point in keeping him intact. Our JR suffered badly from bladder problems which the vet said may not have happened if we had castrated him.

I believe that Graeme Hall (Dogs Behaving Badly TV series) has written a book about training dogs which might cover the humping habit. Who knows, there could be a quite simple measure you could take without resorting to either surgery or an implant. At his age, your dog is probably still young enough to be taken in hand. It's a problem when you have more than one dog - they're pack animals and you have to take that into account when you start mixing & matching!

It’s the responsible thing to do David. Far too many unwanted dogs in this world. Similarly with cats. All mine have been neutered/spayed.

Not at all David49. It was for his own safety with my dog (on a lead), because he had his ear ripped when another intact male spaniel flew at him from across the field because of his excessive pheromones.

Sounds like you are all in favour of mutilating dogs for your own convenience.

unless you are a breeder then I see no point in keeping dogs "intact" there are health issues in not having the operation
also the risk of impregnating bitches which have (stupidly) not been neutered.
neutered animals generally live longer than those who have not had the operation

It didn't work on young golden retriever, so we went the whole hog. He still has tendencies, but much less so now and other dogs are far less attracted to him too.