Interested in somewhat of a debate on this one..
Thoughts on spaying and neutering an animal. Well really sterilizing an animal in general.
We are months maybe a year away from getting a new dog and I have never considered the health benefits of NOT neutering him until it was brought to my attention. Yes, I have to be a very smart and very on top of it dog owner to make sure he doesn't knock up the neighbors dog. But, our last dog had a huge list of health issues his entire life. Part of me wonders if it had to do with the fact we completely changed his hormonal makeup by removing his testicles at 6 months old.
Now I have a 5 maybe 6 year old steer. He is insanely huge. Fat and just giant. Has little muscle. He is raised along side our bull who has impressive muscles, strong body, looks much healthier than my steer. And, I assume its just simply hormones. My steer was not made to live into old age with no testicles and his body condition suffers because of it.
So why or why not?
Most vets will tell you what diseases they wont get if you sterilize them. But they don't touch on the ones they may get because you did...
What's your reason?
Thoughts on spaying and neutering an animal. Well really sterilizing an animal in general.
We are months maybe a year away from getting a new dog and I have never considered the health benefits of NOT neutering him until it was brought to my attention. Yes, I have to be a very smart and very on top of it dog owner to make sure he doesn't knock up the neighbors dog. But, our last dog had a huge list of health issues his entire life. Part of me wonders if it had to do with the fact we completely changed his hormonal makeup by removing his testicles at 6 months old.
Now I have a 5 maybe 6 year old steer. He is insanely huge. Fat and just giant. Has little muscle. He is raised along side our bull who has impressive muscles, strong body, looks much healthier than my steer. And, I assume its just simply hormones. My steer was not made to live into old age with no testicles and his body condition suffers because of it.
So why or why not?
Most vets will tell you what diseases they wont get if you sterilize them. But they don't touch on the ones they may get because you did...
What's your reason?