Neuter or not

[Terry]

I have a 4 year old male lab who is great retriever and well behaved......until recently. It seem some female dogs in the area have come into heat. Some mile or more away. When it hits him he is gone, ignores all hand signs or voice command and the shock collar. Vet tells many dogs suffer impact injury because of this I.e. car hits etc. For those who have experience with dogs that they use to hunt, any negative effect after the dog is neutered?

Thanks for any assistance

[Terry]

Ttt

[Draco]

It fixed my fox terrier that I used to have. He didn't get fat but he was pretty energetic.

[huntresss]

Neutering won't affect your dogs hunting abilities whatsoever, but it certainly will help keep him home. I wouldn't expect his behavior to change overnight though since you've waited so long to do it. I've had a few male dogs that I neutered too late in life that it didn't help with the problem behavior.

[az2tx]

My German Wirehair is neutered and he is a hunting machine. He was neutered young

[Jaycar85]

both my dogs are cut n love to hunt, they are also in great shape. i remember reading some ones post b 4, if you dont plan on breeding them cut them, its kinda like having tow mirrors, with no intentions 2 pull anything

[Landrover]

I have never cut one....................Bayou is partial to his! LOL!

[Terry]

Thanks for the info