Neutering a bird dog

[rferg84]

Not to hijack op. But billy how did your Boykin respond, reduced aggression? I have a 5 month old male Boykin from dove wood. Your welcome to pm me.

Hey I'm down with turning it into a Boykin thread.

[hallpass]

Cut them nuts.

[rferg84]

Here is the mutt in question.

[rferg84]

ttt

[BBBGP]

Great looking dog. Where did you get him?

[DRT]

If you are going to there are studies that show that waiting until two years makes sense as the hormones are needed to help him develop.

[tradtiger]

I know that my Dad preferred to have female bird dogs, which tended to be less prone to fighting than males. One of his best dogs was a female pointer who came from a pound, where she had been spayed. He often complained what a shame it was to not be able to get pups with her bloodline and potentially keen nose. Seems to me that you might want to keep options available to continue a potentially great bloodline. Just my two cents.

[rferg84]

Great looking dog. Where did you get him?

Nancy Boykin at Hunters Rest Kennels.

Amazing lady.

[El General]

I would wait until after two years to allow for bone and muscle development.

I have a 10 yo Brittany that I planned on neutering after two years, but never got around to it.

[texas shag]

Also agree on waiting until two. The drawback is that if you wait that long, their brain has already developed to act as an in tact male, and thus they will still pee on everything and drool around every lady. The good thing is that you have allowed their skeletal structure to mature.

Since you have waited to 18 months, I would say wait the extra six months and then snip him. you should have done it at 6 months old if you wanted to avoid the horny dog syndrome you manage with in fact males.

[kingchip]

I've been discussing this with the rescue that I got my latest Boykin from.Some wanted to do it at 7 months, but I've talked them into letting me wait a while. I was thinking a year minimum.

[JeffJ]

Zero negative effect on my former lab. Helped him focus and he didn't try and hump everything or pee on everything. Too many men won't do it for some odd ego reason. Obviously will cut down on nut cancer risk.

[rferg84]

Also agree on waiting until two. The drawback is that if you wait that long, their brain has already developed to act as an in tact male, and thus they will still pee on everything and drool around every lady. The good thing is that you have allowed their skeletal structure to mature.

Since you have waited to 18 months, I would say wait the extra six months and then snip him. you should have done it at 6 months old if you wanted to avoid the horny dog syndrome you manage with in fact males.

Zero negative effect on my former lab. Helped him focus and he didn't try and hump everything or pee on everything. Too many men won't do it for some odd ego reason. Obviously will cut down on nut cancer risk.

Thanks for the advice. It's an interesting topic. Lots of conflicting information online. I'll probably do it at 22 months or so or it would be during dove season.