Should i get him neutered?

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Monty my st bernard pup is now just over 6 months and the plan was to get him neutered now as vet says he is ready. But he still isnt cocking his leg up when goes for a wee and asked vet about it and he said having him neutered may stop him from cocking his leg up as he hasnt already learnt it.

Now the last few weeks hes getting really interested in our border collie bitch and he has tried mounting her. Im worrid because of his size he will hurt her (she does encourage him!).

Hes also getting rather bolshy too and my collie was like that at 6 months and calmed down alot after he had been done.

Do you think i should get monty done even though theres risk he may never cock his leg up?
 
I have a male GSD who pees like a girl and a bitch Spitz who cocks her leg...what does it matter?!!!

If your vet thinks he is old enough to be neutered I would rather avoid unwanted babies and behavioural issues and get it done!
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My dog has been neutered and only cocks his leg about 10% of the time. He never cocked it before he was done. Im glad he doesn't do it that often tbh means he cant go around peeing on walls, cars, etc .
 
Get him neutered anyway, if you're not breeding him.
Big randy dogs are not fun, I have had to beat of GSDs before, I can't imagine a St Bernard would be much fun
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It really isn't a big deal, my male pees like a bitch and pals had a female who cocked her leg.
 
I had two male lurchers at the same time - one was neutered (rescue) and the other wasnt (ours from puppy). Both cocked their leg sometimes and peed like a bitch sometimes - it really does make no difference to them
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Cocking the leg is just a sign of dominance/alpha male/female positions, a dominant bitch may cock her leg, whereas a submissive dog may squat, does it really matter if he isn't cocking his leg, it just shows he is not dominant which is good in such a big dog. If your not planning on using him as a stud dog and your vet says he's ready get him done!!....
 
The only thing that I would be a little cautious about is castrating a large male so young. I was always advised to leave my rottie entire until at least a year old or preferably until he had finished growing. Apparently it can help protect the joints - I don't have any scientific evidence btw.
I ignored the advice
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as at 6 months he was faaaaaaar too interested in the ladies and humping any dog that would stand still long enough. Castration didn't cure the humping and he has had 3 cruciate ligament repair ops and has elbow dysplasia. This could be coincidence but none of his litter mates or dogs from the same breeding lines have had as many problems - and while he was having his many ops, one of the things that seemed to come up in conversation (you know how dog owners like to swop "war" stories
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) was that more often than not the dogs with problems had been neutered at less than a year old.....as I said, not conclusive by any stretch of the imagination but you might want to talk to the breed society or some one similar and see if they have any advice.

By the way, I'm very pro neutering - I have no entire animals - but if I ever have another large dog, I will hold off until they are at least a year old.
 
cbmcts - our vet told to wait until Yellow Dog was 12 months before he was neutered because he was ill as a puppy and took ages to grow. He had all teh bits at 6 months but it she was worried neutering would stunt his growth. We still haven't had im done tho
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and he's still diddy for a lab
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Not yet - seems really early for a dog his size. We were going to wait at least a year for our lab, and labs are much smaller than a St Bernard. With the leg cocking, my 2 and a half year old entire male lab (who has bred a litter) does not always cock his leg. He also didn't until he was about a year old. The decision was relatively easy because other than the deliberate matings, he's humped his bed once, and was interested in a bitch who had been lying in a bed with an in season bitch.
 
Personally,I wouldn't care whether a dog cocked his leg or not. My male poodle does not and I've seen bichon bitches that do. So long as they don't do it on my carpet, I don't care what shape they take while doing it!
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Thanks for all your replies. The vet says he is ready and hasnt warned me of any problems with having him done at 6 months being the size he is.

Im going to speak to him again and ask if it could cause him any problems and if he says it wont then will book him in to be done.
 
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The only thing that I would be a little cautious about is castrating a large male so young. I was always advised to leave my rottie entire until at least a year old or preferably until he had finished growing. Apparently it can help protect the joints - I don't have any scientific evidence btw.
I ignored the advice
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as at 6 months he was faaaaaaar too interested in the ladies and humping any dog that would stand still long enough. Castration didn't cure the humping and he has had 3 cruciate ligament repair ops and has elbow dysplasia. This could be coincidence but none of his litter mates or dogs from the same breeding lines have had as many problems - and while he was having his many ops, one of the things that seemed to come up in conversation (you know how dog owners like to swop "war" stories
smile.gif
) was that more often than not the dogs with problems had been neutered at less than a year old.....as I said, not conclusive by any stretch of the imagination but you might want to talk to the breed society or some one similar and see if they have any advice.

By the way, I'm very pro neutering - I have no entire animals - but if I ever have another large dog, I will hold off until they are at least a year old.

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The problems you describe are actually very very common in rotts, infact I have met vey few that have not had a cruciate repair in their life, my bitch has not long had hers done, and the last 3 rescue rots we had in all had cruciate repairs and 1 also had elbow displacia, they where neutered whilst being repaired
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so they certainly where not a related issues.
We also see alot of rotts at work with cruciate and in the older years bone cancer.

To the OP are you planning on spaying the bitch?
 
No experience with cruciate repair (although I am aware of a few rott owners having this problem) but ED and HD are hereditary conditions or can be caused by injury or over-exertion at a young age when the bones and joints are still forming, I have never heard a link with early neutering.
Single severe cases in a litter are not uncommon.
 
The collie has already been spayed luckily. Am going to vets tomorrow anyway so will speak to him again to make sure it wont cause him any problems.
 
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