Neuter your male dog
Owning any dog comes with a variety of responsibilities. However, owning a male dog comes with one very distinct responsibility. As the owner of a male dog, it is in your best interest, your dog’s best interest, and the interest of the rest of the world, to neuter your dog.
Neutering your male dog plays a significant role in altering his reproductive system. While the reproductive system contains the obvious organs, it also produces hormones that affect your dog’s behavior. When you have your dog neutered, your veterinarian will put your dog under anestesia and remove his testicles. This procedure prevents the risk of future health complications involving the reproductive system, but it also changes your dog’s behavior and predictability.
An un-neutered dog’s behavior is often controlled by the male hormone, testosterone. The testosterone often leads a male dog to be more aggressive, challenging, and territorial than an un-neutered dog. These characteristics can make a male dog difficult to live with, and difficult to train. Additionally, he may mark his territory and demonstrate his manhood by lifting his leg all over your house, and anywhere he visits. This behavior can be frustratingly messy and inappropriate. He may also feel the urge to mount people, including your family and strangers, which is extremely uncomfortable for everyone involved. Neutering your dog eliminates most of this unwelcome behavior and makes your dog a more pleasant pet.
When a male dog is left un-neutered, he exhibits a strong urge to find female dogs and mate with them. An un-neutered male dog often wanders away from his home frequently, in search of a mate. This wandering can lead to your male dog mating with a female, without you knowing, and producing an unexpected litter of puppies into the world. Often times, these unexpected puppies are left homeless or euthenized. Neutering your dog helps to end the over-population of unwanted and unexpected puppies, ensuring a better life for dogs world-wide.
While the owners of a female dog do have the option to deal with the unexpected litters, owners of the male dog often never find out about their dog’s puppies. Nevertheless, that does not make the puppies anymore likely to find loving homes. It is essential to neuter to male dog, not only to curb unwanted behaviors, but to take responsibility for his behaviors and put an end to unexpected litters of puppies.
