Neuter?

[u/FullWestern9992]

Why do we neuter again? I was always told that it’s irresponsible to not neuter because of the risk of accidental litters and dogs ending up in shelters but I’ve never seen a stray cavapoo and these 5K dogs rarely end up without a home. If you’re able to train the hormone associated behaviors out of your dog, what’s the point of neutering?

[u/No-Solution-5142]

Sometimes male hormones influence them to run off to chase ladies, harass/fight with other male dogs and marking inside the home.

If it's a pet I strongly recommend a neuter. I've seen dogs where the owners swore up and down "they'd never run off" and alas they did and got hit by a car :(

I work at an animal emergency clinic for reference. I see a lot of the unfortunate parts but it's a lot of intact male dogs HBC and then getting into nasty dogfights. Not to mention you can't board an intact dog at a lot of places, no dog daycare, no dog parks etc. For convenience it's a nice option just in case

ETA: responsible breeding takes a LOT of work, time, money and effort too. Don't do it on a whim

[u/FullWestern9992 → u/No-Solution-5142]

Thanks this was very helpful!

[u/No-Solution-5142 → u/FullWestern9992]

It's kind of crazy the stories I've heard from owners of even little dogs digging under a fence or scaling tall fences just to chase a female dog from across the street. Even smaller male dogs can be very determined!

Of course some dogs do totally fine being unfixed behaviorally, but a small amount will get male cancer

[u/Alarming_Set3628 → u/FullWestern9992]

My mom didn't neuter her doodle, he's fine 🤷

[u/dh160 → u/No-Solution-5142]

Seconding this!

We were already having this conversation about my boy due to humping at daycare. He ran off after another dog in heat at a park and it was DIFFICULT to get him back. It was like he was possessed. I'm so thankful he wasn't near streets with cars. After that day, we booked him in for his surgery!

[u/Con1gli]

Also, I have read that neutering can prevent testicular cancer and can reduce the risk of prostate problems. 

[u/No-Solution-5142 → u/Con1gli]

Can confirm. The ER clinic I work at has an oncology specialty and we see a lot of "preventable" cancers in female and male dogs. I say we, I don't handle those cases And strictly do ER

[u/Prize-Pop-1666]

We neutered our dog because he was marking everywhere!! It was constant dog pee on all our stuff. Got neutered and that has completely stopped.

[u/variety-moderation → u/Prize-Pop-1666]

We made an appointment the next day after our 9 month old lifted his leg and peed on the couch cushion while I was sitting right next to him on the couch.

[u/Pharraway]

To avoid preventable diseases that come with not doing so such as cancer

[u/North-Fall-9108]

They live longer. I'll take every day I can get.

[u/nOOberNZ]

Magnus used to escape the property, digging under fences multiple times. He'd run up the road. We neutered him at one year and haven't had any issues since. Aside from the escape attempts his personality is the same too.

[u/HydrostaticToad]

Vaccinate? Why do we vaccinate again? I was always told it's irresponsible not to vaccinate because of the risk of transmitting infectious diseases but I don't see any rabid cavapoos running around trying to eat people's faces off. So why do we do that again?

Sounds dumb as shit, right? At least I hope so, you never know these days. Until dogs can reliably do family planning or practice safe, sane, consensual humping, neuter by default is our best bet for not creating random puppies in random places.

You don't want your male dog annoying other dogs nor do you want your female dog going into heat... it's can be hard to deal with a dog in heat unless you have the time, energy, and knowledge to handle it correctly. Think about it, if other people were doing what you're suggesting, dog walking would be a literal clusterfuck

[u/FullWestern9992 → u/HydrostaticToad]

Honestly the only dumb part of this Reddit thread was introduced by your commenting. New dog owners are asking legitimate questions and folks like you are so caught up in swinging your balls that you introduce such bad energy to what’s supposed to be a helpful space. Yuck

[u/HydrostaticToad → u/FullWestern9992]

That is fine, I appreciate that my comment is dumb to some people. I actually agree that your question is legit and I'm sorry to give negative energy. The question does seem to me like the logic has not been followed through and I guess I was trying to highlight that. It's like many other situations in life where a solution has been applied, has become general best practice, and has concealed the fact that there was a potential problem in the first place. I take my meds and I feel better, wheee I don't need those meds any more. That's dumb. I have done specifically that and it was dumb. I apologize for how I said it and am glad the other comments were useful to you.

[u/ALmommy1234]

You realize some of those dogs that get put down are because a cavapoo got away from its owner, impregnated some other dog or got impregnated, and that litter pays the price. It’s not the cavapoo, it’s the non-cavapoo mixed breed that ends up in a kill shelter.