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Date Posted: 11:02:27 07/21/09 Tue
Author: Jessica Benyukhis
Subject: Re: Jessica
In reply to: Sara R 's message, "Re: Jessica" on 10:47:01 07/21/09 Tue

Hi Sara,
Sometimes, fixing a dog can even make the problem worse. Having dealt with a dog that was spayed right after her first heat cycle (at about 10 months of age) and still had massive aggression issues, I personally do not believe that fixing a dog helps the issue one way or the other. I've read in many places that fixing the dog can make the problem worse just as easily as it could make it better... so it really is a toss-up. Many times, it won't change the aggression.

An unstable dog will react to stresses more so than a stable dog. That is fact, right? So when it comes to aggression... if a human is posing some sort of stressor on the dog, the dog might react in an aggressive manner.

Here's what I know for sure. Fixing my female didn't stop me from having to put her down for aggression issues when she was older. I don't know if it made the situation better, or worse. To know for sure, I would have to go back in time, not spay her and see if it made a difference. Obviously, I can't do that ;). But, I can definitively say that fixing her didn't help overall. I still had to put her down, right? Maybe it made the situation more manageable; maybe it made it worse. Who knows? I personally do not believe that, in an unstable dog, sexual maturation really plays a HUGE role in being aggressive towards humans. Sexual maturity is showing dominance, etc... not biting humans because they are stressing the dog. That is usually what causes the dog to bite people; they are stressing the dog to its breaking point. The unstable dogs have a MUCH lower breaking point, a much shorter fuse.

Hope that answers your question.

Regards,
Jessica

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