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Date Posted: 22:21:33 07/21/09 Tue
Author: Jessica Benyukhis
Subject: Re: Question Rayna...
In reply to: Sara R 's message, "Question Rayna..." on 22:06:42 07/21/09 Tue

I do think timing matters on this... A really young dog getting fixed keeps him/her from real sexual maturity, and thus dominance levels seem to diminish. But the dog we are talking about seems to be unstable... not just a pushy dog. That was what I was getting to. If the dog is unstable to begin with, it really doesn't make a difference whether or not you spay them when it comes to aggression issues. Unstable dogs find stress in many things and react in a drastic manner. It doesn't matter if they're sexually mature or not.

Many of Ceasar Milan's dogs have stable nerves... at that point it becomes about the pecking order, etc. The problem is that Amber's dog seems to be displaying weaker nerves, more so than just plain dog aggression.

Also, many times, it's not a dominance issue that relates to sexual maturity, but the dog just plain doesn't like the other dog, or is weak nerved.

So, yes. Timing does matter if the dog is normal in all other respects (i.e. strong nerved). Our OEM was not a pushy dog until he reached sexual maturity... but now he gets aggressive with other males. Due to the fact that he does seem to display a relatively good temperament, it is easy to call him off of any and all of his "dominance displays". He is also not usually the one to start these so-called "displays"... but he will most definitely try to finish it! When Titan was 9-10 months old, if we'd fixed him then, he would probably not have gotten himself into any fights. He wasn't mature at that point and being intact plays a HUGE role in the dogs being pushy and just flat out mean. But when you're dealing with an unstable dog, it really doesn't matter too much whether they are intact or not. The nerves are an issue and will continue to cause problems no matter what. That dog may go from displaying aggressive behaviors to the dog to displaying these aggressive behaviors to kids. What happens then?

Regards,
Jessica

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