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Post by Bella's Mom on May 25, 2014 19:00:38 GMT -5
I just went on a walk with Bella and ran into another pit owner. They have experienced the same problem as I have..since Bella was spayed she's not friendly anymore to strangers human or animal. He said that same thing happened to him. I asked a trainer and she said there is a study showing some pits do have a negative personality change when spayed/neutered, she said a year and a half is the safe age to alter them. A friend's son was told by his vet to not spay his pit for this reason. She loves the baby but the vet is afraid she may turn when spayed so suggested never doing it. Anyone else have this experience?
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Post by melonie on May 27, 2014 20:18:39 GMT -5
My personal opinion about any female dog... they're bitchy no matter what the breed might be. But, out of all the dogs that I have been around through the shelter, foster, etc. I've not seen one change for the worse after they were fixed. Almost a year ago we got in an impounded male pit bull. He was a strong, ill mannered, unhappy, no wiggle dog. He didn't like men or children. After he was fixed, he was a completely different dog. He became a strong, happy, ill mannered wiggly pit bull. I think the more you socialize and train your animal, and expose him/her to kids new and different experiences, the better it'll be able to handle kids, and other challenges in their life. In a multi-pit or mulit-dog and pit household I wouldn't have an un-neutered male. It might happen that a dog turns into a jerk after its fixed, but it can't be that common.
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Post by RealPitBull on May 28, 2014 7:56:32 GMT -5
I just went on a walk with Bella and ran into another pit owner. They have experienced the same problem as I have..since Bella was spayed she's not friendly anymore to strangers human or animal. He said that same thing happened to him. I asked a trainer and she said there is a study showing some pits do have a negative personality change when spayed/neutered, she said a year and a half is the safe age to alter them. A friend's son was told by his vet to not spay his pit for this reason. She loves the baby but the vet is afraid she may turn when spayed so suggested never doing it. Anyone else have this experience? It's not Pit Bull-specific, but there are some studies showing that spaying can increase aggression in dogs already prone to it. It doesn't cause aggression per se.
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