Has anyone had success with reducing aggression by having a male castrated?
Thanks
Nikki

I had a previous dalmatian castrated in an attempt to prevent his nastiness with other dogs - it didn't work, the behaviour was too ingrained.

I had a male that was very aggressive before he was castrated. He has improved a lot now his testosterone levels are now reduced. But thats not to say it works on every aggressive dog. There are lots of different types of aggression. I still have to work on his food aggression now i have spoken to a behaviourist (i actually posted a week or so ago about it) i would recommend a behaviourist before castration. How is the dog aggressive?

Dominance aggression towards my other male.

To be honest I don't think it will help...if it's a dominance issue he either has to decide if he's going to be top dog or not. Or the other dog has to give way...tough isn't it and very hard to cope with. :-(  Maybe someone will say it will lessen his aggression, but to be honest if it's the dominance issue I can't really see him wanting to accept being under dog if he's fighting for it now? How old are they and how long has it been an issue? Maybe if you catch it in the bud it will help?

> Has anyone had success with reducing aggression by having a male castrated?
> Thanks

Rather than jumping straight in with castration I would opt for the Suprelorin implant, that reduces the testosterone production & as it lasts for 6 months gives a far better indication as to whether castration would work & if the aggression didn't change, then surgical castration wouldn't work either

Thankyou Moonmaiden....that sounds exactly what I need ! Is it widely available and any chance how much it is?
Thanks again!!!

I am using Suprelorin on my hyper dog and it has calmed him a little but not stopped his rushing into his kennel mates the only thing that works with that is a radio control Master collar. So no I do not think removing the testosterone will stop his aggression, castrating the other one may help so try treating the calm one with Suprelorin.

He is just coming up to requiring his next dose and I am not looking forward to it, last time it took 3 vet nurses a muzzle and me to control him enough to get the dose in and bless him the vet apologised and said he hoped he could do a better job next time.

Thanks Jackie...can I ask if it was expensive?
Nikki

Cost me around £45 for 6 months & it did stop him humping my entire not in season bitch-which is what I wanted & even when she was in season(silent)& flirting like mad he never even offered to look at her "interesting"bits. It hasn't stopped him giving Wu a stern telling off, but Wu is a wuss & Rjj only tells him off when he had enough of the fawning & licking. It's not a dominance behaviour from Rjj as my oldest Cavalier(all 7 kgs of him)is very much the "top"dog & only has to give him the look & a low grump for Rjj to retreat !

I ring the vets so they can order it a week before it is needed & they get it in a day or so. Rjj is terrified of the vets so he's easy to do, he just freezes 7 wees(I always take his "vet"towel with me-saves the vet mopping the floor !