hello can someone give me a bit of advice here.. if my dog is doing stud work will his personality/behaviour change?
i have just read on a earlier post that possibly this could happen.
my vet first raised the possible problems that could arise from this, and strongly advised neutering.

Hi,
It is indeed quite possible that his personality and behaviour will both change. Once a dog has 'tasted forbidden fruit' he is likely to be anxious to repeat the experience, and may start wandering in search of bitches, and possibly also becoming more aggressive to other males. He may also start marking his territory a lot more, both inside and outside the house.

But only some, or indeed none, of this may happen. You won't find out until it's too late.

However, that is no reason to castrate him. Why not leave him as he is? Very many dogs live out perfectly happy, healthy long lives being celibate and entire.
:)

Hiya,

JG is totally right...

The Males personality may well change after he has mated a bitch. You could well end up with an aggressive dog (towards other dogs)

It has, unfortunately happened to me, with one of my collies. I got a rescue bitch, who was supposed to have been spayed...me being the trusting type, believed this, anyway, she hadn't been spayed, and to top it all off, she had a season where she didn't bleed (silent season??) I found my collie male, and my rescue bitch tied, and then, had my bitch spayed....by my vet, who said she hadn't been, even though i got her from a well known dogs home.
Very sadly, this caused problems with my two males (the collie, and my GSD) who had been brought up together, they were inseperable.
Now, they can't even run out together.

In my opinion (and thats all it is!) unless your dog is a fantastic specimin of his breed, it is not worth using him for stud, even if it's only once. You'll probably be letting yourself in for a lot of problems.

JMHO

Lisa

hi everyone,
thank you for your replies. i am really worried about this, i bought my new puppy only one condition he is used for stud work a few times.
i have a 2 year old castrated dog as well and at the moment they get along very well.
before he was neutered he had problems like you have mentioned, he is fine now, really calm and all the problems have stopped.
i need to make a hard decision today, whether to agree and take the chance stud work wont affect the pup in a years time, or return him to his original owner
thanks for listening

Hi Paws, what you are describing is something called Breeding Terms. Perhaps if you explain the details of what you agreed to when you aquired the dog, we might have some further advice to offer.
Dawn R.

we agreed to let the dog be used to stud between 1-3 times .
that is it.

Hi,
You don't say what breed he is?
Personally my 2 stud dogs temperaments have never changed they are still like they were before breeding they like to pee on more trees & posts than before but that is all & they live in the house with other males they are never kenneled.
Maybe i have just got well behaved dogs but i have never had trouble or aggression towards people or dogs from them through breeding.
The bitches come the dog does his deed & has an hour or so of fun then the bitch leaves & the dog is as he was before the bitch came.
Regards
Angie.

Hi again Paws,
Do you show this dog?
If you do, does he do well, is he a consistent winner?
Have you been asked to book a specific bitch to him?
If you have, was it by the dogs breeder?
Did you agree to open stud work, or only limited to use by his breeder?
Has he passed all the relevant KC/BVA health tests for the breed?
Alot of questions I know, but they are relevant.
Breeding terms vary so much. If you agreed to allow your dogs breeder to use him at stud in exchange for a reduced price in the first instance, then in all fairness, I think you are morally obliged to comply. If that is the arrangement, and you've been asked by a completely different person for use of the dog, then I think you could refuse if you like. Breeding terms should not be entered into lightly, you should be prepared to keep your promise.
Iv'e tried to be as clear as I can with such limited information, but it really depends upon what, EXACTLY,you agreed to in the first place, AND what you got in return.I hope I have helped a little bit
Dawn R.