Don's reply
if someone? Who is this someone? Is this anyone or the family? Is it the kids or their friends is it a strange child/person? This makes a difference, if someone walks toward his kennel and he doesn't know them, its normal for a sharp dog to stand and start barking. Comparing him to your female is common, but each dog has a different personality just like people. They will react differently.
Anna’s reply:
Don,
Sorry for not making myself clear, when I meant someone this refers to a person who occasional comes by our home (such as a neighbor) and is in the backyard area. Typically when my male GSD is in the house and someone comes in, he is not as noisy but curious. I put him in a long down-stay on his mat and almost always he will not growl. There has been exception once or twice but I just told him to be quite or leave-it, and everything is OK.
Don wrote:
If he knows them, lets say family members, kids friends or friends that visit offend, he may have a problem or you need to introduce him properly, if its people outside the family. If its family member this is a real problem.
Anna’s reply:
My male GSD has never growled or showed his teeth at my children, or me he adores them… and without a doubt he would protect them. And of course he is my dog and a great buddy, I mean “really my dog”, he follows me everywhere. I realize I don not have a Golden Retriever who loves everyone, but we live in an area where people frown at aggression displayed by a dog, such as a sharp-continuous bark typically displayed by GSD’s, therefore I have to be always watching him whether he acts upon his barks or not.
Don wrote:
So are these people that the dog knows? Are they strangers? It makes a difference from a sharp dog and mean dog with problems or whatever other diagnosis is define later by the board.
Anna’s reply:
Typically my dog will alarm bark with vigor no matter if he knows the person or not. So what I have been doing with him is when someone, such as a neighbor, comes over I give the neighbor some treats to give the male GSD until he calms down. But when small children come over to visit, they will run around in the backyard and play. Because of this activity, he (GSD) gets excited, and I don’t want to take a chance of him misunderstanding play for something else, so I will put him away either in the kennel or crate (meanwhile my female GSD is unaffected by the commotion).
Tammy wrote:
If he is controllable, why would you have to crate him whenever people come to your house? I'm not saying you shouldn't crate him-from the sounds of what you have written he would be a danger to anyone at your home if not crated.but if he HAS to be crated when a visitor comes over in my opinion, he is not controlled.
Anna reply,
You are taking what I said out of context, I will only crate him if I feel he can get overly protective when I think he shouldn’t, such as around children playing. (he is a GSD not a Labrador Retriever).
Tammy wrote:
Neutering will make no difference in my opinion at his age.but I'd still suggest having it done.
Anna’s reply:
Then why neuter??? This is my opinion and my personal preference. Neutering males is for the masses that do not want to deal with an intact male, such as roaming, trying to mate, marking, etc. I am a very responsible owner and will not let my dog roam or let him breed, plus I “may” want to do Ring work or Sch with him. I have gone through special measures to keep my dog on my property at all times, plus I love him being intact. Please do not extrapolate your philosophies on to me. I would like to keep this thread on the original thought:
“If anyone has experience in neutering their male dogs and finding a personality difference between the two states (neutered vs. un-neutered) I am interested in hearing about it”
If you want to discuss the benefits of neutering male dogs, please start another topic.
Anna**
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