how much does having a dog nutured help with aggression?

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how much does having a dog nutured help with aggression?

Neutering:

http://leerburg.com/neuter.htm

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I believe that neutering is only going to control dominance if the dog is very young, around 6 months of age. Neutering kind of locks a young dog in puppyhood. If people wait and have a dominance problem or a dog fighting problem and the male is now 12 to 18 months old - neutering is not going to fix this problems. END QUOTE

Keeping them separated is the first and best way to stop them from fighting. It is not really that hard to do once you get a routine down.

After that starting at square one with pack structure would be a good thing, in order to let them know who is in charge. If in the future you decide to reintroduce them than they need to be leashed and directly supervised.
It is your job to keep them safe, no matter what it takes to do so.

OOPS! I meant to put this on his other thread about his dogs

thank you jennifer, i take them on walks together and been working with them both seperately and just hope next week the dog being neutured might help some. its just weird because he doesnt do this with anyone or anything else at all.

The neutering might help, but don't count on it. I have two males that want to kill eachother and am currently keeping them totally separate.

Yote my youngest one is getting nuetered next tuesday, I am hoping that it will at least take a little bit of the hormonal fire out of him, but he is 13 months and a full blown teenage dog.

I know it won't solve the aggression between them but I am looking at it as one tool in the arsenal.

Don't forget also that it can take a while for the hormones to leave their system, so don't expect instant results.

thnks again for your advice on both my topics. will keep in touch and hope the best for your dogs as well its just tough when you love them so much.

 Quote: rick treece

just hope next week the dog being neutured might help some. its just weird because he doesnt do this with anyone or anything else at all.

Rick,
How long have you had each?
When did the fighting start?
Are either/both dogs pets? working prospects?
And are you the only human in the house?

I wouldn't count on the neutering helping much - it's the bull dog that's instigating the fighting, and consequently getting neutered, right? In a case like this, if you're feeling like altering one of them, you might actually have more luck neutering the NON aggressor (if the bull dog is feeling challenged by the hormonal smell of the boxer alone - who probably reeks of testosterone at 2.5 y/o - making the boxer more "neutral" might dampen the bull dog's urge to start contests - *though there's really no assurance of anything here - IME Ed's quote above is correct).

I would prepare for nothing to change and just start adjusting your expectations for these dogs living together. Get your pack structure worked out, make sure both dogs know YOU'RE the boss, and start a crate and rotate schedule so that these 2 don't have to share space too often, if at all. Unfortunately, not all dogs get along - sometimes this revelation can come with a dog's age and maturity - but you need to respect the particular dynamics of your 2 individuals.

We neutered our male at 2 y/o because he was dominant and aggressive with other intact males (regardless of the other dog's attitude). Well, he's still dominant and aggressive with other intact males - the neutering took a little fire out of him, but it didn't do much to change his attitude (it did change the way other dogs react to him though...).

Good luck,
~Natalya

both dogs are 2 and half years old, close in age anyways. they know that im the boss and i have a wife and three kids and the dogs are great with everyone except together. i show attention to both and work with them all the time but when bo sees chopper, chopper is the boxer bo automatically attacks and my commands dont get through some times.

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they know that im the boss and i have a wife and three kids and the dogs are great with everyone except together. i show attention to both and work with them all the time

Gotcha. I didn't mean to doubt your training or leadership with either dog, and I'm glad to hear they both respect the rest of your family. Sounds like classic inter-male aggression that's developed as both have become mature adults... best of luck with however you decide to keep the peace.

~Natalya