Our new roommate, Red, is at the Vet's now, having just been fixed. As is the crazy Boxer from Hades. Just wondering, how will this affect their behavior afterwards? He does not run around marking his territory like the Doxie does. Generally quite well behaved, but curious what this change will do to his behavior. Input, please, all you doggie people.
It didn't change our whippet one bit other than improving his aerodynamics. He still marks his territory and tries to have his way with our lab/etc. cross. She's also fixed and has been since we adopted her.
It made our dog (100% alpha dog) less aggressive in general, but the only big difference is that he seems to forget to leave some in the tank and will be shooting blanks when he tries to mark the next 32 trees on the walk.
Dogs behavoir will of course vary by breed, but most spayed/neutered animals have less tendancy to be territorial/aggressive and less tendancy to stray. He will be healthier with less risk of cancer later in life.
Most dogs will need to be kept calm for the first few days to a week after surgery to let the wound heal, and I wouldn't be surprised if Red gets a new collar to wear to keep him from pulling the stitches.
EastCoastMojo wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if Red gets a new collar to wear to keep him from pulling the stitches.
Translation: The Cone of Shame
Make sure to keep the cone of shame on for the time that your vet suggests too. We decided that our dog was being too sad and annoying with it on, so we took it off early. Oops! She had to go back in and get re-sewn, and left it on another week.
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