Originally posted by Maja
We let them suffer,and take the hassle cause it does make them a lot less dog if you neuter them.Put yourself in that position? Let nature have its way and if you cant constrain it go do something else.
A dog has NO idea that it has been neutered. They act exactly the same. I know several CHAMPION working dogs that have been altered. They still have the aggression and drive needed to work wild hogs, cattle, and tree wild animals. Not to mention hunt bear, cougar, etc. There is alot more suffering when a dog is left intact for no purpose but the owner's own selfishness. If that dog is not meant to be bred or shown, it should be altered. Otherwise it is very frustrated -- it has to deal with hormones that make him/her feel terrible. It has to run away from home, something it knows it will be punished for, because he wants a mate. He feels a strong sense of lonliness and profound sexual frustration. When a dog is neutered, the only difference is no heat cycles, better judgement (where aggression is involved), better obedience (thinking with head instead of you know where), less health problems, less sexual drive and frustration, no marking around the house, less trying for the position of alpha, ETC. It makes life happier for both dog and owner.

You think I'd hate the idea of being "spayed" well I don't. I don't plan to have children, so what is the point? They have proven that people have less health problems as well. My cousin is getting "spayed" as soon as she turns 24 (the legal age).