How does spaying a ****** affect her in a negative way?

Question

I know when you neuter a dog he becomes a chicken and scared of everything. When my puppy was 4 months old there were dogs 3 and 4 years old which were scared of him and everthing else, but i would like to know how it affects a female dog?

Answer 1

There is NO long term side effects that are neg. The short term is just being drowsy from anesthesia and recovering-- same with neutering! The procedure had nothing to do with your dogs becoming "chickens." Dogs do NOT get fat from surgery, they get fat because they don't exercise!

Answer 2

Really? I have an English Springer Spaniel, who is crazy about people, and always goes around to visit the neighbours, to her dogs and children. We tough spaying her would calm her down a bit, but no, she is only a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny bit less tired, she is still puppy level hyper.

Answer 3

Unlike make dogs, spaying a female does not change her personality at all.  However, it does dramatically affect their long-term health.  Spaying before the first heat cycle reduces the risk of mammary cancer substantially.  It also eliminates the chances of her ever developing an infection of her uterus known as a "pyometra" that can be fatal.  Besides all that, you do not need to worry about her heat cycle.  Unspayed females bleed just like human females.  Their heat cycle has a different time cycle, but it's pretty much the same thing.

Answer 4

Castrating a dog should not make them become 'a chicken'.  It's not for all dogs and what it can do, to some, is make them 'soft' - lose their spark, which is perhaps what you mean by losing the boisterous act etc.?. This is quite different to becoming timid as you describe.  

I have found that dogs who are castrated before they are a year old, often remain as 'silly puppies' all their lives so I prefer not to see them neutered at a very early age.  And that way, it leaves time for the true temperament of the dog to develop, and the decision whether neutering needs to be done, more easily made.

In the female, spaying doesn't alter their temperament at all, in my experience (with the proviso that no two dogs react in exactly the same way).  You may find the texture of the coat, in a coated breed, alters, becomes heavier.  The big plus for me, with a b*tch is the earlier you spay, the less the risk of mammary cancer later in life.  And also the risk of pyometra because the uterus is removed.   So I'd say it's not necessary to wait until over a year before spaying, rather, it's better to spay a ****** before her first season, if she's not for breeding.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

It doesn't affect them at all.  Male or female.   for the first day or so they will be really tired and drowsy.    It does not affect personality or behavior.   If you have an unsocialized dog than you have an unsocialized dog and that is the issue so go out and socialize.     Now the benefits of spaying far outweigh the bad.  You don't have to worry about accidental litters, she doesn't have a bloody mess every few months, and you cut out the chances for most female cancers.    And NO SHE WILL NOT GET FAT.  If she gets fat its your fault for not exercising her properly even an unaltered dog will get fat if you don't walk her every day.  (that is directed to the person who answered she will get fat)

Answer 6

shell get fat

Answer 7

Ours has only had positive things - more placid being the most obvious.  I had a ****** who had to be put to sleep after getting a womb infection at 13 - not a nice thing to have to see.  I would do it every time but at the time, it wasnt known that this happened frequently to un spayed b itches

Answer 8

I thought that if you spayed a b*tch before she has had a litter of pups it would make her more inclined to adopt a 'baby' later on, be that a teddy or something. As she's missed out on nurturing her own.  

Answer 9

That's not true. Neutering a dog will make him less aggressive and less inclined to roam or mark.

For the b*****s, sometimes there's a little weight gain. And very, very rarely spaying could cause incontinence. But that's not common.  

Answer 10

There isn't really any negative effects, apart from being prone to gain weight easily once spayed, but as long as her diet is monitored then that isn't a problem.

As for neutering making dogs chickens, well that's a new one on me, never experienced or heard that before.

It can calm down an excitable dog, (which is in no way a negative affect), but not to the extent of him being a "chicken".  

Answer 11

Spaying and neutering doesn't effect behavior so drastically. Neutering doesn't cause your dog to be fearful: Weak nerves are a genetic issue. If your dog is fearful, it is an aspect of his temperament that is genetically determined and is not caused by altering him. Same goes for a ******.

And no, dogs don't get fat as a result of altering them. They get fat due to overfeeding and under-exercising. Lazy owner = Fat dog