Sentences with phrase «guard dogs spayed»

It is also a good idea to utilize neutered males of all types and have female guard dogs spayed.

Not exact matches

My study of dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.

So, unless you plan to get into the guard dog business, it is best to have them neutered and spayed.

Other things needed to be handled this week between my workshop hours: a dog that I adopted out who was guarding his new companion a little too well and growling at strangers, a dog who needed to get spayed, a dog that needs to be transported to his foster in Northern California, a dog whose spay certificate needed to be sent to the person who physically pulled him from the shelter to prove to the shelter that we are being responsible (no person in rescue who is a real rescuer would ever miss this step of spay / neuter - it is because of irresponsible owners who don't do this that we end up with 4 million dogs and cats being put down in the United States every year.

Although territorial instincts vary from breed to breed, and from dog to dog, in general we can say that 1) males tend to be more territorial than females; 2) breeds that are traditionally used as guard dogs are more territorial than others; 3) territorial behavior is more prevalent in animals that have not been neutered or spayed; and 4) territoriality can present or increase as the dog ages.

In essence, this alternative spay is a way to curb population concerns while guarding the dog from the negative effects of hormone loss.

«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of the household for purposes other than as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter resident dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.4