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• Doing your part to help the pet overpopulation problem and keeping your intact dog at home and away from other intact animals, or neutering him or her to prevent future health issues.

Not exact matches

It is at that time when the young dogs, especially the intact males, will fight for dominance.

But neutering and spaying your pet does not guarantee that territory marking will stop; indeed, at times, some altered dogs may engage in the behavior at the same rate as intact dogs.

An ill - mannered intact male dog can be a chore to deal with day in and day out, but common sense dictates that neutering and training are a better course than surrendering the dog at the shelter because he is difficult.

For dogs, the comparable age for keeping the ovaries intact, at least for large breeds like rottweilers, is about 6 or 7 years.

I have a male intact GSD, who was friendly with all dogs, but thanks to two different staffie owners at different times, have to keep him on lead at heel if there is another dog nearby even across the road, considering one incident was at a training class you can understand my attitude to staffies & owners.

Finally, if your goal is to give your dog the best chance at a life free of joint disease, cancer and behavior issues, then keeping your dog intact is certainly an option.

Impact of the study: Results suggest that the presence of circulating testosterone in aging sexually intact male dogs may slow the progression of cognitive impairment, at least among dogs that already have signs of mild impairment.

Dogs who are still intact have raging hormones and sex drives that can make them overly protective and aggressive at times.

The dogs were classified as intact (not neutered), neutered early (before 12 months age), or neutered late (at or after 12 months age).

The Illinois Legislature is looking at several dog bills, including statewide breed restrictions (HB 4213) and an increase in punishment for intact dogs that behave aggressively (HB4238).

For the other conditions, intact dogs were at greater risk (~ 50 % increased risk) for early onset cataracts and being involved in vehicular injuries.

However, sexually intact female dogs were found to be at increased risk.

Spayed and neutered dogs were at less risk for early and congenital conditions (aortic stenosis, early onset cataracts, mitral valve disease, patent ductus arteriosus, portosystemic shunt, and ventricular septal defect) than intact dogs.

Congenital conditions affect a dog's quality of life and seemed to be diagnosed at relatively early ages with the dogs neutered soon thereafter likely accounting for the higher risk in intact dogs.

Thus when a poor, normal intact dog comes innocently along to sniff (being social) they get growled at and / or snapped.

I have quite a few intact dog patients at my clinic that are perfect gentlemen.

Dogs who are intact (not spayed / neutered) will be allowed to stay at our hotels (with the exception of females while they are actively in heat).

70 % of dog owners indicated that their pet was NOT spayed / neutered (ie intact) upon registration at the event.

You're right that there is evidence in multiple species to suggest that testosterone can enhance existing aggressive behavior, at least in some cases — meaning we might expect an intact male dog to have a faster or more intense aggressive reaction to a given situation than a neutered one, all things being equal.

In addition, there is increasing evidence that neutered dogs and bitches are at increased risk for hypothyroidism (Panciera DL, 1994; Glickman et al., 1998 - 1999), as compared to intact animals.

In spite of the easy refutation of the anti-purebred litanies, breeders are on the defensive, especially in those areas where active animal rights proponents are working for laws that penalize owners of intact dogs with large license differentials, special breeding permits, advertising restrictions, litter limits, and even forced sterilization of dogs impounded for running at large.

Because an intact fatty envelope is required for infection, virus transmission must involve dog to dog contact or at least contact with extremely fresh (less than 30 minutes old at 60 degrees and up to 3 hours oldat room temperature) infected body secretions.

Male and female pups from 5 litters were randomly allotted to 3 groups: group I, neuter at 7 weeks (n = 14); group II, neuter at 7 months (n = 8); and group III, sexually intact dogs (n = 10).

A draft of the proposed ordinance indicates commercial dog breeders in the county would be categorized as: (1) «High - Volume Dog Breeder» if they own more than 7 intact female dogs at a tidog breeders in the county would be categorized as: (1) «High - Volume Dog Breeder» if they own more than 7 intact female dogs at a tiDog Breeder» if they own more than 7 intact female dogs at a time.

These subgroups included two biologically distinct groups representing the extremes of gonadal hormone exposure (i.e., dogs neutered before skeletal maturation at < 1 year of age and dogs that remained sexually intact for their entire lifetime).

Malcolm, as an intact dog, isn't more aggressive, higher energy, he's been within 5 feet of an in esters bitch and ignored her, and works just fine at my side.

A more recent publication from U.C. Davis (de la Riva, Hart et al, 2013) looked at two joint disorders and three cancers — hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tear, lymphosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma and mast cell tumor — and showed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late compared with intact (non-neutered) dogs.

At neuter age < 6 mo. at least one of the joint disorders occurred in 20 percent of dogs, four times that of the intact females (p < 0.001At neuter age < 6 mo. at least one of the joint disorders occurred in 20 percent of dogs, four times that of the intact females (p < 0.001at least one of the joint disorders occurred in 20 percent of dogs, four times that of the intact females (p < 0.001).

In male and female Golden Retrievers, with the same 5 percent rate of joint disorders in intact dogs, neutering at < 6 mo. increased the incidence of a joint disorder to 4 — 5 times that of intact dogs.

A. Experience has taught us that adopting into a home with an intact dog or cat can cause behavior problems that can escalate and can lead to one or more of the animals ending up back with us or at another pound or shelter.

Diabetes mellitus tends to be diagnosed most often in middle - aged to older dogs, with overweight, intact females at greatest risk.1

Intact dogs are at an even higher risk.

Intact male dogs should be treated for at least 30 days with antimicrobials that penetrate the prostate.

 The most notable feature of the bill is that dog breeders would be prohibited from breeding or raising for sale more than 50 intact dogs over four months of age at any time.

So, while all dogs are susceptible to blastomycosis, those at greatest risk for infection are two - to - four year old intact males of hunting or sporting breeds that weigh 50 - 75 pounds and are exposed to river valleys or lakes during late summer or fall.

Because an intact fatty envelope is required for infection, virus transmission must involve dog to dog contact or at least contact with extremely fresh (less than 30 minutes old at 60 degrees and up to 3 hours old at room temperature) infected body secretions.

In sum, people, laboratory animals, dogs and cats need whole, intact foods in order to be at their best.

In a perfect world this would be a great justification for keeping your dog intact but since we do not live in a perfect world let us take a look at what could happen if your dog is kept intact.