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Post by Uptown Girl on Oct 30, 2012 16:11:12 GMT
Our dog has recently been experiencing behavioral issues such as aggression to other dogs and up intill now he has remained intact. We had decided that having him castrated was the best option but we have heard of some cases were castration leads to further aggression in the dog. We have rung up the vets and they offered the idea of a non surgical castration were they give the dog a injection which reduces the testosterone levels, has anyone had any experience with this and what are the results  Thanks xx |
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Post by Shortstuff on Oct 30, 2012 17:14:28 GMT
Hi,
I had a chemical castration for my chihuahua (i show him so wanted to keep his bits). We used the implant, given the same way as an id chip. Brilliant results with regards to testosterone induced behaviour but it wasnt used to reduce aggression so i cant comment on how it works for that. The implant we used last 6 months in bigger dogs and upto a year in smaller breeds.
Hope this helps a little. Oh and its not cheap, i work in a vets so got it at cost price but it was still expensive at that. I will be paying it again when i need to because it worked so well for us.
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Post by dazycutter on Oct 31, 2012 11:09:50 GMT
I tried it with one of my males and it didnt help his agressive tendancies towards other dogs or trying to mate his, mother, sister, grandmother, so went for the chop, he is now a much happier and healthier dof. If your not going ot use to breed or show, I would get him done..
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Post by Arab Crazy on Nov 1, 2012 21:00:14 GMT
I've never dealt with them myself but have heard of them. An actual castration normally works best as its taking all the testosterone from the dog (that's where his attitude/aggression is coming from). It rarely happens where a dog is more aggressive after the op. good luck and keep us updated :-)
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