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Ok, so my wife is a veternarian and when i read this article i asked her about it. Her response was that cutting your dog might effect your dog's development physically but only very milldly. She also said that it is likely to effect their personality a lot more, but that is not a bad thing. Cut dogs are often far easier to work with, you will likely have less problems with dominance and the pup will be easier to train at the critical early months. She also said that cutting the dog will in no way change his instincts which is the major factor in a great hunting dog.

I think that you really need to evalute what you want to do with your dog. I've never cut any of my dogs, but i've also wanted to breed dogs that have been proven in the feild. No one can answer this question for you but you need to evaluate all the information you can get.

Good Luck.

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Something else just occurred to me. Did you sign a contract with the breeder? If so, what does it say? Have you discussed this with your breeder?

The contract we use for our puppy buyers says spay/neuter, but gives no timeline; we suggest that they wait til 1 year old if they can. And if someone came to us and asked about leaving their dog intact, we certainly would be open to discuss that with them.

Bruce

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Good reading at that link.

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well thanks for the replys. though i had to think hard about this im going to go through w/ it. tomorrow morning is the big day. i just hope everything goes okay.

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PA, I was very nervous when my pup went in to get snipped. When I picked him up the next day we had to do everything possible to keep him settled down. It was like nothing ever happened. I had to look back down there to make sure the doc took what he was supposed to.

I am sure everything will go just fine.

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thanks buddy. the vet just called and said that he is fine. so thats good.

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I don't know about males but females need time for the stitches to dissovle. So, you are gonna be stuck with a highly active dog on leash for atleast 3 weeks. Good time to pick up some aspirin. ;)

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Buffered (preferably Triple-Buffered) aspirin only .


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Very great site -- I'd never snip a dog (male or female) until they were 14+ months old.


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What I've heard from several veterinarians is that the perfect time to neuter a dog is at 1 yr. of age. Don't know how true this is....just what I've been told.