Neutering the Neopolitan Mastiff

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Neutering the Neopolitan Mastiff

Post by AnnieRingo »

I appreciated Victoria's demonstration on the impact of not neutering the neopolitan mastiff. I was glad the owner decided to neuter the dog. I have a black lab I had wanted to breed. Most of the labs in my area have allergies and are quite hyper. It was my hope to improve the local gene pool. My dog Fred was quite dominant. I had difficulty becoming the leader, so I neutered him. This made a big difference in his behavior. He is currently in training as a therapy dog. We visit our local dog park several days a week. I can't tell you how many people I've met who believe a dog needs to be intact to protect his home and family. Any dog will protect its home when danger is percieved. I hope Victoria could bring this point up in a future show if the situation presents itself. Dogs don't need testosterone to care for their family!
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Post by purplestar »

I completely agree. I had a Great Pyrenees, neutered, and he was a great protector. He was the friendlest dog when we were out but at home, you'd think twice about just walking in after hearing his bark. I miss him dearly. Now I have a choc lab to warm my heart but Axl will always be my guardian angel.

In fact, when we got him from Pyrview Kennels, part of the deal was that we NOT breed him, and we must get him neutered. I could never breed dogs (many reasons why, most of them obvious) but my mother in law asked me why don't I have him sire a litter to "make my money back" from what I spent to get Axl. WHAT?? I was speechless and very disappointed. I got a dog becasue I love him not to make money.
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Not a Neapolitan Mastiff!

Post by NeapolitanMastiffWelfare »

Hi there...

I run the UK's rescue & welfare organisation for the breed and have to let you know that the dog in this episode was NOT a Neapolitan Mastiff.

I believe it was probably a Neapolitan Mastiff x Dogue de Bordeaux; this is unfortunately quite a common crossing in the UK; I don't know about the US.

The problem that is created when TV shows get it wrong in such a major way like this is that breed rescues get swamped with calls from people who think they've got an example of the breed when in fact they've got a crossbreed.

Could I ask the producers of the show and in particular, Ms Stilwell to make sure they consult breed specialists for future shows before embarrassing themselves again and also creating a potential problem for breed rescue!

Thanks.

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Post by puppyluvv »

NeapolitanMastiffWelfare

You had a good point; funny that it wasn't noticed. It appears that it has been addressed, at least on their website.

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/its- ... oblem.html

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Post by TerrierTerror »

I agree completely. I wanted to stud my Rat Terrier, Carson out after registering him with the FSS through the AKC to increase the breed population to get them recognized so I can show him, but in all honesty I would feel terrible contributing to the overpopulation for the personal enjoyment of show :/ Besides the fact that Carson isn't exactly daddy material. I want to get him fixed now, but I have to wait for the voucher from SSI to get him done for $20.
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Post by Mattie »

Personnally, I wouldn't get a dog neutered unless there was a very good reason for it. There are many reasons to have a dog neautered but most responsible owners can cope with a dog disappearing after a ***** on heat, it just meants good management and the right fencing to keep the dog in.

There are many reasons why I wouldn't get a dog neutered, dogs don't have puppies, it is bitches that do so neutering them won't affect the dog population if they are with a good owner.

With nervous dogs neutering them can make them a lot worse than they were, when a dog is nervous they are inclined to bite when frightened, neutering nervous dogs makes this biting more likely. If you need to neuter a nervous dog you need to build up their confidence a lot first.
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Post by dobiemuse »

Yes there are medical reasons people do not neuter as well as medical reasons to neuter. Both are a consideration of the owner. I've always neutered my boys, but I do it once they are full grown. My dobie is still intact mostly because his breeder wants to show him (and he isn't full grown just yet) but he will not be bred. He will be neutered once his career is over.

As to having to have testosterone to protect. Uh, the biggest protector I've had was my sheltie... and she was a GIRL. A spayed girl at that. :) At the house now, I'd still say it was the girls that are more aggressive than my boys. So much for that theory in my house. :D
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Post by maximoo »

I've heard that bitches are more protective of their humans. You have that experience! 8)
So does anyone out there agree or disagree that bitches are better protectors.
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Post by kelleyanne1988 »

In my parent's house it's the opposite. Jake (my dad's lab) is the protector there. My mom has a welsh corgi (Lightin' - she's just an old crabby dog now haha). Lightin' will bark when somethings there (or not, she just barks cuz she thought he saw something and she didnt haha) But once a person comes up she'll be sweet as anything.

It's Jake at their house you have to worry about. We have learned though that if a guest greets the other dogs first, Jake will get jealous and turns into a loveable dog haha, or if there aren't any other dogs around we just tell the guest to greet him like they've seen him before and get all happy and say his name. He then turns again and becomes a loveable dog haha.

What's weird with Jake sometimes, is he was in my grandparents house for maybe 5 minutes (already met my grandpa) and started barking at him and growling. He does that pretty frequently. I've wondered if his eye sight isn't all that great. (or even his memory sometimes) We've taken him to the deer lease and he could be playing with one of our hunting buddies for an hour or so around the campsite, our buddy can go in his camper for a few minutes and come out and Jake starts growling like it's someone new. (Oh by the way, Jake is fixed)
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