we've adopted a wicked sweet, smart and seemingly well trained english pointer. he's three.
i am afraid the dog will run off.
i'm new to hunting dogs and it will be fall before i turn him loose in a field, i think. it will be me learning how to handle such a dog.
what are the benefits and draw backs of de-nuttin' an english pointer. i've heard it will stop him from running off and also it will take something out of him. at such a late age, i imagine it will take him some time to recover.
Not sure it will stop him running off. Try him in an enclosed space. Work him off season. Shock collar and whistle commands.
we've adopted a wicked sweet, smart and seemingly well trained english pointer. he's three.
i am afraid the dog will run off.
i'm new to hunting dogs and it will be fall before i turn him loose in a field, i think. it will be me learning how to handle such a dog.
what are the benefits and draw backs of de-nuttin' an english pointer. i've heard it will stop him from running off and also it will take something out of him. at such a late age, i imagine it will take him some time to recover.
will it stop him from peeing on everything it sees?
we are going to hunt the dog pre-80's style. no telemetry.
We de-nutted cocker spaniels in the past and apart from stoping them being a bit less aggressive didnt really change anything else. Check out www.youtube.com/user/willowcreekkennels on you tube or www.steadywithstyle.com/and get how to speed train your bird dog from the library.
we've adopted a wicked sweet, smart and seemingly well trained english pointer. he's three.
i am afraid the dog will run off.
i'm new to hunting dogs and it will be fall before i turn him loose in a field, i think. it will be me learning how to handle such a dog.
what are the benefits and draw backs of de-nuttin' an english pointer. i've heard it will stop him from running off and also it will take something out of him. at such a late age, i imagine it will take him some time to recover.
will it stop him from peeing on everything it sees?
we are going to hunt the dog pre-80's style. no telemetry.
Unless you are planning on breeding, NEUTERING your dog has more pros than cons. If you train your dog well, and use an E-Collar, there should be no issue with running away. As far as "taking something out of him" this is a purely anthropomorphic way of thinking... for some reason, human males seem to be more emasculated by the thought, than the actual dog itself being neutered.
Dogs do not need a "mental" time to recover from this surgery, regardless of what age. Physically, he may need a few more days, but with neuters, rather than spays, the dogs seem to get right back into things pretty quick (most of the time, quicker than they are physically ready...)
Another pro of neutering is that your dog is at much lower risk of developing things like breast cancer (yes, males get it too!), prostate cancer, and there is no more risk of testicular cancer.
Will it stop him from peeing on everything? Not likely. Once something is a habit with a dog, you have to train the behavior out of him, neutering alone won't do it.
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party
...Unless you are planning on breeding, NEUTERING your dog has more pros than cons. If you train your dog well, and use an E-Collar, there should be no issue with running away. As far as "taking something out of him" this is a purely anthropomorphic way of thinking... for some reason, human males seem to be more emasculated by the thought, than the actual dog itself being neutered. ...
While I agree with everything regarding the dogs health and behavior. I disagree with the above. I'm very familiar with 2 pointers. A couple years ago both were intact, well behaved, good hunters and obedient. Never lost.
On recommendation of a vet, one was neutered.
I did not fix anything, the dog lost a great deal of endurance compared to the other and became much more submissive. It's taken a year of work to get some of the fitness back but I doubt he will ever be the same. This dog is worked every day 365 days a year. The intact dog, only hunting season and has far more endurance.
Lay people, behaviorists and vets all make assumptions about how an animal will react to neuter. Some even think not doing is based on sympathetic rationalization (not anthropomorphism) and use that as a weapon to bully the owners.
ask your trusted vet why he/she prescribes and sells the same chemicals to be put into the animals' systems when household pesticides and yard pesticides require gloves, glasses, faceshield, gloves, full body suit.
get a label/msds for pyrethrins from back in the 60's or 70's before they changed the hazard to health rating from "C," "known carcinogen," to ------- whatever they call it now.
don't let your vet talk you into using pesticides to control ticks, fleas, mites, etc. pour some olive oil on the dog's food then sprinkle some unsalted garlic over it. mix a little. ..... don't pour the garlic into a whole bag of dog food. you'll notice your dog puking when it is eating the bottom portion of the bag as the garlic settles.
So, let me get this straight. You are advocating against things that are FDA approved for killing ticks and fleas on dogs, yet you are all for putting garlic on dog's food, which is known to cause many cases of Heinz Body Hemolytic Anemia and subsequent death in many dogs? Garlic and onion toxicity is a very real, very serious thing...
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party
Yes, we do, doesn't affect us the same way. Just like research has shown that grapes and raisins are proving toxic to dogs, that most birds cannot eat avocados, that dark chocolate can be dangerous to dogs... need I go on? Your logic is flawed...
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party
to believe something like that i'll need to see the research being done and know who is paying for the research. i have participated in "bad" science in a large university. any more, the scientific method is find out what the company funding the research want rather than following the traditional seven steps. global warming research done at the highest ranked university in Texas and most other states was based on bad math. the professor knew it. they either played the game or didn't survive. i'd be curious to know if unbiased science was used in making the correlation/causation.
have you researched what this, "Heinz Body Hemolytic Anemia."
either way, it is that malady vs administering a known carcinogen. if i remember, 100% of the rats had cancer in the gonads.
I don't feel like I need to hold your hand here. It is super easy to do a google scholar search for published journal articles for HBHA. You could also go look at pubmed, or any other online journal database.
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party
most people will use the known carcinogen so they don't have to watch the dog scratch. i'll use garlic b/c i feel it is the safest alternative.
i've a question. if there was or is found a cure for cancer what do you think will happen with it?
To each his own. I've watched plenty of dogs die because of HBHA, it's a horrible, painful death. I've also seen plenty of dogs given something like frontline that have never had issues, and lived to be a nice old age. Garlic is not a "safe" alternative. I've given you ways to look up and read published articles regarding this specific form of anemia... you've given me a blog to look at...
As far as your last "relevant" question... how would you like me to answer that?
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party
they made me start feeding it to my neighbors dog by the clove ;D
Yes! how long does it take at one clove a day, forestfalcon?
It depends on the individual dog. It's not a very "textbook" disease. A tiny amount can affect a large breed dog, while it could take a large amount to affect a small dog. It's always hard to say...
"We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?" -Bloc Party