Beagle aggression following spaying?

[Jamilupine]

(I don't know if this is the correct place to post this - move if needed! )

I was walking Lucy this morning and this man stopped me and told me he had three beagles and that he bred his male. When I told him that we are planning on fixing lucy, he told me that spayed females tend to bite people. His opinon doesn't change my view that there are too many dogs in the world without homes for me to create more (not to mention cost, space, and time on my part which I don't have!). But, I am wondering if anyone else has found this to be true. I think that the spaying doesn't really affect thier behavior much - we always spayed our dogs and cats and they seem like normal (after they are done being mad at you!) after the surgeries. So, just wondering what others have found with thier beagles, or other pets for that matter. Bottom line, I'm keeping the 9/27 vet appointment to get Lucy fixed - we got her as our pet, not as a puppy machine.

[Carrie]

That guy is just one more example of dumb people out there. Of course if doesn't make a dog bite more. ROFLOL! How a dog has been handled determines whether it is going to bite in almost all cases.

You're wise to spay your girl.


(I'll stick this in the behavior section. I think you'll get more responses that way)

[Jamila]

It's weird I was just gonna post asking about this subject only beacuse I just got my girl spay (the blk one in the pic) and she is now attacking all my other pets including the cats. But I think since she is only a week out of surgery she is just still mad. She won't leave me alone either, she wants to be up in the chair with me which she knows we both dont fit....lol.....but she tries really hard.
Has anyone else experienced this. I'm not that worried but should I be? She is going after any of my other kids that come near me when she's near me or she attacks when they go near her food.

Advice?????

[Jamilupine]

Originally Posted by Carrie

Of course if doesn't make a dog bite more. ROFLOL! How a dog has been handled determines whether it is going to bite in almost all cases.

(I'll stick this in the behavior section. I think you'll get more responses that way)

That's what I thought! I think he wanted me to breed Lucy with his dog so he could get the stud fee - he talked a lot about how good she looked and how I should breed her and how he bred his male....

Thanks for moving my post Carrie!

[Carrie]

I don't think your dog is mad at you. She couldn't make that connection....that you got her spayed. She probably wanted to sit with you more than usual because she didn't feel great after surgery and needed a little extra sympathy. LOL.

Also, as far as chasing your cat, that has nothing to do with spaying. Cats are small, furry things that move and attract a dog's prey drive. Some dogs don't bother with cats, some do and some may not as puppies, but then do. Some are not trying to hurt the cat, but want to chase as play. It's an instinct and all you can do is try to teach her not to the best you can. If you think she's going to hurt the cat, give the cat an out...a place to go, away from the dog.

When Lyric, my Dobe was a very young pup, I still had one cat. She had to be pts soon after I had him....maybe a month later. He'd follow her around and seemed to like her. He liked my niece's cats all right too....didn't bother them as they didn't run because they were use to her dog and didn't think a thing about Lyric. But when he got a little older and we'd visit my daughter and her cat, that cat would freak and run and hide under the bed and he was extremely interested in her and looked like he'd like to eat her...acted very scary. So, I just have to really watch it with him.

Anything else...behavior that you don't like is all about training and training the right way. If you don't want her in the chair with you, where she doesn't fit, train her to stay off. Put her down consistantly and reward for going to the place YOU want her to be...her own chair or her own spot on the floor.

[flyndog]

Throw a soda can loaded with pennies at him and swat him a few times with a rolled up newspaper...The man with the beagles, I mean.

[Jamila]

My kid has calmed down a bit since the surgery. She's not a puppy and already has been trained not to get in the chair and what-not. As far as the cat goes, well she wouldnt chase them she growls and lunges like an attack. She's chilled though now. Thanks for the advice.

[Codykins]

Female dogs, like males, have an increased risk of aggression if left intact. Estrus can cause moodiness, and hormone changes in pregnancy can make some females downright aggressive. Just like us female humans

Your doing the right thing, it will only make her calmer and more gentle.

[dollface]

I truely think it depends on the animal.... Someone who has one of my boston pups most sweetest lil guy, and once they had him fixed he has been a lil more aggressive and has not changed, he is now 4 years old, fixed at 6 months... They have another boston pup off me who they kept intact because they were worried the same will happen... Just because one did does not mean they all will.... My 4 that I have fixed are fine, no aggression at all..... In the long run I truely believe it depends on the dog