Is spaying or neutering good for my dog?

Is spaying or neutering good for my dog?

Shelby Marlo, CPDT (Animal Behavioral Specialist, Professional Dog trainer) gives expert video advice on: Does my dog need an ID tag?; When and where do I get a dog license?; When should I spay or neuter my dog? and more...

Spaying and neutering is so good on many, many levels. Behaviourally speaking, neutering makes the males less aggressive, less prone to roaming, or leg lifting. If they're not neutered they also get beaten up, because if a young male dog, or any male dog that is intact (meaning he retains his testicles) is walking down the street, other dogs want to beat him up. He's like an up and coming young buck that has got a beanie on his head, and everybody wants to beat him up. So, sometimes dogs who remain intact get beaten up and they don't even know why. That's one reason. The second one is, behaviourally speaking were talking about less roaming, less fighting, and less leg lifting in your dog. All these are behaviours that you don't want. They do not get fat from being spayed or neutered. That is a great, great misnomer; it's a great wives' tale. The reason dogs get fat is because you feed them too much and you don't exercise them enough.