We have a wonderful 13 month old Labrador. We've been advised by so many people including Dog trainer and vet that ideally we should not castrate him until he is much older.
I accept that current best practice is not to castrate as it increases risk of joint issues and can make dogs more fearful and as such prone to aggression.
In so many ways he is a wonderful dog. Calm at home, happily sleeps all day. Enjoys long off lead walks, great recall, obedient and loving. When he's not around he is passive towards other dogs, if challenged he is always the less dominant dog....
However he gets aroused so easily and he then has only one thing in his mind. Last week he actually ejaculated on the back a dog who he was being walked with- one moment he was happily playing and not being jumpy, a few seconds later and he had jumped on and ejaculated!
He took a liking to my mum's smaller dog, mum picked up her Dog and ours started humping my mum's leg.
I am now avoiding other dogs so as to not allow him to invade their space in a sexual way.
I feel that it's a shame to have to structure walks so as to avoid all other dogs as 95% of the time he is fine. But I don't want to take the risk....
So now he is loosing the chance to interact with other dogs, our walks take a lot of planning, and I am stressed if I see another dog.
I absolutely want the best for my lovely boy. He is so good except for this problem- I feel that it will be impossible to train it out of him as his urges are so strong!
He does go to daycare sometimes and they say he is sometimes humpy but generally fine- he runs out with the pack and if he gets too excitable he is put on a lead.
Any thoughts / advice?
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Advised not to castrate young Labrador but struggling
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freshstart24 · 04/04/2018 16:44
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