When to castrate??

[LucyLemon]

We have a gorgeous 10 month old retriever-collie cross dog called Freddie. He is a very boisterous chap and the cause of much stress at the moment.

He absolutely loves people and would rather play with them than their own dog. He even gets himself in between them and anything else in order to gain their affections. Needless to say, it just pretty much pisses them off as he is a big animal. We have massive jumping issues with him. For 5 months we have been trying to train him to not jump up by making him sit and turning away when he does jump. He gets loads of praise when he does it and we try to ignore if he does it again. It just seems that the excitement takes over.

Now, I think the excitement is a problem and he is perfectly behaved when he calms down. Is this excitement testosterone fuelled? In which case could his training be aided by castration? I know castration is not the key to all behavioural issues but our problem is definitely his nuttiness and eagerness to please.

Any advice is very welcome as I just don't know what to do and should have nipped this in the bud a long time ago.

Thanks

"Time bomb waiting to explode"??? Sounds like a well behaved pet wanting a bit of time out from it's owners to me.
Hope you get on ok LucyLemon. I do have to say that I did lots of research into castration when the issue arose with my dog. Ask your vet specifically about the pros and cons as I found out that there is a slight negative side for castration in male dogs next to speying in bitches (which only has positive effects).
In all honesty I don't think you have a well adjusted family pet. I think you have a juvenille dog that is testing it's place in your family. I would ask your vet the merits of castration in relation to puppy training classes if I were you