Angry with the vets

[Kayshields]

Ok so basically I am now getting my dog put down, he has viciously attacked a female nursing dog and I am mortified. He was always a bit odd araround other dogs and I decided to get him neutered as recommended by the vets because im20 wweeks pregnant, and I didn't want anything bad happening. He has never attacked anybody or any other animal before this operation, he was just snarly and didn't like the presence of other dogs, but since we paid to get him neutered he has been incredibly baddly behaved and now even attacked a female dog. I told my vet this to wich she replied 30% of dogs that weren't aggressive beforehand become aggressive once neautered, and for another 30% the operation makes no difference :o

I went to dog shows manily to look and once was next to a ring of male stafies, and so many of the dogs were snarling and growling and trying to attack each other. No other breed males or staffie females showed any of this aggression. I was shocked as was a show ring and they were trained to show. Somebody said to me, "Well, that's the staffie males for you." It was some years ago, and I expected the breeders to breed this aggression out.

I know quite a lot of staff's. Soft as butter with people, but most don't like other dogs. They don't make a beeline to grab them by the throat or anything, but they don't want dog friends. Now, how much of this is down to socialisation and how much is breed temperament is impossible to say. All I know is, Diesel, a beautiful blue staff boy we see at the park, is friendly and does want doggy friends. Yet other walkers lead their dogs when they see him coming. These same walkers cheerfully allow their dogs to run up to my sweet, floppy eared, adorable looking spaniel who is fear aggressive. I bloody wish my dog was more like Diesel.

Two of my male dogs best friends are staffies, he loves playing with them. I also have no hesitation about having my 3 year old running around with them (obviously with supervision) - she loves them too.

However the only dog at his ring craft class who has had a go at him ( if he could have got at him he would have done some damage) is a staffy - maybe its because they were both entire..... Not sure..... But it does make me cautious with staffies I don't know.

Twice on my dog walks, I have met a gorgeous Staffie pup with hid owner and toddler in a small push chair.
It is a female, and is very excitable and friendly like most pups. My little quiet dog didn't want to play so boisterously but she didn't growl or snarl at him to tell him off. In fact no dog has been aggressive to mine, except a male of a similar breed to her, but we were with another smallish male and this usually non-aggressive breed was - I expect at the other male.

Males round here are almost all neutered and all non-aggressive.

I really do not understand why your staffie male attacked a nursing female dog. That is most unusual.

Ps

I think, as your staffie was not like this before his neutering, it is possible he has had a very bad hormonal reaction to it. But as it is so unusual, the vet had no way of knowing this would/might happen.

It is possible it is temporary hormonal shock to his body/mind. I don't know. So sorry this has happened.

ps,
Just read in your Thread, that the vet said she knew 30% become more aggressive. That is a third. I am shocked as did not know this. I have always had females .