2018
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00018
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Aggression toward Familiar People, Strangers, and Conspecifics in Gonadectomized and Intact Dogs

Abstract: Gonadectomy is widely used to treat and prevent behavior problems including the aggressive behavior of dogs. The aim of this study was to determine whether aggressive behavior toward familiar people, strangers, or other dogs was significantly different in dogs gonadectomized at various ages vs. intact dogs using the Canine Behavioral Assessment Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ) with multivariate analysis. Of 15,370 initial surveys, those for dogs reported to have been gonadectomized at less than 6 weeks of age o… Show more

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“…environmental, previous experience or human-animal interactions) play in determining the severity of the fear response. This mirrors findings reported in previous studies investigating neuter age and stranger-directed aggression [28] or fear-related behaviours [29], source of acquisition and non-social or stranger-directed fear [42], and litter size and personality [43].…”
Section: Other Contributing Factorssupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…environmental, previous experience or human-animal interactions) play in determining the severity of the fear response. This mirrors findings reported in previous studies investigating neuter age and stranger-directed aggression [28] or fear-related behaviours [29], source of acquisition and non-social or stranger-directed fear [42], and litter size and personality [43].…”
Section: Other Contributing Factorssupporting
confidence: 88%
“…The C-BARQ has also been used to measure the behavioural effects of neutering in dogs [28,29], and to investigate the factors associated with aggression [30][31][32], trainability [33], boldness traits [34], and how training can impact dog intelligence [35], and to explore how dog behaviour or temperament can influence their health and lifespan [36], and the relationship between dogs and their owners [37]. As such, this previously collected, extensive dataset of dogs provides an opportunity to build on our understanding of how dogs experience their veterinary care.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Intact females have increased fear of dogs compared to intact males, but levels are increased further -and the sexes are indistinguishable -when they are neutered 20 . Males are at increased risk of being more aggressive than females [30][31][32][33][34][35] . Here, neutering of both sexes was positively correlated with behavioral diagnosis, consistent with previous reports 20,35 .…”
Section: Variable Association and Correlation Analysesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Males are at increased risk of being more aggressive than females [30][31][32][33][34][35] . Here, neutering of both sexes was positively correlated with behavioral diagnosis, consistent with previous reports 20,35 . The modeling analysis has additional detail for neuter status, but we do not stress this variable because only a small percent of our cohort was intact.…”
Section: Variable Association and Correlation Analysesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A study of n = 13,796 dog owners using the C-BARQ questionnaire found no effect of gonadectomy on aggression towards familiar people or dogs across both sexes, but found a small but significant increase in aggression towards strangers in dogs that had been gonadectomized between ages 7 and 12 months [226]. A different study also using the C-BARQ questionnaire and focusing on n = 6235 male dogs that had been orchiectomized for non-behavioral reasons before age 10 years found that a longer percentage of lifespan spent desexed was associated with both increased fearfulness and increased aggression [205].…”
Section: Boldness-related and Aggressive Behaviormentioning
confidence: 99%