My guess is that by claiming that your intact dog is the reason their dog is misbehaving they are absolving themselves of guilt. They were the "responsible" owner and did the "right" thing by neutering their dog so your dog has to be a fault because you are irresponsible. I actually had a conversation with one idiot in which they stated that Kryten was the reason their dog was misbehaving and that I needed to neuter him so that other dogs felt safe around him. Because everyone knows intact males are vicious. My replay was to comment on how the intact male was standing at his owners side while the neutered male was being hung partially in the air by his collar by his owner in an attempt to control him and asked if he wanted to change his opinion on which dog was vicious. I haven't ruled out ever neutering him but I do realize that not neutering means that I will have to deal with ignorant people who do still believe that having testicles means that their dangerous. Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk
You are practically replaying a scenario that happened with me about a year ago...
There is a woman with 2 dogs that lives in our neighborhood, one is calm, a non-issue. The other one (black shepherd mix) has been after Mateo since the moment he saw him. The woman has barely been able to control the black dog, as he lunges and barks at mine (Mateo's response has been to stand tall, and just stare at him- that's it)...so whenever we see each other, one of us crosses the street, or somehow creates space between them. Even so, I have seen the black dog send the woman flying to the pavement with his lunging.
One day we were coming home from the park, when the woman and her dogs turns the corner, right into our path---her dog sees mine and lunges. The woman couldn't control him, and he runs and attacks Mateo. They both get into it full force, with me, as well as a few guys from a restaurant nearby get them apart(meanwhile the woman is standing back, about 20 feet, just watching.) After all is said and done, the woman walks up to me and screams, "This wouldn't have happened if your dog was neutered!!"
Now. As she is screaming, I look down at my dog, sitting calmly by my side...and then look at her dog: he is being pinned down with one guy's knee on his chest, and another guy's foot on his head, just to keep him under control. When I show her the difference, and please tell me which dog has issues....she just stomps off in a huff.
The only reason she said what she did was because that was her only defense (as lame as it was); she had no other.
So, Nik...this is just one example, and I get it. Whether this dog (or countless others) would still be acting aggressively towards Mateo if I ever got him neutered, I will never know. Because I will not castrate him, for my own reasons (health being one)--unless medically necessary. And I absolutely will not allow idiots to sway my decision for their own self-satisfaction...
That said (man, I wrote a book!)-- I have no issue for people who decide that it's in the best interest of their dog to neuter/spay- that's their decision, their dog. And everybody has to make their own choices... Either way, your boy will be fine.
