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This world has far too many unwanted dogs & cats, & it's a shame to see what their lives have become. I do a lot of online & in person volunteer work & I have seen, read & heard too many horrible things about our homeless animals. They deserve better than to be cast aside, left to fend for themselves in the wild, sold into research or mills, etc. No, we need to spay & neuter our animals & everyone needs to adopt from your local rescues, shelters, etc. as the fate of all the unwanted, then homeless pets, is not at all a good future.
It's a routine surgery & we have had many dogs go through it, when I was a kid growing up, & have seen a lot at the shelters I have been involved in. & with the hundreds & hundreds of dogs I have known, I have never seen a dog's behavior change. Can it happen? I am sure it can, but in my extensive experience with dogs, & animals in general, I just have never seen it affect the dogs in any way, shape or form.
Surgeries are needed for many things in life & this one for dogs & cats is nothing more than routine. 3 weeks ago, I had my 12th surgery, yet I am still here & not one of them hurt me, & 5 of them could well have been the difference in me being here & writing this, & not.
In my not so humble opinion, I see no problems whatsoever with having your Shepherd neutered. Danni. And for what it's worth, most of my friends are in law enforcement & 2 of them are K-9 Officers & their partners, one a Shepherd & the other a Malinois, never had a problem, never slowed down, no changes whatsoever.
Best wishes in whatever you decide!
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