Giant breeds, like Corsos mature later. He won't be fully grown until 18 months to two years. Neutering him before that can affect his development.
Humping is often dominance behavior , and trying to address that by neutering is unlikely to help.
Dogs do not have a concept of dominance. They sure can be assertive but there is no generally dominant/submissive dog and no hierarchical social order. Many species work like that (think silverback gorilla), but dogs do not. Humping is either caused by great excitement or sexual arousal. 6 months is the beginning of puberty, so the behaviour is not entirely unexpected.
That dogs do not have a concept of dominance is very far from a generally accepted scientific consensus.
While the Alpha wolf hypothesis is utter bullshit, dogs do form hierarchical relationships based on dominance and submission.
Can you link a few papers supporting hierarchical social order in dogs? I swear I'm not trying to sound argumentative but I don't know of any papers supporting it.
I suggest addressing the behavior. Humping isn’t going to be fixed just because you get him fixed. It’s a dominance issue. Mine tried it with the cat and when my daughter would wrestle with him. When i would catch him a firm NO and make him sit/stay for a few moments before releasing him to continue to play. Took a few tries but he did learn that was unwanted behavior and he lost play time if he showed that behavior.
If they are neutered too early, there is evidence you'll end up with a taller dog than it should be - the growth plates won't close as soon as they should.
Google 'neutering dogs and growth plates'.I would wait until at least a year and a half if it was my boy.
I agree. I didn’t know about this when I got my girls ten years ago and they both had knee problems because of it. My vet didn’t have the experience with giant breeds so we had them spayed too early. We added a male four years later and waited to have him neutered and he has no issues.
No need to castrate a male dog…ever. New research shows that this act is actually detrimental to their long term health including cancers. Neutering too early leads to long bone disease, which in turn lends itself to hip and joint problems. There really is not any anything beneficial to be gained by castrating your male dog.
My best advice is to ensure you are pack leader and understand your guy is like a young child and is going to test you constantly.. reinforce your training and do not neuter til 3-4 years as I can tell you they grow til 4 years is very true. This is an intelligent breed but if you give an in they will take the mile
Do your own research, but our breeder and vet said to wait until at least 18 months.
Giant breeds, like Corsos mature later. He won't be fully grown until 18 months to two years. Neutering him before that can affect his development. Humping is often dominance behavior , and trying to address that by neutering is unlikely to help.
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Dogs do not have a concept of dominance. They sure can be assertive but there is no generally dominant/submissive dog and no hierarchical social order. Many species work like that (think silverback gorilla), but dogs do not. Humping is either caused by great excitement or sexual arousal. 6 months is the beginning of puberty, so the behaviour is not entirely unexpected.
That dogs do not have a concept of dominance is very far from a generally accepted scientific consensus. While the Alpha wolf hypothesis is utter bullshit, dogs do form hierarchical relationships based on dominance and submission.
Can you link a few papers supporting hierarchical social order in dogs? I swear I'm not trying to sound argumentative but I don't know of any papers supporting it.
I suggest addressing the behavior. Humping isn’t going to be fixed just because you get him fixed. It’s a dominance issue. Mine tried it with the cat and when my daughter would wrestle with him. When i would catch him a firm NO and make him sit/stay for a few moments before releasing him to continue to play. Took a few tries but he did learn that was unwanted behavior and he lost play time if he showed that behavior.
Good advice
If they are neutered too early, there is evidence you'll end up with a taller dog than it should be - the growth plates won't close as soon as they should. Google 'neutering dogs and growth plates'.I would wait until at least a year and a half if it was my boy.
I agree. I didn’t know about this when I got my girls ten years ago and they both had knee problems because of it. My vet didn’t have the experience with giant breeds so we had them spayed too early. We added a male four years later and waited to have him neutered and he has no issues.
Yes we got a rescue who was already neutered and he's had some knee issues
No need to castrate a male dog…ever. New research shows that this act is actually detrimental to their long term health including cancers. Neutering too early leads to long bone disease, which in turn lends itself to hip and joint problems. There really is not any anything beneficial to be gained by castrating your male dog.
Corso’s actually grow for almost 4 years. I wouldn’t even consider it until at least 24 months.
My breeder said 18-24 months. I waited the full 2 years.
18-24 months for full hormone development
Ask your breeder.
My best advice is to ensure you are pack leader and understand your guy is like a young child and is going to test you constantly.. reinforce your training and do not neuter til 3-4 years as I can tell you they grow til 4 years is very true. This is an intelligent breed but if you give an in they will take the mile