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Lots of links for you for interesting scientific research on dog health, behaviour, puppies, spay and neuter research – they are just here for you to read and form your own opinions on the subjects. Some are quite old, some new stuff. They are not in any particular order, when I have found an interesting article I have shared it on here

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Neutering

Dr Becker. The truth about spaying and neutering (Youtube Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enPCZA1WFKY

PROS AND CONS OF SPAY AND NEUTER
https://www.parsemus.org/projects/ovary-sparing-spay/

Behavioral Reasons for Relinquishment of Dogs and Cats to 12 Shelters

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15327604JAWS0302_2

Evaluation of a behavioral assessment questionnaire for use in the characterization of behavioral problems of dogs relinquished to animal shelters
https://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.2005.227.1755

Non-reproductive Effects of Spaying and Neutering on Behaviour in Dogs
http://www.naiaonline.org/uploads/WhitePapers/EarlySNAndBehaviorDuffySerpell.pdf

Effects of Spaying and Neutering on Behaviour in Dogs
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2018.00018/full

The Social Behaviour of Neutered Male Dogs Compared to Intact Dogs

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carina_Kaufmann2/publication/313123938_The_Social_Behaviour_of_Neutered_Male_Dogs_Compared_to_Intact_Dogs_Canis_Lupus_Familiaris_Video_Analyses_Questionnaires_and_Case_Studies/links/5a4cc5f40f7e9b8284c42f51/The-Social-Behaviour-of-Neutered-Male-Dogs-Compared-to-Intact-Dogs-Canis-Lupus-Familiaris-Video-Analyses-Questionnaires-and-Case-Studies.pdf

A literature review on the welfare implications of gonadectomy of dogs

https://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/full/10.2460/javma.250.10.1155

Spay Neuter And Joint Disease

https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/spay-neuter-and-joint-disease/

Growth Plates

https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/before-you-do-something-permanent-know-about-growth-plates/

https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2016/07/27/neutering-spaying-effects.aspx

Castration ~ Effects on male dog health and behaviour

http://liziangel.blogspot.com/2011/08/castration-effects-on-male-dog-health.html

Neutering Your Dog – Making an Informed Decision

http://www.homeopathicvet.co.uk/neutering-your-dog–making.pdf

https://dogsfirst.ie/health-issues/dog-neutering/?fbclid=IwAR3JWFq6Ns2FWxnxth27adCwhRHBSIzxKHLLkEIAzrqDUSzWd4weS2V5Cfc

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/canine-corner/201702/are-there-behavior-changes-when-dogs-are-spayed-or-neutered?fbclid=IwAR06SHFtXZcMtv1RKWvsEdDA5jGGzYj2tEEC3RaUgAsf9jLflenVHGLcQuA

Gonadectomy effects on the risk of immune disorders in the dog: a retrospective study

https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-016-0911-5

Neutering Dogs: Effects on Joint Disorders and Cancers in Golden Retrievers

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055937

Neutering of German Shepherd Dogs: associated joint disorders, cancers and urinary incontinence

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/vms3.34

Spaying and urinary incontinence in bitches under UK primary veterinary care: a case–control study
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jsap.13014?fbclid=IwAR2qyuR6XvQctHDz3ftmFG8KOszxdaeR8K7Tm4jhIv0iwGGgBAChA7_enMI

Long-Term Health Effects of Neutering Dogs: Comparison of Labrador Retrievers with Golden Retrievers

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102241

Rottweilers Endogenous Gonadal Hormone Exposure and Bone Sarcoma Risk

Rottweilers are considered to be at high risk of osteosarcome and are five times more likely to develop the tumour than the average dog (Comstock et al 2006). It has been suggested that between 5 and 12% of all Rottweilers develop osteosarcoma (Rosenberger & Crawford 2004, Comstock et al 2006). Dogs that underwent early elective gonadectomy had a one in four lifetime risk

The specific cause of osteosarcoma is not known. However, because osteosarcoma tumors are frequently found near growth plates, it is speculated that factors that affect growth rates, ?neutering and such as diets that promote rapid growth in puppies, appear to influence risk.

The genetic basis of the disease is yet to be elucidated. It has a familial pattern of incidence and it seems likely that the prevalence may be reduced by breeding only from lines that have not (or very rarely) been affected.

http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/11/11/1434

Reproductive Capability Is Associated with Lifespan and Cause of Death in Companion Dogs

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0061082

https://www.dogcancerblog.com/articles/cancer-causes/spayneuter-and-the-association-with-cancer-in-dogs-part-one/

https://www.dogcancerblog.com/articles/scientific-medical-references/spaying-neutering/

https://www.cuvs.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/1-4%20Bentley%20Thalheim%20-%20SpayNeuter.pdf

Post-spaying/neutering care guide
https://topdogvitamins.com/dog-spaying-neutering-post-op-care/

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Fear & Anxiety

Is your dog anxious? Genes common to its breed could play a role
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/your-dog-anxious-genes-common-its-breed-could-play-role#

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Emotional Contagion

Reading Faces: Differential Lateral Gaze Bias in Processing Canine and Human Facial Expressions in Dogs and 4-Year-Old Children
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036076

Investigating emotional contagion in dogs (Canis familiaris) to emotional sounds of humans and conspecifics
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486498/

Rapid mimicry and emotional contagion in domestic dogs
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.150505

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