i mean of course for breeding reasons if ya dnt want your dog to stud or have puppies then neutering/spaying is the answer but what about other questions. The thing is i have a male border and when i first got him at a year old he wasnt neutered, now he was great with other dogs of all ages, but he had a problem with strange people, people he didnt no, now i asked many people including ones who have owned dogs for many years and they all said get him neutered and he will calm down and begin to get more friendly. I thought it was worth it so i got him done, now a year on and he still dosent like people he dont no, i cant think of anything else i ahve tried to solcize him with other people but he just attacks them (luckly he is always on a lead) and i cant think of anyother answer!
please help if you can

I`m having the same problem with my 3 yr old.
although i only ever find he behaves badly when i`m handling him,i don`t live with my dog only come home twice a month,the whole time i`m away he`s fine.
Ive come to the conclusion he`s trying to protect me.
I will only have him neutered as a last resort.
At the moment i`m ignoring his bad behaviour and rewarding him when he`s good.which he is most of the time but he has his moments.I also find that when he is behaving badly towrads peopl he is backing off the whole time as if he is scared.
Very confusing

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yes it is confusing i just dont no wat to do with him, we have to lock him away when we have guests and they are all asking about him but they cant see or play with him as he will snarl, bark and snap at them, and it shouldnt be like that i feel sorry for him because he cries as he can hear us talking

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Were these dogs socialised as puppies???

Doesn't sound like a very good situation to be in.

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yep he was always around people from 8 weeks old,mines a very complicated situation,he wasn`t mine to begin with he belonged to my best mate who had a terminal illness,she lived with another mate of mine(who didn`t want the puppy so had not much to do with hm)sadly my best mate past away when he was almost 4 months old and left him to me in her will.I consequently moved in with the other friend and her bro.we always had people around and i took him to my mum and dads every sunday.
Unfortuanaltey the brother of my friend loved to play rough house with him,to the point my dog would go mental.Itried to instill into him that what he was doing was going to make him bad when he got older.
Apparently he would still do it when i wasn`t there.
I moved out due to personal reasons,and made it clear to my parents that they were not to do this,to which they haven`t thankfully.
The behaviour has only started since i moved away 7 months ago,which is why i feel it has something to do with him protecting me.
He hasn`t actually ever attcked anyone,but will growl and bark at people,but be fine with them the next day,it`s all very weird

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Sounds like it might be him protecting you! Why don't you want to neuter him? I don't think it would make much difference anyway btw.

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yes even before we got him he was socilized and when he met us for the first time he wasnt aggressive at all and he didnt no us, it just seemed to get worse as he got older

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I guess it`s because i worked at a show kennels for 9 years and saw the effects of neutering on dogs,i`m getting more tempted to neuter him,it should make a difference but it will take a lot longer to show the effects

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What effects?

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From what I understand, (and please someone correct me if I haven't got it right,) neutering a dog to stop certain issues occuring will only help if those issues are caused or increased by the hormone balance of the dog. We had our old gsd castrated in the hope that it would make him less aggressive to other dogs - it didn't work as his aggression wasn't caused by hormones.