been spayed - now behaving?

We had Louby spayed last week, and over the last few days she has been really well behaved, not as giddy & bitey. She still has her moments but she does seem so much calmer, still Louby, but 'nicer'.

May be a daft question, but could the spay have sorted her hormones out, and calmed her down so quick? I know some people don't believe that spaying/neutering calms them down.

Yes I do think it helps, some do disagree though Xx

I'm sure I read that any behavioural changes due to the hormones are a few months after, not straight away. Maybe it's more that she's not feeling completely back to normal to go all mad. I think neutering/spaying can calm dogs down, but it won't make them well-behaved. If she thinks it's OK to nip, she'll still think it's OK, because it's an acceptable behaviour to her.

I think if you as a female know what happens to you around that time, then you will know the changes that will happen to your dog. But you will also know that you can still get angry and still have your same personality, it just doesn't go a bit squiffy at that time! I don't believe in reinforcing the belief that spaying/neutering calms a dog down, because i don't think it does in most cases.

I did wonder if it was too soon - but she is genuinely more well behaved, even my husband is liking her more now, he let her up on the bed last night to snuggle while we watched tv. It could be that we are kn*ckering her out with her new boomer ball...who knows, but i shall keep you posted.
Give it another couple of days and i will be saying completely opposite (fingers crossed i wont though) x

I do know that some people agree with it calming them down, and some think it doesnt.
We took her for 1 to 1 training, and the trainer was really for it. She was banging on about her getting spayed to calm her hormones down. When she brought her dog in, she said Louby was trying to hump him (i thought she was just being ill-mannered and jumping on him), and that getting her spayed should stop this behaviour.
We would have got her done anyway, as she has had a season, and we dont want to breed from her.

Well, her humping would've been a sign of dominance or over-excitement. Neutering can calm dogs down (can, but not always), but it can also make some dogs' temperaments worse. Loki isn't neutered but he's started calming down and learning manners around dogs, and humping can be stopped by teaching the dog not to do it. So I don't think it's something people should do for behaviour issues, but obviously you were going to get her done anyway. Either way, calm or not, I think it's important to focus more on continuing to train her than to assume that she's calmed down because she's been spayed . Zac was neutered, and he was calm-ish, but he still had no manners

Maybe we should just be thankful for a quiet few days then ;-))

It's a bit of a mine field to spay or not to spay, I agree that if you are consistent with your training she will learn manners & to be calm around others dog/humans, I'm not sure if the spaying has anything to do with it

the trainer was adamant that we get her done..

as we have mentioned, some agree, some don't.

i wanted to get her done so that she didnt get pregnant, im definately in the thinking that there are enough of these poor pooches around without us adding to them, plus if she had babies, no-one would be good enough to have the pups as far as im concerned, cos im a moomin that way.

Poor Louby. I reckon it is post op recovery keeping her quiet! My girls are spayed and it didn't change their personalities

Any change won't be due to the spaying this soon. The hormones will take a few weeks at least to leave her system. It could just be that she's feeling a little tender so isn't pushing the boundaries at the moment.

I wouldn't bank on any neutering (male or female) calming a dog down. At 11 months she's still a puppy, so will have puppy behaviour. Only maturity & training will calm a dog down.

Thats why i put this on, because i thought it would be too soon to see any changes, if any.
Im not sure about her still being tender (although i imagine she must be), cos she still runs around like a loon on her walks...x

Yes, they all do that! A bit of a sore belly doesn't stop em!

I constantly say 'its a good job i love her' x

I had Daisy done in January and haven't noticed any changes yet.