SUPRELORIN as an alternative to neutering - any experiences?
The vet has suggested that Suprelorin is an alternative to neutering for our 10 month old OES puppy who is becoming a real humper. Apparently it is a temporary implant in the back of the neck that has the same effect as neutering for about six months by inhibiting a particular reproductive hormone. Do any fellow Sheepie owners have any experiences, good or bad, of this product? I would appreciate any stories. Thanks always. Lee |
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| Just curious...why avoid the neutering? Its a fairly easy surgery and recovery time is quick. The hardest part is keeping them quiet or not jumping, etc the first few days. The stupied E collar they usually come home with is a pain but you can buy a soft one which is much more comfortable from one of the pet supplies like KV Vet or Drs Fosters and Smith.
If this chip is only a temporary fix, won't the humping start again once it wears off? It must be something to help hormones so a drug of some type. Are there any side effects or allergy risks? I don't think I ever heard of this in the United States but that doesn't mean its not safe - just worthy of some research before doing. |
Ashley wrote: Just curious...why avoid the neutering? Its a fairly easy surgery and recovery time is quick. .
Many Europeans don't take as lightly a view of castrating their dogs as as we do here in N. America. In fact, I think it may still be illegal in Norway, or at the very least you need a medical reason or something along those lines. Certainly it is not done routinely because they know the sex hormones are important for the dog's physical and emotional/mental development and wellbeing, so they prefer to keep the dog "whole" or what we refer to as intact. We've become kind of addicted to the procedure here in the US. Frankly, though it's a great convenience for the owner - myself included  - I'm beginning to think it creates more problems than it solves both medically and behaviorally for the individual dog, but that's another story and I still fully understand and support peoples' decisions to surgically castrate their dogs.
Obviously his humping behavior is considered a serious issue if the vet is suggesting chemical castration. My experience has been that dogs who hump will hump whether they have testosterone or not (and some of them are even more on the estrogen side of things ) and that it's really a training issue. Though in this boy's case the testosterone may be driving the behavior and cutting that off, even temporarily, could give them a better chance of training the behavior out of him.
My boy has been neutered since he was a year old. He still humps his sisters. As long as they don't seem to mind and he stops when I tell him to (I'd prefer he not do so in public so as to not offend people's sensibilities) I don't really care. But he's never tried it with a person, in which case I'd take a much dimmer view of his little "hobby". Sorry - no great insight on the chemical castratration route since we tend to rely on surgical here. Kristine |
| Here is some info for you on the Implant, it is here in Australia too and might be worth a try to see if it helps your situation to help curb his anti-social behaviour of humping. It might help settle him a bit while the implant is working for 6 months for you to re-train him not to hump.
Worth a try, no side effects with the implant in. Info Link for you to read through. http://www.peptech.com/HTML/Animal_Heal ... neral.html |
| Three very useful responses, all much appreciated.
I am minded to give the Suprelorin a go. We can neuter him at any point but it just seems that if there is an approved option that does not need surgery and a general anaesthetic then we should at least try it. The aim is to suppress his excitability around other dogs, especially males, and limit the humping activity in the house. If Suprelorin combined with some more training can cure that, great, and if not we can have the neuter surgery option. I will keep the forum updated on our experiences of whether it works or not, although I think that most forum participants are in the USA and I am not sure whether or not this treatment is approved yet in the states. It is approved in Australia, New Zealand and the European Union. As I understand it the treatment itself is not new, it is at least 30 years old, but this new implant delivery system has only recently been developed to administer it in dogs. Best wishes, Lee |
| Hi There, My border collie had the implant in February this year so as not to bothered when my aussie shepherd came into season. To all intents and purposes it worked very well, we had virtually no problems. The only thing as far as I'm concerned my dog has lost a lot of confidence and has a tendancy to want to run if any other dogs are around him, which he never did before. He was never a humper we did it purely as an alternative to castration. In the competitions which I enter him he is not doing some of the excercises as he did before the implant he lacks the confidence. Under these circumstances I would not use the implant again, I must stress though this only my opinion, It was also the 1st time my Vet had used this, here in England. Rgds Dennis |
| We in the US don't have that option. Hopefully some of our international members will give some input. |
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