Does spaying make a female better behaved?

I haven't seen any behavioural changes in any of my female does after spaying. Though they were obedience trained before they were spayed and their training continued afterwards.

Spaying isn't the answer for poor behaviour, it simply renders the dog sterile. Obedience training and good, fair leadership is the answer for dogs who are not well behaved.

I believe both are a myth. The only certainty with neutering is no puppies and neuterins is no substitute for training. However, some males may become less aggressive after castration - after all that means the removal of male hormones. On the other hand, as spaying a female removes the female hormones, that to me would suggest a female could become slightly more aggressive - if anything. However, much as most of my girls were spayed later on as they were show/breeding b itches, spaying them didn't change them temperament-wise at all. They did tend to grow heaving coats, as did the males, and in both genders, could tend to put on more weight. The males I had to have castrated, for medical reasons, certainly went very 'soft' and lacked their former zip, but that could have been down to their age (they were elderly by then), and breed (mine is a mild non-confrontational breed).

However, if you are undecided about spaying, get it done. There is enough evidence to convince me that the more seasons a b itch is allowed to have, the more possibility she could develop female cancers - I have to say I only had one of mine, spayed later on, who developed mammary cancer when she was 12 however. My other main reason for spaying, was not having to confine them everytime they came into season. Plus I saw no reason for keeping a retired b itch cycling into old age.

Well-- they can get "weird" when they go into heat. Mostly, goofy and ultra-affectionate, but sometimes crabby--- this doesn't last long though.

But for the rest of the time-- the dog's personality will remain pretty much the same.

On another note-- my unnuetered boy acts better than his nuetered brother-- so saying that a dog is better behaved when nuetered is rather incorrect.

the only advantages of spaying are to decrease the undesirable canines inhabitants and facilitates against some cancers in lady canines. spaying won't make her behave greater useful, in basic terms good training will try this.

Nope. Training does that. Spaying and neutering only serves to prevent offspring.

I don't think it changes them either but feel an unspayed b*tch has more health problems to worry about so prefer to spay them.

I understand that female dogs can become very territorial and that spaying can prevent that. So, yes :)

possible

but training, exercise will do so much more

Yes, it does in deed. They are called B****es for a reason, don't ya know.