Castration
We have a male guard dog named Ursul (Bear) at our Beauty from Ashes Center for Orphan Girls. Ursul is only 8 months old but he is already big. He is restless and rambunctious, always getting into things and needing attention.
Recently my wife gave birth to Evelyn, our new baby daughter. Ursul barked at her at first. He sniffs everything that is hers. He licks everything. He sniffs Evelyn and licks her.
Outside he tears things up. He drags things into the middle of the yard. He digs big holes. He tears up flowers, plants, and the landscaping in the yard. He drags our shoes and sandals into the middle of the yard and chews them up. He jumps on people, dirtying their clothes. He drips saliva on the carpet. He licks the clean dishes. He stole the Easter ham off of a cabinet.
The women in the house are furious with him most of the time for one thing or another. They want him controlled. They want him civil. They want us to castrate him so he will be domesticated.
But Ursul does other things also. Ursul barks at anyone who comes near our house. This is what we got him for. At night he goes into super-sensitive mode. Anything that moves gets his attention and his aggressive growl and bark are enough to deter most thieves. He is a very intelligent dog and knows at least twelve different commands. He plays soccer and keep away with me and the girls in the yard.
Recently we have been targeted by the former pimps of one of our girls and by a local thief who runs a band of homeless orphans. At night when the lights go out and the doors are locked we all know that Ursul is outside…patrolling. We all sleep well, knowing that if anyone came near our house, we would know it.
So I don’t think we’ll be castrating Ursul. We want him aggressive, so that he can do his job of protecting. In our society, especially Christian society, many times men are castrated. They may still have testicles, but they have been castrated. Then, when we need them to be men, we find out that they are incapable.
A man should be nice, polite, tame and domesticated…some of the time. But he should also be wild, strong, aggressive, and even violent, when the need arises. Protecting is one of the main jobs a man has. How can he do this job if he has been tamed?
Women – Don’t desire a man who is too tame, nor seek to tame him yourself. If you succeed, you will find that you no longer respect him, and he will be of little use to you when you need him most.
Men – Don’t listen to everything you hear in Christian circles. Read the Bible and look at the character and actions of the men there. (Just one example: David, whom God called a man after His own heart!, cut the foreskins off of 200 Philistine men in order to win his first bride.) Seek to be like them! They are God’s examples for us.
