[JadeD]

I just had my 7 month old male pup (almost my female at the same time) neutered the day after he turned 6 months. His personality is just exactly the same as it was a month ago! He had only lifted his leg one time at a plant 2 days prior to his surgery. He has not lifted his leg since then. I don't know if he will start as he ages or not, I hope not. As far as pain medicine, I had both puppies fixed and they gave me a few days worth for the female and told me to give him a dose if I felt he needed it. They weigh exactly the same so it was the same dosage for either of them. He came home and slept that evening and seemed fine. I picked him up one time that even ing and he cried and I felt terrible, but he did not seem to be bothered at any other time of his healing. I also had both puppies microchipped at the surgery and they pulled remaining baby teeth, 2 from him and 3 from her. It was more of a struggle to keep him from running, jumping and playing for the following week than him being in any kind of pain. I did give him a pain pill the day after to make sure he was comfortable and slept well, but he probably would have been fine without it. He really was not bothered by the day after the surgery. I put a onesie on him (backwards, with his tail out the middle snap spot) to keep him from bothering the stitches if I could not watch him closely. He healed up in no time at all.

I highly recommend getting male dogs fixed if you are not using them for breeding. They won't feel the need to mark in the house and won't want to chase females. As far as the humping goes though, some dogs hump and some don't. If they are humping their toys they are probably showing dominance and it is not a big deal really.

Good luck and I would get him fixed as close to 6 months as you can. I would probably have gotten Rowan fixed at 5 months but I wanted Raksha to be 6 months so I waited and had them fixed at the same time so they could heal together.

His personality will not change, so don't worry. My sweet Rowan is just as sweet as normal, maybe even more of a cuddle bug than before if anything.