USE your QUOTE BUTTON instead of REPLY. It will pop open the box to post in - it's very easy and you can do it :) with this many people it comes in very handy

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think i got it...thanks!

We were going to attempt to leave Cooper intact. Well . . . he made it from 9 weeks old until the day before he turned 7 months old.

He was extremely easy to train as a pup. He was really better than Carter, our older yorkie, who also was extremely easy to train. Cooper has had the sex drive of a teenager since he was about 4 months old - humping every animal in the house that he could find -- and always the right way - never the head! He began marking and we attempted to correct the behavior with increasing his outside trips and rewarding for pottying in the proper places. That didn't work.

His territorial habits increased and increased and increased. He didn't pee ON things -- it always missed and hit the floor. I had pee on the hardwood floor on each of the four corners of the rug (on the outside of the rug - on the floor itself). I had pee near every sofa leg, near every door frame. It just kept getting worse and worse until I could take it no more!!!!

Cooper was neutered today. He's a great little guy -- small for 7 months - only 3.3#. He's got a cute face, great personality, very loving, very loyal, etc. Would he be a good candidate to breed? Depends on what good qualities he can bring to a litter. Do I think he is a good candidate . . . ummmmm . . . . no . . . while he is a great yorkie, being honest with myself, he doesn't have the all the qualities that another yorkie owner might want. Personal choice after good research and talking to breeders.

BTW -- while some members choose to compare dogs to humans, I'm altered too -- my choice.

Is Cooper going through anything horrible today now that he's home from my very capable vet's office? NOOOOO.

I decided that I could not handle a male that has never been bred marking all over my house. Studding is not for me because I cannot handle the drawback. At this time, I can only HOPE that Cooper's territorial habits will diminish.

I hope that I provided you with an adequate accounting of my opinion on the matter.

Others need not dispute my opinion because it is all based on MY EXPERIENCE.

Lisa

villette:
 

villette, what if i want to quote only a sentence or two of someone's reply? :confused:

go back through after you hit the QUOTE button and delete what you don't want.

lisa, i'm so glad your little cooper is doing well! my sister also has a whippet named cooper... i use that name alot! he's a real sweetie. he is a brindle with the sweetest temperament you could ask for. and he isn't neuterd and guess what? he marks. he is NEVER around any females. my sister is not a breeder and she has cooper the whippet and lexy the dobmerman. (she's a big dog lover) i was trying to stress to everyone that males do mark if not neutered, not alot you can do about it even with training sometimes, and i think those of us here that are expressing our opinions about this are those of us into breeding who don't neuter our young males anyway.

best wishes to cooper and i hope he has a speedy recovery! you can bathe him in a warm bath (just high enough water to touch his privates) with some epsom salt if he seems to feel uncomfortable. take care!

He probably developed the cancer from too many vaccines I would guess. A dog cannot get cancer from not being neutered! In other words the fact that he was not neutered did not CAUSE the cancer.

ahhhhh, the old gray mare ain't as smart as she used to be, or something like that?? hee hee. thanks.

kim, why must you keep bringing up old threads :confused: i'm not going to repeat what i said before, but i think it would be a good idea if some went back and looked over it..... :eek:

did you do an autopsy on him? NO, so what you say is B.S. you don't know what caused the cancer. Good God!

Robbie:

Thanks for the tip. He seems to be doing okay so far. Carter doesn't understand why his brother isn't up and playing with him like usual. It Carter that is whining! hehe

I don't know how breeders handle the marking . . . last week I resorted to safety pinning a sock around coopers belly. It helped to stop me from losing my mind!!! He looked pretty funny too!

:)
Lisa

How true Megan and cudo's to you for speaking up

hehe! would have loved to see pictures of Coop!

i meant to say, cooper the whippet is never around any bitches. lexy the doberman has been spayed since a pup....oops, sorry

From what my experience with a male has been like. My little Mickey is now 17 months old. I have not had him fixed Because I plan to breed him with my female. He is a great companion and a real sweet heart. He is my little shadow. He was potty trained at a young age and did so good until my female came into her first heat. He then marked every thing my furniture My female , my other males all his toys even my husband. I once again worked so hard at potty training him. He was doing so good until again he smelled my daughters dog in heat and once again started marking every thing. The marking is terrible. and once again we worked really hard with him Note I am home 24/7 so I can really keep a good eye on him . But if I wasent im sure he would still be marking. and I know that he will start to mark again when the next heat comes. So yes I have to say if you dont have your male fixed he will mark and it is very very hard to get him not once he starts.