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kreuer · 10-20-2014, 05:01 AM

Since this thread was just brought back up I will give an update. I now have my boy (ended up getting a Shih Tzu) and he will be 4 months old on Friday. So far no marking (knock on wood). He is fully potty trained to go outside and still squats to pee. I will have to make sure I keep an eye out for him lifting that leg in the house. I will be getting him neutered at about 5 1/2 months old and hopefully avoid any marking issues!

Opium88 · 10-20-2014, 08:22 AM

So Yorkies are like a small box of expensive chocolate.... you never know what you're going to get. Or if they're going to mark, or bark, or mind for that matter... lol. But they rock anyway.

Verbena · 10-20-2014, 10:21 AM

Galen was neutered at 8 months. He does not mark. And I have other pets in the house . . I grew up with males and never had a problem with marking

Nancy1999 · 10-20-2014, 11:30 AM

I've always had male dogs and none of them marked and some were adults when they got neutered. However, I never had "other" dogs visiting me. Now with three grand dogs who come over all the time, one of whom thinks this is his house because he was here before Joey, I have a problem with all of them marking. I think it's the smells of the other dogs that make them territorial.

10-20-2014, 10:21 AM	#18
Verbena Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: with my flying monkeys Posts: 15,620 Blog Entries: 7	Galen was neutered at 8 months. He does not mark. And I have other pets in the house . . I grew up with males and never had a problem with marking __________________ Teri . . . Galen Jameson Frazier Seraphina Luna Rosencrantz, Saber Tooth Tiger, Pussy Willow Pandora Guildenstern

10-20-2014, 11:30 AM	#19
Nancy1999 I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 25,396 Blog Entries: 2	I've always had male dogs and none of them marked and some were adults when they got neutered. However, I never had "other" dogs visiting me. Now with three grand dogs who come over all the time, one of whom thinks this is his house because he was here before Joey, I have a problem with all of them marking. I think it's the smells of the other dogs that make them territorial. __________________ NancyJoey Proud members of the CrAzYcLuB and YAP! ** Just Say No to Puppymills – Join YAP! Yorkshire Terrier Club of America – Breeder Referrals

10-20-2014, 05:01 AM	#16
kreuer YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Manitowoc, WI Posts: 693	Since this thread was just brought back up I will give an update. I now have my boy (ended up getting a Shih Tzu) and he will be 4 months old on Friday. So far no marking (knock on wood). He is fully potty trained to go outside and still squats to pee. I will have to make sure I keep an eye out for him lifting that leg in the house. I will be getting him neutered at about 5 1/2 months old and hopefully avoid any marking issues!

10-20-2014, 08:22 AM	#17
Opium88 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Albuquerque , NM, US Posts: 621 Blog Entries: 4	So Yorkies are like a small box of expensive chocolate.... you never know what you're going to get. Or if they're going to mark, or bark, or mind for that matter... lol. But they rock anyway.