To neuter or not....that is the question.

[Mayzoo]

Sounds like dominate behaviour. Not all mounting is about mating, as you can tell. Are you twos girls the alpha over your males?

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by maxdog

OK, I am going to hijack this thread for a minute. Max does not hump anything but SASHA DOES! She mounts Max and will start hammering away!! WHY???

LOL my Cookie does that. AND, she marks, as do Adina and Pippi. OHhhh and speaking of brother and sister things....Pippi humps her brother, Armani. Crazy these pups!

[maxdog]

Originally Posted by Mayzoo

Sounds like dominate behaviour. Not all mounting is about mating, as you can tell. Are you twos girls the alpha over your males?

I think Sasha thinks she is the dom. From the 1st day Sasha came home Max has always been so tolerant of her. As a puppy she would grab a mouthful of his facial hair and tug away at it. He was 3x times bigger than her at the time but he always tolerated her rough play. But every once in a great while she crosses the line and he lets her know it. But when they are sleeping she is a little meany. They sleep with me and if he walks by her when she is in a deep sleep she snaps at him with her teeth bared.

[EvieandCash]

Hiya! I just had my baby Cash neutered on Monday & like you, I wanted advice and some really wonderful responses from people on here as I was so worried. Cash had the op Monday at 10.30, I picked him up at 4.30. He was quite drowsy and was crying but a few hours later he was going for his toys to play. Trying to keep a 6m old Yorkie from moving around too much is impossible although we have taken every precaution with him. I'm so glad we went through with it, we looked into it too and we never intended him to breed so we felt it was best for Cash. Oh only downside is the lampshade from vets, cash hates it. Good luck and hope all goes well ❤️

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by EvieandCash

Hiya! I just had my baby Cash neutered on Monday & like you, I wanted advice and some really wonderful responses from people on here as I was so worried. Cash had the op Monday at 10.30, I picked him up at 4.30. He was quite drowsy and was crying but a few hours later he was going for his toys to play. Trying to keep a 6m old Yorkie from moving around too much is impossible although we have taken every precaution with him. I'm so glad we went through with it, we looked into it too and we never intended him to breed so we felt it was best for Cash. Oh only downside is the lampshade from vets, cash hates it. Good luck and hope all goes well ❤️

So glad it went well, yay . You could try a onesie instead of the lamp shade...

[Debbiedeb514]

Wylies mom....do you mean a regular onsie for babies? It so how does it work when peeing? Lol

[Lovemyyorkie8]

My dog is 2 1/2 years old, is it too late to have him fixed? We didn't want to have him fixed at first because we were scared of the surgery, but now he is driving us crazy with the marking and the humping. I am willing to have him fixed now but don't know if he is too old for that.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by Lovemyyorkie8

My dog is 2 1/2 years old, is it too late to have him fixed? We didn't want to have him fixed at first because we were scared of the surgery, but now he is driving us crazy with the marking and the humping. I am willing to have him fixed now but don't know if he is too old for that.

No, he is not too old. He may not stop the behaviors but it is worth a try.

[JadeD]

Originally Posted by Debbiedeb514

Wylies mom....do you mean a regular onsie for babies? It so how does it work when peeing? Lol

I looked at onesies and bought 3-6 month onesies (baby) for my 6 month old puppies and they fit them perfectly. I put them on them backwards and only snapped the outside 2 snaps and their tails go through the middle where the middle snap is. My 2 puppies have the cutest tails and them sticking out the onesie was adorable! Before taking them outside I unsnapped them and rolled the onesie's up like a shirt sleeve up around their bellies. I also just sometimes left them like this and let them play a little and then rolled it back down and snapped it back up.

I used them at night for the puppies so I knew they were not chewing/licking their stitches. Then I had them on them at times during the day if I knew I could not watch them closely or if I had to leave. I cleared my schedule for an entire week after they were fixed so I never left them for more than 20 minutes at a time to go pick up my kids from school and most days I took at least one of the 2 puppies with me and put the other in a crate so they were safe. With a onesie on it made chewing on stitches more difficult for them. They did have a few bathroom accidents and I just took the onesie off and washed them. They each had 3 onesies and I washed them several times during the week that they wore them. It was so worth it and they didn't need to wear a cone then.

A smaller yorkie might need a 1-3 month size or even a newborn or premie size. You might just have to guess. They had them at Wal-Mart here for $2 each so I just bought one and took it home and tried it on them and it fit them both so I went back and bought 5 more so they each had 3.