Those who haven't neutered
 

Hi All,

My Peanut is 6 months old now, and it's almost time for him to get neutered :eek: Out of pure curiosity, do any of you guys have male yorkies who were not neutered AND not bred with a female? If so, what kind of marking problems did you have? Is it almost a guarantee that the male pup will start marking in the house, even though he always goes outside to potty? Is that why so many of you have your yorkies that wear belly bands?

Peggy

Mine has been neutered but I heard that they mark their territory all over the house.

i have a baby yorkie boy right now who i plan on not getting neutered... i just dont see the point other than making it inconvienient for the parents. i know what they say about temperment, marking and the "humping"...but i had a chihuahua for 10 years before oscar and he never did any of those and he was not neutered as well. he was just fine.... you could tell that he was very interested if there were a girl dog around... but other than that... he was just fine! i just personally dont believe in it just for the fact of he might mark his territory and all that.... and for the medical reasons... to me.. it would be like having my breasts removed now at 21 because every woman in my family has had it so far (and they all have)... i just dont like the idea... but! if its for you... i just wanted to let you know that i never had any problems with bob.

i had my scampi for 5 years b4 i bred with him and he never did anything in the house b4 i bred with him or after but his son tye was really bad so i had him sorted and now hes fine so i think it depends on the dog.

My Sugar is not neutered and has not been bred yet. He marks like there is no tommorrow. If you aren't going to breed, I would say have him neutered. Neutered males have less chance of certain cancers. If he's not being bred, he will be a happier little guy if you have him neutered.

I agree with you . Royce is 11 months old and he is not neutered and he doesnt mark . For me neutering him is the equivalent of removing my breasts or uterus to avoid cancer . in our family we had dogs that were not neutered, they never got sick and lived to their 16th year

Timmy is 7 months old and he does not mark when he's home BUT when I take him to anyone elses house he is lifting his leg up in every corner. I think that is marking?!?! Now I use belly bands on him when we go out and I don't have to worry about anything. The pad absorbs it all!!!

I aquired a 3yo unneutered-unbred male and he marked like a champ! I had him neutered and he hasn't marked since.

romeo is 3yrs old and unneutered. i just don't have the heart to do that to him. plus he has collapsed trachea and the risk is too high of putting him under. i couldn't bear if something happened to him because of an elective surgery. * he pees outside and on wee wee pads. no marking issues at home. he does mark at other peoples houses. so i just make him sit on my lap. he humps stuffed animals about once a day. he has never been with a female. * i take great care of his health. and there are reports that neutering actually causes other types of body cancers because of the lack of testosterone.

I have an unneutered male (Rowdy) and he does mark in the house - but it is just a few drops here and there and he doesn't do it all the time - it comes and goes :rolleyes: I have wood and concrete floors (for the most part) and so it isn't too big an issue. I don't use a belly band because we have a doggy door and he goes in and out into the backyard all the time - I want him to be able to PEE outside.

Rexy is neutered (at 6 months) and squats to pee and only pees once outside - as opposed to Rowdy who may pee 5 times on an outing.

We hope to breed Rowdy at least once or twice, but haven't found a female yet. Marking is an issue, but not too big a one for us.

I agree with Nikki, a marking dog is no fun! I know :(

There is a flip side to all of this, Peanut was neutered when he was 1yr old never marked, till after I had him neutered he is 9 and stills does.....:(

Jake isn't neutered at 8 months, but I do intend to get him neutered. (I'm just waiting to see what is happening with his teeth before I plan to put him under - incase that he needs work on his mouth at the same time).

He is already starting to mark, not often but If he gets access to one of the rooms we have that he doesn't normally have access to (the spare room for example) ... then he will mark that room.

For me neutering is just the responsible thing to do if your not planning on breeding.

IMO an un-neutered male is more likely to mark/spray, more likely to try to escape to find a lady friend, and more like if he finds a lady friend, for her to have an unplanned pregnancy. I've also heard from many sources that neutering will calm down a dog.

My family are farmers, and even though we breed animals for food, we still neuter all young livestock to help keep them in check.

I kinda view a un-neutered dog as a horny teenager, a load of hormones running thru his system but without the benefit of the sex education you might get at school.

Come on lets face it ... we all know men think with there dicks quite a lot, imagine what thats like unchecked.

I respect that other people have different views, these just happen to be mine.

Oh thank you for this post! That gives me hope! Sugar is 1 yr. 8 mos. and will hopefully be bred in the next six months and then its snip snip. As a lot of you know, breeding Sugar isn't my idea. I had to agree to allow him to breed once when I got him. If it was up to me he would have been neutered immediately. I hate belly bands! I've got him in an x pen now because he uses potty pads and that is obviously not compatable with belly bands.:rolleyes:

Jake is almost 5 years old and has never marked either. I think that it all depends on the dog. And is is very calm, excpet when the door bell rings. Even when my friends bring their dogs over he never marks in the house.

Gizmo is 4 yrs and has not been neutered. We don't have a problem with marking.

My dog started marking at 4mos...outside and he did lift at someone's house. I got him neutered at 6 1/2 mos because I was getting another male dog and didn't want a Peeing war...and I noticed on here that there seemed to be a window where if you got them done at that 6-7 mos mark, most problems disappeared or didn't appear whereas after the 7mos it seemed to be harder (from what I read).
I think my dog has been better about the bathroom training in other people's houses since being fixed but outside...he marks constantly...and I mean constantly...like he has never been fixed.
I have to wonder if it depends on the dog. Maybe if I hadn't of neutered my dog he would have gotten worse whereas some dogs may be controllable or not worse?

The few dogs I've met who are not neutered and are not with a breeder did not want to "play". All they had on their mind was humping and I felt bad for them and the dogs who were trying to play with them. they had no interest in social interaction and play...just..."come here so I can..." you know.

However, I have met people on here and in person who have told me they had un-neutered dogs and do not have that problem. They told me this anyways....but I haven't actually seen the dogs. I think you can train a dog not to behave that way...

The last playdate we had was with a 9 year old dacsand (sp?). He is not neutered. His fellow housemates (another dacsaund (sp?) and a shepard) are because my friend had peeing wars in the house and couldn't take it between the two of them. The un-neutered dacsaund (sp?) doesn't mark...but he only had one thing on the mind when playing with my male neutered dog.
I noticed the same thing happening at a local dog park between neutered and un-neutered. The neutered dogs seem to be having more fun and were playing...but it could also come back to responsible owners and how the owners were training these dogs.

I have mixed feelings and feel guilty about neutering my dog and at such an early age. I read the research and agree with the above posts saying about taking out our uterus and breasts because we "might" get cancer. It's probably healthier to have all your parts. I've also read about bone structure and so forth.

It is all what you can handle behaviorally...and I don't live alone and we visit a lot...I couldn't take the chance...and I was worried about waiting too long and having problems start and not being able to fix them.
But I always wonder...did I do the right thing?
I guess this is a senseless post because I am in agreement with both sides of the argument. Ha!
Susie