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11-18-2006, 08:55 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Al
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| should I breed my male? I am thinking about breeding my male yorkie when he is about a year old but I have heard that if you breed them the first time they will forever be humping everything in site including guest. I have also heard that it makes them mark everything. If I wait to have him fixed will it be too late and the same problems be there? |
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11-18-2006, 09:33 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: FL
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| Good question I am looking at information on that now too -- I have a male puppy I might want to breed. I was reading up on what that decision may mean. What I am reading is.... un-neutered males are more inclined to mark. If you neuter a male before he starts the marking habit, he will be less likely to do it but it is not fool-proof. A puppy should be neutered before one year if you are going to so as to lessen the liklihood of marking habits. Some will mark no matter what. Males used for stud are also said to be more inclined to mark. Again -- just what I am reading. I am not liking this as it is sounding almost inevitable that a male used for breeding is going to mark. I will be looking forward to hearing experiences from the YT members -- this is weighing on my mind as Ben is a pet first and I would hate to make housetraining impossible. But who knows -- I have an older female dachshund that has been spayed and still marks a little whenever we have houseguests or a new dog comes into the home. She will especially start doing it in the house when a baby is around. I guess she just wants everyone to know this is her house.
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11-18-2006, 10:36 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland Oregon
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| no matter if your male is house trained, keeping him intact is sure to turn him into a leg lifting marking machine in time, specally after he has been exposed to his first female all bets are off... He may continue to lift and pee outside...but once inside he will mark everything insight...door wells, furniture, inside shoes is always fun and of course marking you like you were a tree stump planted just for him. One way to help control, take a large plastic bottle fill it with sand (for stability) wrap it with fabric (which can be washed and replaced) place it on a pee pad...they will often lift their leg using this more often than your furniture and easier to clean up.
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