Undecided on should I neuter my pup??
 

Oh Males dont go into heat. I would have him neutered and the earlier the better. It keeps them from marking and humping

i think females go into first heat anytime after they've turned 6 months... But I only have a male. He's getting neutered tomorrow, as a matter of fact. I was thinking whether I should have him fixed but decided if I want puppies one day, I'll get another baby to love, as a pet. I've heard enough about marking, hormones and I can't put Pepper in daycare unless he's neutered. Enough pros for me...

When it comes to marking and humping... Well I think that really depends on the dog. Diesel isn't fixed and he will mark every bush outside. He has NEVER marked inside my house. Not once! He also hasn't humped his toy in a long time. He used to as a pup but now that he is older he doesn't do it anymore. As for having puppies... Well Ic an't tell you not to. That is up to you. Just keep in mind that they say once your male breeds his personality can change. I have no idea if this is true or not. I just know that I don't want mine changing. Yet I still have no need to have him fixed.He hasn't had to have his teeth cleaned yet because I do it here. So when he does I might think about it.

I agree with you
 

:aimeeyork I was debating on wether to Nueter my Rocky and was undecided, i decided to leave him as he came into world. Rocky humps his little bed the extra bed in the bathroom which i dont mind as long as he's not humping a human. And he also only marks the bushes outside which i dont mind that he does that either as long as it's outside and not in the house. So i think i am going to leave him the way he is. I have a friend who has a toy french poodle and he nuetered him because he was humping on peoples legs arms you name it he humped it and he was nuetered and he's still doing it. :aimeeyork

You wouldn't want this to happen...

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61173

Or this........

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...ight=lubricate

OMG! I forgot about that one!:eek:

that is really
 

Scary but at the same time if i nueter him and he still humps what then what do i do so that, the link you sent me dosent happen. Because my friends dog was nueterd and he still humps :confused:

Neutering is no deterrant to humping. Even my spayed females hump -- they are just confused since they were never allowed to "do it naturally." I have heard of neutered dogs that still mark too. I am leaving Ben "au natural" for now as he is so well proportioned, marked beautifully, and has the best personality -- I think he may be breeding potential. If I was not thinking of breeding, I would neuter as soon as possible.

I have heard both ways -- neutering and/or breeding does change their personality or it does not change their personality. I think it depends on the dog and some will just change personality no matter what. Follow your heart and mind.

I was in the same spot last year. Please let me start by telling you my story...

We had a little male for 12 years and he was the most loving, absolute best dog in the world but he had so many health problems. I won't go into them all but believe me, life for him was a huge struggle at times. Truth be known...the breeder I got my Boog from never should have bred his parents. Boog appeared healthy until he was about 2 and then everything went haywire. I know all too well the agony and heartache of dealing with an unhealthy Yorkie...we shed a lot of tears over Boog, the expense was staggering at times but we kept going because Boog let us know he wasn't ready to let go. The day he did let us know was the absolute worst day of my life...one that I will never forget and wouldn't wish on anyone. I often wonder what would have happened to Boog throughout his life if he had gone to someone else...would they have taken the time and expense to properly care for him or would he have been ignored, passed from home to home or just put down? Worse yet, would he have been bred and passed those health problems on to more Yorkies and their families?

We now have 2 beautiful little males and I thought about using them for stud or even getting a female to breed but I changed my mind. See, I don't know the health history of my boys and they could possibly pass something on that would be devastating for more Yorkies and their families and I just couldn't do that to anyone. So, I decided to have them both neutered and I'm glad I did. We now have 2 loving boys who don't mark or hump things, they are little love bugs!

I guess the point I'm trying to make through all of this is...if you are certain your Yorkies are healthy, you've got the health history from their breeders and you've done all the associated tests to be sure, if they fit within the Yorkie standard and have good temperment etc...then go ahead and breed them. However, if you're not sure of these things and they don't fit the standard...please don't breed. Look at the rescue sites and Petfinder to see what Yorkies are being rehomed...most disappointed their owners by getting larger than they expected or have some kind of health problem that their owners didn't want to, or couldn't, deal with. I feel breeders have a responsibility to ensure the health of their dogs...to the dogs themselves and to the new owners. I've been on the short end of that stick and I can tell you...that's not a heartache that I would care to pass on to anyone no matter how much money I made from it.

Please don't feel like I'm lecturing you...I didn't mean to...but this is something I'm pretty passionate about. Good luck with your decision...whatever that turns out to be.

When I got Titan at 9 months old he wasn't neutered and Brandy who was about 18 months old and not spayed at the time had not gone into heat yet so I was faced with this dilema. Even after reading all the horror stories here that little voice in my head was saying 'maybe I should breed them'. Within two weeks of getting Titan, Brandy went into heat and OMG...what a pain it was having two unaltered and very eager dogs. Titan immediately started humping everything in site and marking. Keeping them seperated was a nightmare. She was climbing over everything and at one point had to go stay at Grandma's for a couple days. I got him neutered shortly after that and he was back to his sweet little self in no time and I haven't seen that leg go up since. I don't think I could keep an intact male in the house. Now I need to get Brandy spayed but haven't gotten around to it.

I would tell him no and take away whatever he was humping. Chachi occasionally trys to hump a teddy bear. I used to just let him but hearing how that yorkie pulled his back doing it I wont anymore

Yep it can still happen even if they are fixed. We have a shepherd who is fixed and he will STILL hump every now and then. He also still gets excited and things stick out! I also had a female who was fixed and would hump anything. Problems like that still happen regardless.

So sorry for the ordeal your little Boog had to go through healthwise but glad you were there to give him every quality day he could have. Sometimes it seems God knows who will have a heart big enough to care for the special ones!

Why do you not know the health history of the 2 you have now? Did your breeder not go over the pedigree with you? I was fortunate, to not have any health problems in several generations that were explained to me with both Ben and Sadie. Lots of champions although I am learning that is not much of a guarantee -- still nice to see though. But the health questions were my biggest concern. We had lost our first Yorkie and maybe that made us a little more careful with these two.