Preventive Measures for marking territory?!!?!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by muffinlvr

I hate to discourage you but as I've mentioned on this site before, my vet said that once a male starts lifting his leg he will continue to do so. If you get them neutered BEFORE they lift their leg for the first time, chances are good they won't ever do anything but squat when they pee. My male is almost 4 and he marks a lot, especially lately. There is no reason for him to be doing this either. Sometimes he will just walk over to a chair leg or the edge of the sofa and just pee on it. It drives us CRAZY!! He will probably be whizzing on everything once we get our third dog this weekend. He WILL be wearing belly bands while we are home for sure.

Neurtering did not really change his personality but he did put on a little weight. But I think that the weight gain can be controlled if you see your male starting to gain a bit.

Best of luck with your decision.

This isn't necessarily true. It depends how long the dog has been doing this. I've read of many cases where the marking behavior stopped after the dog was neutered.

[Gingergirlsmom]

Neutering won't solve the problem on it's own, but it's good for your little guy for many reasons. Not the least of which he'll be less likely to attempt escape when there is a dog in heat in the area. THAT can be problematic! Plus, they are less likely to hump, mark, can't develop testicular cancer, won't impregnate the neighbors dog, etc....

check out this link: http://www.doghause.com/spay.asp for more info

Also, do a search on this site and you'll find more info.

Belly bands work great, especially when visiting. Tiger's mom makes great ones that are not expensive.

Any male dog I ever had has been neutered, and it didn't seem to change their personality at all. Now, of course, it was always done when they were pups, but Mr. Bailey is young, right?

[chachi]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

This isn't necessarily true. It depends how long the dog has been doing this. I've read of many cases where the marking behavior stopped after the dog was neutered.

I have too

[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

I am not trying to draw you away from it by any means, but I do have to say that when we had my cat neutered, he COMPLETELY changed. I mean TOTALLY. Now - maybe cats are TOTALLY different from dogs when it comes to this surgery - I really have no idea, but my cat is an all together different cat now. He does NOTHING but lay around ALL DAY LONG - and he is HUGE FAT! lol. He was a totally normal weight cat before this surgery. My female Cocker Spaniel was spayed, and she was also the exact same way as my cat. She got extremely overweight, wasn't playful at all, and did nothing but lay around. Sooo, my husband has informed me that I CANNOT get Stedman neutered. I had planned on doing it when he turned 6 months, but my husband does not want me to do it now - so we have chose to keep him the way he is - all male parts still intact LOL

Cats tend to be lazy creatures anyway and Cockers are total chow hounds that tend to over eat.

I had an unneutered Tom that basicalley all he did was sleep when he was here the rest of the time he prowled.

I'm been around neutered male dogs all my life and none were overweight.

It helps with the marking, the humping, the desire to stray, cancer, and agressive behavior. They are still energetic and playful. But their mind is not focused on breeding.

If you don't plan to breed then there is no reason not to neuter.

[Gingergirlsmom]

Here's a couple more sites with good info about neutering:


http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dumm...e/id-1924.html

http://personal.cfw.com/~dtratnac/neuter.htm

Good luck!!!

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by JeanieK

Cats tend to be lazy creatures anyway and Cockers are total chow hounds that tend to over eat.

I had an unneutered Tom that basicalley all he did was sleep when he was here the rest of the time he prowled.

I'm been around neutered male dogs all my life and none were overweight.

It helps with the marking, the humping, the desire to stray, cancer, and agressive behavior. They are still energetic and playful. But their mind is not focused on breeding.

If you don't plan to breed then there is no reason not to neuter.

My cat was not by any means lazy before he was neutered. He played and chased our feet as we walked by him and jumped all over the place. In fact, everyone told me what a playful cat he was. I know his behavior has changed because I live with him, and everyone that has ever been around him has noticed a change. You can TOTALLY tell the difference. Also, he is neutered and he STILL humps.

My Cocker did not over eat. We didn't "free feed" with her and only gave her the recommend amount of quality food that she was supposed to have per day, so she was not "a chow hound", and she was NOT overweight before being spayed. I had her for over 11 years so being able to tell the difference after she was spayed was not hard. Even my vet noticed the difference in her weight, and personality change. Also, Stedman is not by ANY MEANS aggressive.

Not trying to be rude or start a fight here, just stating the facts because I know my pets Thanks for your opinion though.

[SweetCuteness]

We've always had male dogs - in fact, everyone in my family has always had male dogs. In my life, we've had 8 male dogs in my immediate family, all of which were neutered. Only one had a slight personality change in that he became a little less hyper? but after changing his diet, he gained his energy back. None of them have been overweight or anything like that, but I'm sure that changes like that are individual to each dog.

My pup, Ferdinand, isn't neutered but he will be on 2/8/07. We'll see how he reacts and if he stops marking (he's almost 8 months old). We weren't going to neuter him at first because we were going to stud him but decided not to for fear of personality change, aggressive behavior, etc.