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Married to a Louie Lover
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| I've about had it with my fiancé's male dog marking up our house.
He's 7 or 8, Aussie. Im not sure fixing him will make it all go away at his age but I'd like to think it would help. We have no plans to breed him anymore and in my mind he doesn't need his assets anymore. And I'm tired of cleaning up his rotten smell p*ss from my good table and chair legs, cabinets, exercise equipment etc.
Has anyone fixed an older dog? Has it helped with behavior like that? Increased risks we need to know about?
Haven't had the discussion with our vet as I need to convince the SO first. |
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 Horsey Gene Carrier
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | Male dog behavior is already a fixed habit. He is marking and that will not change with neuturing. All neutering will do is take away the urge to breed.
Edited by kasaj2000 2017-01-21 11:20 AM
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Horsey Gene Carrier
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | Since it is the fiance's dog and he has allowed the dog to do this, I would be having him clean up the mess.
My hubby had to have a house dog (jackassrussle). As a pup, I tried to tell hubby that he HAD to take the pup out first before he went to the bathroom. After cleaning up afte the pup 3 or 4 times, hubby finally got with the program. He wanted the dog in the house, I did not and refused to clean up his mess. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| Well since I'm home with the dogs more and he works long hours slopping around in mud fixing people's septic tanks and busted water lines.... I'm inclined to not sit here smelling rotten dog p*ss until he comes home covered in mud and exhausted. That's just not how we function.
I agree about the learned habit, although I've found some articles to the contrary, I'm just unsure. |
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Location: Southwest New Mexico | I have 3 males that were all fixed as puppies. Two mark and 1 never has. I don't let the ones that mark inside except for when it's really cold I'll let the small one in. He was marking so we got after him and he started doing it when he wasn't being watched. So I would take him to the pee put his nose in and take him outside. That has greatly reduced the amount of times I find pee in the house but hasn't completely eliminated it. When asking for advice a friend of mine said her husband took the dog outside right after he marked and peed on him and he dog never did it again and they never found pee in the house again. I can't seem to convince my guy to do that lol |
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| I understand how frustrating it is! My dog likes to mark at places/homes where other dogs are. I have a hard time stopping it at these places no matter how many times I let him out. It sucks but I use a belly band with a giant maxi pad or mini diaper of some sort when I know we're somewhere he'll mark. Doesn't really eliminate the behavior but I've tried everything, and we don't go other places enough for it to be that big of a deal to use one. Just a thought! |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | I can tell you this...neutering him will for sure not make it worse...and in some cases it does help. You can also work on training. We had a client that used a training collar with a remote. She kept the dog crated like a puppy or outside when not under her direct supervision. He wore a training collar that had the option of emitting a tone/sound, or a "shock' of varying degrees. She would let him out and keep an eye on him. As soon as he stopped to hike a leg in the house...she would hit that button. The tone was enough to get his attention and he would stop. over time he tried it less and less...but she had to be vigilant and ready to give him the warning tone at the right moment.
It took effort and consistency...but she said it sure beat cleaning up the mess. She DID have to move to the shock a few times for a short period in the middle when maybe he got accustomed to the sound and decided to try to mark anyway. But that nipped it in the bud. And it's not a shock that will actually harm the dog.
If this were my dog or my house...I'd neuter him...and try the collar training. |
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Location: California | I will be the odd ball out and say I have seen it work many times. My personal dog was neutered at age 4 because I was over him running off and marking. He hasn't done either one since. He used to mark any new home, store, ect that he went into. He listens way better too. I have worked for several vets and have seen plenty older dogs neutered with success and ease. It is actually highly recommended due to cancer that can be common in older dogs that are not altered. |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | I'll be another odd one out...Have neutered two rescue beagles with complete success.im talking 8 and 6 years old and I'm talking beagles. |
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