Neutering frequently help with the marking but it takes a while for the testosterone levels to decrease - months a good vet makes the process pretty pain free and handles the dogs gently
On Jan 27, 2008 10:08 AM, Vickie Benavides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cheryl, I can't thank you enough for what you just told me. I cried as I > was reading. This little guy was thrown up against a wall and kicked and how > he turned out to be so good and sweet is way beyond me. If thats why he is > marking, I can deal with it. Do you think if I got him neutered he will do > it less? I don't want him to breed my little female anyway. And yet I am > also afraid that if I take him to get neutered, what will be in his mind, > that people are always going hurt him? What was scaring me when I had the > thought of giving him up was the fear of some one not caring for him and > loving him as much as I do. Besides > I have the support of my husband to keep him so I don't think he will be > going anywhere now. If I really love him I will keep him right? > Thanks again sooo very much. > Vickie > > *Cheryl Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > Vickie, > Don't give up on your little man. I have one that does the same thing. I > pulled him out of the pound. His "mom" had turned him in after having him > for a year (she pulled him from the pound when he was a baby) because she > said she "didn't have time for him". That really meant "I can't deal with > his marking and his separation issues". > Well, let me tell you, Harley is the sweetest little man I've ever met. > All my other Chi's love him and he loves them. But yes, he does mark > everything. But a friend of mine explained it very well. She told me that > he only did it because he was insecure and afraid that he would be taken > back to the pound. When she told me that, suddenly I could no longer be > angry at him for being insecure! > Lots of folks on our group make wonderful belly bands to keep the boy > folks from marking. And there are more smarts on this group than you can > ever hope for, so if it's a suggestion you need, you've come to the right > place. > Just PLEASE don't ditch your little boy just because he doesn't have house > manners. He really can't help it. And it really shouldn't be a death > sentence. But it might be if you pass him on to someone else. > Okay, I'll get off my soap box now. > But PLEASE don't be too harsh on your little guy just because he's afraid > he'll be sent away... > > > Cheryl Harrison > My Best Friend's Bowl > *Because they count on you to choose wisely* > *www.mybestfriendsbowl.com* <http://www.mybestfriendsbowl.com> > ------------------------------ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your > homepage.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> > > > ------------------------------ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ> > > -- Glenda [EMAIL PROTECTED] all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
