I had Desi neutered before four months. I heard that if they get neutered before they learn to lift their leg to go potty they won’t do it…don’t believe that.
Desi has an eating disorder…like swallowing everything in 15 seconds and then he sits for 15 minutes chewing (nothing) just so that the food he inhaled can exit the esophagus to go down to his tummy. I was worried and told the vet…he said to stop it. The only thing that really worked (because he LOVES food) was to take his quarter cup of kibble and give him one piece at a time. If he chewed it, he got another; if he didn’t chew, he had to wait about a minute for another pieced. This method took forever…sometimes an hour to eat ¼ cup of kibble, but it took almost three months before I could give him some kibble in a treat toy and he would chew what comes out. I still have to supervise and occasionally remind him to chew. I can give him a tiny ‘star’ treat (super super tiny) and he will chew that now. I had to buy a bunch of treat toys, the vet said to trade them off so that he doesn’t learn a shortcut to get more out faster, and he does pretty well. I have to keep Dolly’s area closed because she eats when she feels like it, and I have to leave food for her because sometimes her blood sugar drops. Talk about two ends of the spectrum! Joan, Dolly Dee & Desi Lou From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Need help please Ok I may get in trouble for posting an unpopular opinion. Let me first say I have two advanced train great Danes. Correct both of them for fighting. You are the boss. Correct firmly! Correct every time. I am afraid altering is not always the cure-all everyone hopes. I had a food aggressive, dominant bitch, pushy, female Dane. She was AWFUL. with firm training she is an amazing girl!!! She is stable around anyone! Rebecca Sent from my iPhone On Nov 1, 2011, at 3:12 PM, "flopo" <[email protected]> wrote: Excuse me, but I am not procrastinating. Our vets are very good with cows and horses, not dogs, and not little dogs. It's not a matter of money or procrastination, I love my dogs very much and they are very well cared for. One who procrastinates, replaces high-priority acts with those of low priority, and this is not the case. Pam Briar -------Original Message------- From: Joan Croft <mailto:[email protected]> Date: 01/11/2011 11:26:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Need help please When I was a kid we had two males – each part Chihuahua – one part Fox Terrier and one part Beagle. They would have the same kind of spats as Dolly & Desi do, but never violent towards each other. Joan, Dolly Dee & Desi Lou From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judy Moon Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Need help please Get them neutered or you will always have this problem. Neutering is very cheap and any vet can do it. Quite procrastinating. Sooner or later one dog will kill or injure the other badly enough to cost you lots more than neutering would have. Judy Moon, a prayer warrior in Christ's army "May grace and spiritual peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ." From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of flopo Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 9:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Need help please No they are not neutered, for a variety of reasons, but mostly because I don't really trust any of the vets within about a hundred miles and Bruiser has a heart problem. We live in a very rural area in western Canada. The problem is, I don't know which one to punish. Bruiser is very dominating and I can understand why Monster just gets sick of it. They start growling at each other when there is any excitement around them, I intervene at that point, if I don't within a few seconds they are on each other. I don't think much happens when I'm not around, because they don't excited. Thank you, Pam -------Original Message------- From: Pam Dean <mailto:[email protected]> Date: 31/10/2011 8:41:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Need help please My first question would be are they both neutered?? If not, they seriously need to be. If it is not hormonal, but domination, then I will share a shortened version of my story when I met my husband. He had a very psycho Jack russell who did not play well with others and I had my two Chihuahus. All three were males..but his is a large 23 pounds and mine 3 and 6 pounds..no contest. His Jack would just attack for no reason and I could never leave them alone together fearing injury to mine. He had never neutered Jack whi ch was adding to the problem so we had him neutered. That helped some..but basically what I had to make Jack understand was I was alpha in the pecking order. If he attacked the Chis, it had consequences..Not only was Mommy seriously unhappy but he was chastized and separated in another part of the house. He is not fed first, given treats first, or treated as Alpha in the pecking order. If any of the three starts trouble, they are equally chastized. I still don't trust Jack enough to leave them together when I leave the house..my Chis are in the bedroom, but under my watchful eye, he behaves.. Pam M From: flopo <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:18 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Need help please Hi, I've been around for a while but don't post very often, mostly lurk, but now I need help. I have two chis, both girls, I have Bruiser and the "other" Monster. We rescued them both off the road near our house about three years ago. They were dumped in March in very bad weather in an area heavy with coyotes, (an unfortunate but common practice here). Anyway, Monster was a juvenile at the time, Bruiser, a young adult. Bruiser was the Alpha of the two, well as time goes by, Monster is now bigger and struggling to take over the Alpha spot. Poor Bruiser doesn't want to give it up, and as a result has lost two front teeth and has an assortment of other minor cuts and abrasions. I have tried EVERYTHING I know to stop them from fighting. PLEASE! If anyone can suggest anything I would appreciate it! Thanks, Pam _____ No virus found in this message. 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