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Mazlin Mar 2021 3:51pm, 1 Mar 2021 9,857 posts	0 Mazlin Rory being a rescue was castrated before I met him. He still occasionally humps things though - most irritatingly my leg when I’m trying to do an exercise class in the living room (as Pen says, likely over excitement) - so there’s no guarantee it’ll stop the behaviour.
Alice the Camel Mar 2021 4:13pm, 1 Mar 2021 6,708 posts	0 Alice the Camel SjohnA - thanks for your comment. Dehydrated food is not something I’ve come across but definitely worth looking in to. We let Charlie be castrated at 11 months on the advice of the vet. He was constantly humping but also marking everywhere, inside and out, and it was getting very embarrassing when we visited friends. Fortunately for us, castration didn’t seem to bother him in the slightest (he was back to his normal self within 24 hours) and instantly “cured” the antisocial behaviour.
Roberto Mar 2021 4:17pm, 1 Mar 2021 1,743 posts	0 Roberto The problem is it seems to have a different impact on every dog. Every time I read that it didn't have any impact, or made dogs more fearful, I then read that for someone else it worked really well, and stopped the behaviours that were unwanted but didn't change their personalities. Has anyone tried the chemical castration first?
Dave A Mar 2021 4:29pm, 1 Mar 2021 22,814 posts	0 Dave A Is not going to day care going to harm him? If you want to wait till he’s fully grown, will a couple of months without and using a dog walking service do him any harm? It might leave him a bit more energised on an evening, bit of he’s already ok with a dog walker then is day care needed? Like anything, different treatments will affect different dogs in different ways. Ours are Dogs Trust so came neutered/spayed. Personally, unless it was a real behavioural or medical issue, if we’d got dogs from pups I’d have waited till adulthood.
LazyDaisy Mar 2021 9:35pm, 1 Mar 2021 32,707 posts	0 LazyDaisy Son2's collie was starting to get a bit dominant with one other dog at daycare so he was also given the 'neuter or no place' ultimatum. He needed to be at daycare because of their work commitments and in any case they didn't want the dominance to get worse, so had him done. It hasn't had any negative consequences (and we're now a good 18 months on.)
Wine Legs Mar 2021 11:35am, 2 Mar 2021 5,755 posts	0 Wine Legs Late to the party, but we feed Wolfworthy, which I'm pretty happy with!
Roberto Mar 2021 12:15pm, 4 Mar 2021 1,745 posts	0 Roberto We have withdrawn him from daycare and going to see how he goes before making any decisions on the snip. He doesn't need to attend, it was handy for my work though but it was primarily to socialise him when younger and its done that job. Dog walker is now taking him 5 days a week. She was more than happy to fit him in even though Mondays are her busiest day. Said he is actually one of the easiest dogs to manage as he comes immediately to the whistle.
mathschick Mar 2021 1:04pm, 4 Mar 2021 176 posts	0 mathschick that sounds like a good decision Roberto
BaronessBL Mar 2021 2:05pm, 4 Mar 2021 8,815 posts	0 BaronessBL That's good news Roberto
Roberto Mar 2021 1:13pm, 7 Mar 2021 1,751 posts	0 Roberto Arlo's crate is done (other than a few cosmetic bits that I'm in no rush to do. Unfortunately he has a bed belly, so unable to switch his food as need it to sort itself first.