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[email protected] April 21st 14 12:10 AM

Horny Dog driving us crazy
 
Danny,
I agree with you about the comments being off subject, and full of lectures.. I have an 11YO pre need Australian Shepherd, who I wish I had not Neutered . He is the first dog I had ever had that that had been bought from a breeder. I received him as a Christmas present after my Aussie/ border collie mix died the previous month of an angioplastoma. I had always neutered my pets by default, because I believed it was the responsible , healthy thing to do.
Anyway, I neutered my Aussie at around 2 years old because he had become aggressive towards others dogs ,and I had heard from many sources including the vet for whom I worked,that neutering would help ease his aggression. Well, it didn't help a bit! He has been a wonderful companion , but I have never been able to stop this agression. I have had him in training, i have read books, i excercised him more, but nothing has help ed. Furthermore when he was around 8 years old he started getting horny, and this horny-ness has only iincreased with his age. I have asked many vets and they have not been able to figure it out. He is a very healthy dog, but he is about 10 pounds over weight and he has an amazing amount of fatty lumps. I have had thyroid tested many times because i exercise him a lot , mainly frisbee, hiking, or swimming , and i do not over feed him, and i absolutely cannot get him to loose weight. I attribute this extra weight to having him neutured. Neutering a dog is not nevessarily going to stop him from being horny (since testosterone is produced in the brain), or stop agression. My dog has an excellent pedigree,though i never really cared. I just fell in love the minute we met, and is many best buddy.
I would also like to add that I very much do believe that your wife being pregnant could definitely have an affect on your dogs need behavior. Dogs are very sensitive to peoples emotions, and conditions. If a dog can sense the onset iud a seizure, i have no doubt a pregnancy can be noticed. I think most like likely your wife's pheromones are hiw he knows. Regardless,i can see him reacting to them. He will likely be very protective of her and baby as well.

buglady[_2_] April 25th 14 06:23 PM

Horny Dog driving us crazy
 
On 4/20/2014 7:10 PM, wrote:
but I have never been able to stop this agression. I have had him in

training, i have read books, i excercised him more, but nothing has help
ed. Furthermore when he was around 8 years old he started getting
horny, and this horny-ness has only iincreased with his age. I have
asked many vets and they have not been able to figure it out. He is a
very healthy dog, but he is about 10 pounds over weight and he has an
amazing amount of fatty lumps. I have had thyroid tested many times
...............did you do the full 6 panel thyroid test?

Neutering a dog is not nevessarily going to stop him from being horny

(since testosterone is produced in the brain)

...........Not exactly, in the male it's produced in the testes and some
by the adrenal glands, ergo neutering greatly reduces the load of
testosterone in the body.
http://www.ask.com/question/where-is...de-in-the-body

Wonder if he's got some kind of adrenal gland problem. Cushings can
make a dog look fat because the belly sags.

buglady
take out the dog before replying



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