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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:13 pm
Yep, neutering will help curb his urge to run. Won't cure it, but will help. Also will help in other areas, like he won't be as likely to mark in the house or hump. It won't end those things, but can help. Plus if I remember correctly, a neutered dog tends to live longer. (or is that only with females?) Tabby, he truly is a gorgeous dog. I can hardly wait to hear what he's like (skittishness wise) in a week or a month. I really advise you looking into an obedience class. It really helps bond owner/pet, gives the dog more confidence, plus as an extra added bonus, you get a better behaved pet.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:18 pm
I have 2 dogs who are neutered and still mark and hump. And our vet said it wouldn't cure it.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:27 pm
Congratulations Kendall And congrats to the Tabbyking family on your new family member. Thanks for rescuing him!
Jagger So glad to read Jagger's feeling so much more frisky! Ophiliasgrandma: I'm so sorry about your shepherd.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 12:27 pm
My female humped everything in sight. Neutering will guarentee 'no testicular cancer'.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 2:34 pm
Our female dog humps at times too. She has been spayed too. Jagger, that is great about Jagger! Tabby, wow what an interesting time you've had! I've had fun reading about it, especially the part about him walking himself around the yard! Kendall is gorgeous! I am amazed at how fast he is adapting. Congrats on your new family member!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 2:39 pm
I'd definitely recommend neutering.. Look how close that sweet boy came to being euthanized. Just too many good dogs n cats out there already.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 3:50 pm
Tabby, he is really truly beautiful. I wish you the best of luck and heaps of patience as you become his trusted pal/family member. And Jagger, I'm sooo happy to hear about Jagger! It is not raining again today, so I played hooky from work for an hour and took my pup to the park to play. This was on the way home. You can see he's quite happy! (Oh and yes he's neutered too )

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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 6:18 pm
Congratulations Tabby on finding such a great looking dog...you can be very proud of him. On the subject of neutering...we had a springer years ago who wandered. We had him neutered and he never left the yard again. When I told this story at work my boss got quite huffy and said "well I know I wouldn't leave the yard either if you did that to me!" the whole crew was hysterical!!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 7:50 pm
Count me in for neutering and spaying ... there are more than enough animals without homes. We do not need to help create more. Yankee .... Finnegan is such a good looking boy! 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 8:38 pm
Not sure if its my place to say... but Cndeariso's indoor cat Deedles has gone AWOL and she and her dh are scouring the neighbourhood looking for Deedles... I've put encouraging words in her folder, I think it would be very nice if the TVCH pet-lovers can also give her some emotional support and cat-searching advice right about now...
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:51 pm
Yankee - Finnegan is adorable!!! I also vote for neutering. I was lucky in that Kellie was already spayed although the shelter didn't know it. The vet was able to tell by parting her hair and finding signs of a scar so I got my money refunded from the shelter. They insist on the animals being neutered or you have to pay more for them. They didn't have microchips back when we got Kellie but they did give her an ID tag with a number so they would know who she belonged to if she ever got lost again. My SIL has purebreed cockers so she didn't neuter them. One of her females had to have an emergency operation when she got some kind of infection when she was 4-5 yrs old and neutering saved her life. Usually the odds of them having a much better life-span outweighs any risk there might be from surgery.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 9:26 am
I took Sheba back to the vet today, and the vet was very happy and relieved to see that she is much better and it was an abscess, not cancer. He said he had been really worried about her. We will keep her on antibiotics for another 10 days, as well as using a topical antibiotic. He shaved the area so I could get the ointment on it. She does not have to go back unless she starts having problems again. Yay!!! Re spaying and neutering: I also highly recommend it. When I got Sheba from the pound in 1993, they also required that I agree to get her spayed within a certain amount of time. I agreed and had every intention of doing so, but I was really poor back then and just never could get the money together. Before I knew it, Sheba was pregnant. Well, how bad could it be? Sheba had 11 puppies in that, her first and only litter. I thought they never would quit coming out. One died, and I could only manage to find homes for 5 of the remaining 10. That meant I kept 5. Turned out they all had red mange, requiring lots of treatment. Some of them never got rid of it, and 3 of them were always kind of unhealthy and had to have various other medical treatment. I ended up spending, I'm sure, thousands of dollars over what I would have spent to get Sheba spayed to begin with. Needless to say, I learned my lesson and shut down all of the puppy factories.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 10:00 am
oh, i quite agree about the neutering, but dh is very leary after vito had such difficulties. he also thinks housedogs shouldn't have to be, but they will more likely want to be indoor dogs if they don't have such an urge to run outside after every dog that's in heat! plus, we paid for it when we got him and it would cost a lot more if we waited to get to this same point after our 30 days have passed. we don't want to breed him, even if he is adorable. there are tons of adorable needy pets out there! i'm sure we will have him neutered on the 24th as planned! i think dh is up north that weekend, so he wouldn't even know LOL he is so well-behaved! i think soon he will love to go in the car just for errands and such. he really does think of me as his 'main' master. sometimes he will look to me if dh or dd say something to him and if he knows it's okay with me, he'll do it. when he wants to go outside, he walks to the back door. when he wants back in, he will stand next to it until someone notices him. no barking, just patient standing. he wags his tail all the time and loves to kiss. he will also put his head under your hand so you will start petting his head. this is no street dog. i am feeling less guilty about whatever family lost him, though; as of yesterday, he would have been gone from this earth forever. i just feel sorry for the memories the previous owner and kendall have of each other, especially if they are hurting over losing each other. but i cannot believe someone would not have called the county shelter or police dept when they lost a dog. they had almost 2 weeks to find him between the days he was on the street, the days he was held at the shelter without being adoptable, and the week they gave him before they were going to euthanize him.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 10:02 am
Yankee it sure does look like your pup wants to go out and play some more. Slinkydog it's great news that Sheba is doing better and it's just an abscess and not cancer. I agree with the neutering, everyone should have their pets fixed, it will help control the pet population and not as many will need to be put to sleep.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 11:59 am
Tabby, I can understand why your dh is so nervous about the neutering. I was going to suggest that maybe the vet can tell him what is different now as opposed to when Vito was neutered, if you had he done at a young age, that was many years ago. But since he won't be there... Jagger, I hope Jagger is today as he was yesterday! I was nervous seeing you had the last post, but also hopeful that you had good news. Yankee, wonderful happy picture! I love his name too! Slinky, wow what a story about Sheba and her 11 puppies. I'm so glad the vet gave you good news!
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 12:42 pm
Thanks Jagger and Happy! Obviously I was wrong when I posted last week that I was not sure if Sheba had ever been to the vet. Of course she had to go when I had her spayed, and now I recall taking her for an exam when I first got her from the shelter. But, it was a long time ago and a different vet than what we go to now. Today, she knew to be scared and she did not want to get into the truck. She was sure glad to get back home and into her fenced backyard with the other pups. There's only one problem. I'm supposed to continue giving her antibiotics for 10 more days. She is already starting to want to refuse her "meatballs" with the pills inside. I guess she figured it out. All the other dogs still want meatballs, though, so I'm thinking I'll tell them that no one gets a meatball unless Sheba eats hers. I'm hoping the peer pressure will cause her to continue eating them. Happy, that puppy story is a large part of the way I wound up having 10 dogs at one time. Now I'm down to 5, but that is the reason I learned that I could buy their 7 in 1 and rabies shots at the farm store and administer them myself, and that I could give them a squirt of Ivomec (also from the farm store) once a month to prevent heartworms. A bottle of the Ivomec costs about $40 - $50, depending on where you get it, and lasts a year or so. A much better value than the stuff you buy at the vet.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 1:25 pm
Slinky I know what it's like trying to get a dog to take his pills. My dog is way too smart when it comes to that. I have found hotdogs work best. I cut a few chunks off a hot dog, minus the bread of course. Cut part of the insides out of one of these pieces, put the pill in and cover it back up with the cut out part, making sure not to touch the hotdog with any part that has touched the pill. Than I start to give him the pieces of hot dog until he gets to the point where he just woofs them down and I slip in the one with the pill inside, most times he doesn't even notice it. Jagger seems to be getting better and better each day.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 1:35 pm
Thanks, Jagger. I've had luck with peanut butter sandwiches before, too. I've tried hotdogs, but not cutting a part out as you suggest. I've just pushed the pill into the end of a cut piece. She rejected that on the first dose, and that is when I went to meatballs. I'll give your way a try. I'm so glad to hear your Jagger is improving! I know that is a huge weight off of you.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 2:03 pm
Glad to read Sheba (my family also had a Sheba when I was growing up) and Jagger are doing better! Yea doggies. Love the photo of the JRT. What a cute fella. I love it when dogs smile for the camera.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 3:25 pm
Tabby, perhaps Kendell isn't from around there. Perhaps he hitched a ride unbeknownst to the driver. It's been known to happen. I know this is bothering you. I'm sure there must be an online lost and found for dogs. It sounds like someone must be heartbroken at his loss.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 6:32 pm
from my mom: Why Dogs Don't Live Longer Than People......The story told by a veterinarian! "Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year- old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family there were no miracles left for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home. As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for the four-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience. The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away. The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker's death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, "I know why." Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting explanation. He said, "People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?" The four-year-old continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long."
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 6:35 pm
kendall has whip worms and was given 1 pill. before you say, "yippee! cause it's only one pill you have to get down him", let me tell you this pill was roughly the size of rhode island, which is small for a state, but not for a pill. it also cost over 30 dollars, and i could have bought the island of manhattan if it were only roughly 300 years ago and not today's market, although i know from experience that it's a buyer's market right now, :-) ... i tried bread. the bread disappeared and a fractionally smaller pill popped back out. i tried popping it in his throat, massaging his throat, holding his muzzle closed tight--did you know a dog could fight and hold his breath for over 3 minutes at a sitting? maybe longer, if the human does not give up. 6 slices of salami, a tablespoon of peanut butter, banana, some fettucini alfredo because i found it in the fridge, cheddar cheese, doggie treats, garlic bread, tri-tip and whatever else i tried, the pill just came back a little smaller each try. i think he has about 5/6 of rhode island down him. the last county is sitting on a plate that he can reach, with little tidbits he might eat once he forgets we tried to poison the living heck out of him with every edible item known to dog. and some that aren't (fettucine alfredo). let's hope he got enough or we have to try to get another state down him next week.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 6:36 pm
Nice Finnegan Fix!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 9:59 pm
well, kendall ate the last 'county' of rhode island. let's hope we see some profit from this ingestion! at least i am surmising kendall ate the 'loaded' tri-tip since vito has moved exactly 2 feet since this morning and the tri-tip was across the room. let's hope we got rid of those worms. we are thinking this may be vito's last week. he is so blind, paralyzed, deaf...he has snuggled next to kendall the last two nights. may he go in peace if we truly have to do it in the next few days.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 10:08 pm
Oh, Tabby, that is so sad, but so sweet that Vito has been snuggled next to Kendall and that Kendalli's allowing it!
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