Why does it have to be a male?
marboulette
[quote=“mr_boogie”]I got first to arrange neutering and vaccination for the one I adopted. My wife is wondering if we can have pure breed puppies with another Whitie.[/quote]Since when is AT adopting dogs that are not desexed and vaccinated? Isn’t there an adoption fee to cover the cost of that? Doesn’t sound like AT policies.
marboulette
If you have any young ones left, I might be able to take one when I move to Taiwan in June.
Keep me posted. Any breed is fine as long as it’s not too big. My girlfriend is afraid of big dogs and I will probably live in a small apartment.
marboulette - I’m not sure if you are over concerned or just misunderstanding. AT desexes all their dogs before adopting them, except for puppies who aren’t old enough to be desexed but AT will go back at the right time and get them desexed.
it would be fair to quote the whole sentence from this person, they said that thier wife was wondering if they could and he had said no as he understands that there are too many dogs out there who need homes. He also said he was getting his own dog desexed.
Please be assured that AT is extremely careful about adopting out animals.
I didn’t know that it was a puppy. I wasn’t thinking about Mr. Boogie in particular, I know he mentioned that he did not want to breed the little guy. I was thinking that perhaps other people would not see it the way he does and would then agree to breed the little guys. I quoted him because it is the one sentence that made it clear the dog wasn’t desexed, but again, I wasn’t clear if it was a puppy or an adult. It’s especially a concern with pure bred lap dogs because they are popular and many people see it as an opportunity to make money selling the puppies. Like I said, it didn’t sound like AT policies, and I was just asking. Over concerned, no. Concerned, yes. :s Thanks for clarifying.
marboulette
Marboullete, don’t know why, but my father in law doesn’t like female dogs, beats me…
Second, my whitie wasn’t from AT, but from a local shop, where she was dumped there… I need to neuter her, but haven’t got the time to look for where I can do it (not like a big problem)… she already got her vaccines…
[quote=“mr_boogie”]Marboullete, don’t know why, but my father in law doesn’t like female dogs, beats me…[/quote]Where I come from, a lot of people prefer males because they can’t be bothered spending money to neuter their pets and they don’t want to have to deal with a litter of puppies down the line. It’s common practice. You can only guess what they do with their pet when they get sick and need hundreds of dollars in expensive Canadian vet care… :s
Too bad you’re not in Kaohsiung, we’d neuter your pooch for free. (Not just you, but anyone. I mean any pet! 
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marboulette
Tx for the offer… How long does it take to neuter a pet?
I prefer female dogs because they squat when they pee…sometimes my girls pee indoors when its raining too hard…don’t want no boy lifting his leg against my couch. My girls pee right over the drain:) Smarties
An experienced vet will take 15 minutes or so to do the surgery. Takes one to three hours for the animal to fully wake up. Animals get to go home on the same day. Just make sure to give no food or water for 12 hours prior to surgery to avoid regurgitation under anesthesia. It can cause serious complications, especially if liquid or food makes it into the lungs. Most animals are their usual selves the very next day and aren’t phased at all by it. The odd animal will lose appetite for a day, the next day (one in 20 animals in my experience). Stitches are ready to come off 7 to ten days later for males, and 10 to 14 days for females. It is usually fully healed earlier than that, but that’s the safe way to go about it. Younger animals heal the fastest, and sick animals heal the slowest.
marboulette
[quote=“Battery9”]I prefer female dogs because they squat when they pee…sometimes my girls pee indoors when its raining too hard…don’t want no boy lifting his leg against my couch.[/quote]Definite advantage over boys in this regard. No doubt there. No peeing in the plants and killing the flowers, either.
marboulette
[quote=“marboulette”]An experienced vet will take 15 minutes or so to do the surgery. Takes one to three hours for the animal to fully wake up. Animals get to go home on the same day. Just make sure to give no food or water for 12 hours prior to surgery to avoid regurgitation under anesthesia. It can cause serious complications, especially if liquid or food makes it into the lungs. Most animals are their usual selves the very next day and aren’t phased at all by it. The odd animal will lose appetite for a day, the next day (one in 20 animals in my experience). Stitches are ready to come off 7 to ten days later for males, and 10 to 14 days for females. It is usually fully healed earlier than that, but that’s the safe way to go about it. Younger animals heal the fastest, and sick animals heal the slowest.
marboulette
My vet took 30 seconds removing the “offending pair”. “Look, these are your cat’s ****!”.
The hardest part for the animal is the anesthetic. They need observation, no food or water, water later on, once awake -stll under observation, as they might be like dtunk and may fall in their bowl.
It is better to have them confined a while, because of the risk of infection. Back home, I had a cat whose wound opened, but it was because 1. the vet did a bad job 2. the cat jumped a wall. Pick your answer.
Baby food jars come handy in these cases.
i think my dog was not fixed at the shelter… i would like to get him fixed but my wife doesn’s… she tells me that he is too young and he has the right to keep his balls for a longer time, maybe in the future but not for now… she also wants to consider the idea of breeding him one time for 2 main reasons, one is bcz she wants him not to die virgin… the other one is bcz many of my friends has asked me if i will breed my dog, if so they want a puppy from his liter … i have told them about a rescued dog or a shelter and then they ask me if those dogs might be as beautiful as mine and i say that it is very possible… but they tell me in the end to let them know if i will breed him…
what should i do?
[quote=“omerojs”]I think my dog was not fixed at the shelter… I would like to get him fixed but my wife doesn’s… she tells me that he is too young and he has the right to keep his balls for a longer time, maybe in the future but not for now… she also wants to consider the idea of breeding him one time for 2 main reasons, one is bcz she wants him not to die virgin… the other one is bcz many of my friends has asked me if i will breed my dog, if so they want a puppy from his liter … I have told them about a rescued dog or a shelter and then they ask me if those dogs might be as beautiful as mine and I say that it is very possible… but they tell me in the end to let them know if i will breed him…
what should I do?[/quote]
In my experience, Taiwan does not need any more dogs. Plenty of the strays you see on the streets and in the shelters are absolutely beautiful! Have them do what I’m thinking of, getting a young stray. Let me as you this: how many friends are asking for your puppies? What happens if your dog has a big litter? And you just have a few friends adopting?
[quote=“XinBiDe”][quote=“omerojs”]I think my dog was not fixed at the shelter… I would like to get him fixed but my wife doesn’s… she tells me that he is too young and he has the right to keep his balls for a longer time, maybe in the future but not for now… she also wants to consider the idea of breeding him one time for 2 main reasons, one is bcz she wants him not to die virgin… the other one is bcz many of my friends has asked me if i will breed my dog, if so they want a puppy from his liter … I have told them about a rescued dog or a shelter and then they ask me if those dogs might be as beautiful as mine and I say that it is very possible… but they tell me in the end to let them know if i will breed him…
what should I do?[/quote]
In my experience, Taiwan does not need any more dogs. Plenty of the strays you see on the streets and in the shelters are absolutely beautiful! Have them do what I’m thinking of, getting a young stray. Let me as you this: how many friends are asking for your puppies? What happens if your dog has a big litter? And you just have a few friends adopting?[/quote]
I know, and i dont want to breed him, i am just looking to persuade my wife into the neutering thing !!!
but thx for the advice !!
Dogs don’t need to be “non-vigins” to live a fullfilled life. Please try to explain to your wife, the the male dog won’t have much to do with the pregnacy and his off-spring with then be given away, which isn’t always fair to the dogs, so how is it giving him a fullfilling life.
a male dog neutered early is less likely to be aggressive, less likely to mark his territory and much less likely to run off.
I can not tell you or your wife what to do, but she must see all the dogs that were up for adoption when you went to get your dog, does she realize that if you bred your dog, for every puppy he produced another dog or two dies. I hope you can convince your wife. The people who ask you for your dog’s litter may not really be interested in really owning a dog, they just see how good your dog is and want the same, you know all dogs are very very different.
You have done a wonderful thing adopting this dog and i know you want to do what is right either by your wife or by the dogs in Taiwan. No one ever said life was easy
you could also do some searches on line about the benifits of neutering early and the negative effects non-neutering can have on male dogs (i.e. cancer and the like).
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No more puppies are needed. Friends that say they want one now may change their minds later. Prety fast, I may say. have you seen teh stock market lately!?
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Would you be happy not knowing how the puppies are growing? Do you have enough people you trust who want a puppy and won’t throw him in the muntains when he’s grown up?
I know of a neighbor who dumped the dog he had had for 5 years in the mountains in Xindian. Doggie came back. Neighbor drove all the way to Taichung and dumped doggie in the mountains there. Doggie did not come back. Yes, a GR. -
What makes your doggie special and unique is that you love him. Any being that is love grows to its maximun potencial in beuty, intelligence, etc. El ojo del amo engorda al caballo. Any doggie can be just as pretty with love and a good bath and a warm bed and constant meals. That’s all he asks for.
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From a medical point of view, there is no need for doggie to be “devirginized”. Psychologically speaking, dogs with masters are “locked” in an eternal childhood. You, as master, are leader, parent, lover, all in one. You are all they need.
Furthermore, there is a higher possibility of him running away, getting in fights with dogs, having medical complications such as prostate cancer, etc… from keeping his bolitas than with removing them.
And don’t get me started if she was a female dog -even worse in female cats. This is a good point to argue with your wife, but I won’t go into nasty details.
I assure you, the procedure is simple. It’ll be over in a jiffy. You can even ask the Government for a refund! Doggie will be calmer, cleaner -actually, your living room wil be cleaner- if he’s fixed. That’s why it’s called fixing!
Have I made a good argument or what? Now just copy/paste to your wife.
How is the current situation of the puppies?
My Yuky-chan, after my wife put her hands on her…
and yes… that’s her favourite sleeping position… as long as it is on top of my legs…
[quote=“omerojs”]
what should I do?[/quote]Divorce?
marboulette