April 19, 2011
We are going to neuter our dog before we get it so it will not leave his scent all over our house. Is this enough?
Full Question:
Hi there. My family and I are considering a mini-dog and he will be neutered before we get him. Our concern is that he will put his scent all around the house and it will become smelly. Does the scenting happen less often after neutering or if we are still concerned about this situation should we be just considering a female dog only? Please help before we consider our dog choice.Thank you,
Vickie
Ed's Answer:
Neutering has little to do with a dog peeing in the house. Dogs should not be neutered until they are at least 6 months old. Neutering will help an adult dog stop scenting his home but the fact is, you should have your dog housetrained long before the time a dog is thinking about scenting articles with his urine.
Read the article and Q&A I wrote on housetraining your dog. You can find this on the article page on my web site at http://leerburg.com/articles.htm.
I would recommend you purchase the video I produced titled Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months. I have owned and trained German Shepherds for 40 years. In the past 25 years I have bred over 300 litters of working bloodline German Shepherds. I give this video to all of my puppy customers and never get questions on how to raise a pup. Read the description of the tape on my web site. Dog training is not rocket science its simple common sense ideas on how to handle and train a dog, The VHS version has 2 hours of excellent information, the DVD version has 2 ½ hours of training information along with 15 puppy training articles that I have written.
Read the article and Q&A I wrote on housetraining your dog. You can find this on the article page on my web site at http://leerburg.com/articles.htm.
I would recommend you purchase the video I produced titled Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 8 Months. I have owned and trained German Shepherds for 40 years. In the past 25 years I have bred over 300 litters of working bloodline German Shepherds. I give this video to all of my puppy customers and never get questions on how to raise a pup. Read the description of the tape on my web site. Dog training is not rocket science its simple common sense ideas on how to handle and train a dog, The VHS version has 2 hours of excellent information, the DVD version has 2 ½ hours of training information along with 15 puppy training articles that I have written.
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