Giving him the chop
Discussion
Our Rottweiler Flash will be 1 in April and i'm starting to think about having him neutered.
His recall is good but he tried to mount his first dog recently, a Great Dane no less, and it was surprisingly hard to get his attention from the other dog.
He's becoming a big lad at 45 kilos and 11 months but I really don't want to do it too early. His character is very good and his recall has improved a lot in recent months but we certainly don't want to have any puppies and also don't want him on the lead all the time.
His raw diet is going well so he is healthy and slim.
His vet checks are all good, he recently had Salmonella and lost 5 kilos but put it back on and more within 2 weeks.
He isn't urinating in the house and doesn't mark his territory too much.
No aggressiveness at all, worked hard with his food and will not touch a drop till told and is not bothered if my son tries to get in the way when eating.
I'm a bloke so it seems wrong but do appreciate the practicalities of it.
The breeder mentioned 15 months or later from memory which seems fine as he should be at full height or thereabouts by now.
Any thoughts on leaving it later for health reasons?
All experiences welcome, both good and bad.
Dave!
His recall is good but he tried to mount his first dog recently, a Great Dane no less, and it was surprisingly hard to get his attention from the other dog.
He's becoming a big lad at 45 kilos and 11 months but I really don't want to do it too early. His character is very good and his recall has improved a lot in recent months but we certainly don't want to have any puppies and also don't want him on the lead all the time.
His raw diet is going well so he is healthy and slim.
His vet checks are all good, he recently had Salmonella and lost 5 kilos but put it back on and more within 2 weeks.
He isn't urinating in the house and doesn't mark his territory too much.
No aggressiveness at all, worked hard with his food and will not touch a drop till told and is not bothered if my son tries to get in the way when eating.
I'm a bloke so it seems wrong but do appreciate the practicalities of it.
The breeder mentioned 15 months or later from memory which seems fine as he should be at full height or thereabouts by now.
Any thoughts on leaving it later for health reasons?
All experiences welcome, both good and bad.
Dave!
bexVN said:
PS. I love how you say his raw diet is going well then mention he had Salmonella! 
. Glad he is ok, can be quite serious.
Pics please I love Rottie's
When I wrote it I had to have a think as it did seem bad haha. We were really worried as he has a mixture from the local farm shop, so lots of blood, skirt and smelly things dog like in a mushy tube. We mix that with heart, a frozen tripe mix, liver, veg etc and some fish oil, whole eggs etc.. Glad he is ok, can be quite serious.Pics please I love Rottie's
Edited by bexVN on Friday 27th March 11:50
Edited by bexVN on Friday 27th March 11:54
Edited by bexVN on Friday 27th March 13:39
Luckily, not in a nasty way, our pet shop had come across a lot of dogs with explosive squits around the same time so we aren't too worried now. Fingers crossed we don't see it again as although he was incredible at holding it in, when it came out, it was like a firehose !!
This was around 6 months....
This was around 9/10 months....
This was at 7 weeks....
Dave!
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