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We had another incident last night, although not as bad as the previous one. Hubby quietly picked him up, on his back, spoke softly to him, and then put some cold water on his penis and it went down totally. Then I picked up his large toys, his beds, etc. so that he had nothing whatsoever to hump.
My breeder emailed me and said she had never heard of such a thing, but especially with a 5 1/2 month old baby. She spoke with her mentor, Mary Day, and Mary said to take away anything he humps and to get him neutered as soon as possible.
Here is where my problem comes in:
1. Getting him neutered now, means that I will have to put him under again in a few months to get any teeth extracted, that he doesn't lose.
2. In reading about this, this is a problem with both neutered and un-neutered males ... and some seem to grow out of it. So neutering him might not even 'fix' the problem.
This only happens in the evenings, when he is at his craziest. I'm afraid now I am even going to have to remove his (much-loved) heartbeat woobie from his crate. The last 2 nights I have put him in his crate (when he had been asleep already), and as soon as I close the crate door he starts humping his heartbeat woobie. He does it for a few minutes, and then curls up and goes to sleep. Sounds harmless, but if his penis was to get so stuck it couldn't go back in, that could be a huge problem, and I wouldn't know about it.
I did speak with my other vet (my vet's wife) and she said we very well may need to go ahead and get him neutered, and then deal with the teeth later. She acts like that is not a big deal, but it is for me.
So, what would you do?
After Googling this, I found one gal that had the same problem, and she just removed all favorite humping objects, kept his attention elsewhere ... and she said he seemed to grow out of it at about 9 months. Others had to have the penis amputated, as it was a much bigger problem that could not be cured any other way.
Your thoughts and input are greatly appreciated!!
HUGz! Jules
My breeder emailed me and said she had never heard of such a thing, but especially with a 5 1/2 month old baby. She spoke with her mentor, Mary Day, and Mary said to take away anything he humps and to get him neutered as soon as possible.
Here is where my problem comes in:
1. Getting him neutered now, means that I will have to put him under again in a few months to get any teeth extracted, that he doesn't lose.
2. In reading about this, this is a problem with both neutered and un-neutered males ... and some seem to grow out of it. So neutering him might not even 'fix' the problem.
This only happens in the evenings, when he is at his craziest. I'm afraid now I am even going to have to remove his (much-loved) heartbeat woobie from his crate. The last 2 nights I have put him in his crate (when he had been asleep already), and as soon as I close the crate door he starts humping his heartbeat woobie. He does it for a few minutes, and then curls up and goes to sleep. Sounds harmless, but if his penis was to get so stuck it couldn't go back in, that could be a huge problem, and I wouldn't know about it.
I did speak with my other vet (my vet's wife) and she said we very well may need to go ahead and get him neutered, and then deal with the teeth later. She acts like that is not a big deal, but it is for me.
So, what would you do?
After Googling this, I found one gal that had the same problem, and she just removed all favorite humping objects, kept his attention elsewhere ... and she said he seemed to grow out of it at about 9 months. Others had to have the penis amputated, as it was a much bigger problem that could not be cured any other way.
Your thoughts and input are greatly appreciated!!
HUGz! Jules