Cubby -- class of 2014's newest neuter

Glad to hear Cubby is feeling better. It is amazing how fast they recover. He will be back at full speed in no time!
 
I wasn't planning on spaying Honey the first year either..but the minute she started approaching heat, and I heard all those big intact dogs around us starting to whine, I raced to my phone and could not get her in fast enough.

We went to a spay and neuter clinic a local rescue runs, and I was horrified dropping her off, drove home and felt so lost. I don't think I managed to get any work done the whole time she was there.

Than we picked her up and she was so shaky from the medication, and smelly from the surgery. I hated it and swore I was never doing it with another dog...

12 hours later she woke me up in the middle of the night, right back to her old self and wanting to play, and I calmed down. Later in the week I thought her stitches might be pulling out, and the clinic got me right in to look at them.

I was shocked...Honey practically ran into the building. She had no fear of it at all. She wasn't bothered by the girls taking her in the back for the vet to give her a quick check...didn't seem upset when she came back out.
 
Well, Cubs has a lovely bruise "down there". It is not getting worse though and the incision itself looks great. No swelling. He has learned to lay down and spread for inspection. I think this will be great for sanitary trims henceforth so we will keep up the several time a day inspections.

I can see an energy drop. Not that he is sore or lethargic but there is a level of frenzy that is reduced. There are A LOT of dogs within a 1 mile range and also A LOT of coyotes. I am wondering how much scent stimulation the poor thing was getting all the time.
 
Had the same experience with Callan.....one day a mild mannered dog....next day he was humping everything in site.

Off to the vet we go! It's been about a month now since he was "fixed". (Hate that words btw) and no more humping!
 
Oh these animal and their reproductive system hormones!

I was all set to spay Lacey, snd then she wend into season. My poor neutered male went totally nuts for a few days with her. He wanted to mount her all the time. He has left her alone for the last few days so we are pretty sure she is done.

I just took her out for her first walk since going into season. It did calm her down a bit so I guess it was a good thing for her to have experienced it, but I will have her spayed before she has another one.

I'm just glad we managed to survive with no strong dogs hanging around and trying to get to her. Milo just had to pee on top of where ever she went and it could be that his odor hid the hormones (maybe?) I'm just guessing because I highly doubt that there are no intact males around here.

I'm really glad Mr. Cubby is doing well and back to his sweet self.
 
My mom came for Easter yesterday. Now she has practically raised Cubby along with me as I drop him off at her house when I shop and then we train at her house and housing development and such. She even commented how more cuddly Cubby was and while he was still leaping in the air and zooming around with excitement there is something different in his energy or overall impression when you look at him. It's like he has calmed down without being less active. I am really surprised. I can best describe it as a plucked violin string vibrating and now it has stopped. While the studies were looking at health, nothing really looked at what they must feel because of course it is not quantitative. I just know he was on edge and now he is not. From the beginning I said I would see what he turned into, and he turned into a tightly strung on edge hormonally frustrated guy.
 
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