When did you nueter?

Too late for Bailey, just had him neutered today at 8 months. He had started humping the cat the last few months and marking outside. I want him to do agility and hope his neutering won't impact his ability .

I have a cone which I had on for a while when he started licking however now have him in my daughters old tshirt with holes cut out for his legs and it's tied around his back.

Hope I didn't do it too early!
 
Vader is 8 months old now and has yet to mark. I plan to keep him intact until he is done growing, 18-24 months. He may be intact his entire life, unless he becomes a management problem.
 
Cranberry was neutered at 13 months- he's nicely proportioned but oversize and has a nice coat.
Jocu is still intact at 22 months but likely to be neutered in the near future- he's already too tall and too long and his coat is ok.
Destin is still intact at 14 months and has a great coat and is well proportioned. he'll be done by age 2.
 
Thanks for the replies everyone. It's really insightful to hear everyone's opinions. I think for me personally I will wait until 12-14 months provided there is no behavior issues. This was my initial thoughts on it but I wasn't sure if it was the best idea. After reading everyone's responses it sounds like it's the most common time to have the procedure done in a sheltie. My main worry was dominance problems but it sounds uncommon in this breed if my assumptions from what I read are correct.
 
By law, over here you are required to get your dog desexed by 6mths. Yep, that's right 6mths unless you get a special license or are registered with the Kennel Club. Most people get their dogs done at around 9mths though and most vets will recommend waiting until then. Deska was neutered at 12mths, only because I wanted to see if those testes would drop. He was a very easy teenager, had a humongous coat and was oversized by the time he was desexed. Tully was a show dog but I ended up desexing her before 12mths because she was attacked several times and the vet said it was likely because she was small and intact (prime target for aggressive, unconfident dogs, esp females). It was the end of her show career but she never got attacked again.
 
You know, Caro, it's so interesting to me how culture/law differs on this issue within the developed world. I understand that in Scandinavia, it's considered cruel to neuter dogs, and it's only done as a "last resort" to address medical or behavioral problems.

In the US, of course, you get to choose... but you'll pay a higher (in some places, much higher) fee to license an intact animal. Plus, you'll be scolded for making the choice that you have (which seems to sum up a number of issues here! :wink2:).
 
tofu pup said:
You know, Caro, it's so interesting to me how culture/law differs on this issue within the developed world. I understand that in Scandinavia, it's considered cruel to neuter dogs, and it's only done as a "last resort" to address medical or behavioral problems.
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I wonder how much that has to do with climate. Aussie dogs on the whole are kept outdoors, the climate is mild enough to allow more outdoor lifestyles. In Scandinavian countries there's different laws for summer and winter and the opportunity for roaming intact dogs is reduced. Heck in Iceland's capital they aren't even allowed to have dogs. I did read a report for the Norwegian KC which said there is a disproportionately high rate of dog fights in built up areas (compared to other countries who do neuter). I think it's only Norway anyway that makes desexing illegal. You know in some Scandinavian countries it's also illegal to crate dogs.
 
Mignarda said:
As soon as demand for it is high enough that it becomes practical for vets to train for and offer.
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My last male cat had a vasectomy. I picked him up from a clinic and his boys where still there and I was like ummmmm? They said they haven't nurtered male cats in a while for some reason I don't remember but not to worry because he was fixed via vasectomy.
 
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