| jessdee |
| Posted 2/23/2008 8:04:50 PM |
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Ok, this is what is happening. We have 2 irishes, male and female, We have had the male since 8 weeks old and he is now almost 3. Female we have had 1 year and have bred them once.
She is coming in heat now and we dont want them to breed this time. However this week, my male has become aggresive with us. My 10 year old son, came up to him and he sat by him and was loving on him and Griffey growled at him, my son then told him NO that was a bad Dog and Griffey bit him on the arm. I ran in and the Dog was under the kitchen table and I yelled at him when I saw my sons arm, and I said BAD Dog and he growled at me, I for the first time was actually afraid he would bite me. My sons arm had to have butterfly bandages on it , he really could have used stitches, but he was so scared we didnt force the issue.
Then tonight, my husband who is the alpha around here, and Griffey knows this, was putting him in the bedroom and he growled at him and when my husband went towards him, he growled more and it scared my husband and he closed the bedroom door. We love him so much, but we dont know what to do. We loved having the Puppies. but do you think it would help if we didnt breed them anymore and got them both fixed? I dont want to take a chance on him doing this anymore. He is so sweet 99% of the time and irish setters are usually very good family dogs. I need some suggestions. Please help! |
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| maoseger1010 |
| Posted 2/24/2008 8:48:25 AM |
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Quote jessdee: Ok, this is what is happening. We have 2 irishes, male and female, We have had the male since 8 weeks old and he is now almost 3. Female we have had 1 year and have bred them once.
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Yes get them fixed. Fix him first and her as soon as her heat cycle is done.
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| jessdee |
| Posted 2/24/2008 2:59:05 PM |
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We have decided its best to put him in a kennel while she is in heat. We really want to breed them again in the future, so we are going to try this and see if he is acting better when he returns home after she is out of her heat. If this doesnt help, then we will have them both nuetered.
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| THMINIS |
| Posted 2/24/2008 5:26:28 PM |
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Personally, with your young son in the house and him being a large dog, I wouldn't risk it. I would get them both altered.
A long time ago we kenneled a Dog of ours, and it stressed him out big time. Your Dog could come back to your more confused than ever. Plus, if he shows signs of aggression to the people who run the kennel, I can't imagine he'll be getting a lot of socialization or allowed out much.
Dogs don't need(as in it is not a life neccesity) to breed, it's a human implimented thing to have litters in domesticated canines. I'm not saying no one should breed, but in this case where the male is caused this much grief because humans want to breed him, is that not selfish? Plus, temperment of parents is big determination of pups. Even if he is a quality show Dog that is proven and tested, I would reconsider not fixing them both.
Like I said, this time it was your son's arm, do you want to chance the next time that it could be something like his face? I've had a little brother get bitten in the face by a cocker who was fixed and not around any other dog. He needed stitches and the Dog bit him about .5 inches from his eye.
Please don't take this in the wrong way. It's JMO... |
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| suebgone |
| Posted 2/24/2008 8:19:35 PM |
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this Dog should never be bred. this may be something nurological that is heriditary & you certainly don't want to pass it on to a litter of Puppies.
also, if it is nurological it may or may not be fixable.
I would get him throughly checked over perhaps even by a specialist before you neuter him as you may have to euthanize him. an MRI is in order here.
have you had all the genetic health testing done on both dogs?
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| maoseger1010 |
| Posted 2/25/2008 7:14:33 AM |
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| Quote jessdee: We have decided its best to put him in a kennel while she is in heat. We really want to breed them again in the future, so we are going to try this and see if he is acting better when he returns home after... |
I think your making a mistake.
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| suebgone |
| Posted 2/25/2008 11:35:26 AM |
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| jessdee |
| Posted 2/25/2008 10:58:13 PM |
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I appreciate all the imput. I talked to my vet today and she said the fact that Griffey is in high testosterone and wanting to breed, could make him aggressive. She agreed it was good to kennel him till the female is out of her heat, then we will see how he does when he comes back home. Please understand, this is our family pet, not just a breeder dog. We love him very much and have had him since 11 weeks old. He has never shown signs of aggression, until the female started coming into heat. So I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and from what my vet said, she thinks he will be fine once the heat is over.
I hope so too, but if not we will have him neutered and if that doesnt work, then we would have to consider putting him to sleep. Even though that would be sooooo hard! |
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