Puppies would rule the world…if only we’d stop neutering them!

Posted on March 10, 2007
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Tomi (pronounced toe-me) is going to be 8 months old next week. This means that the dreaded “snip” is due.  We had made an appointment for last month but with Mum’s visit, we thought it would be best to postpone the whole thing until she’d left.  Now the day is almost upon us. The day where I take my sweet, innocent, moose chewing, clothes peg stealing, wet-paw-prints-all-over-my-floor leaving, won’t-come-when-he’s-called-unless-he-want-to baby to have his TESTICLES REMOVED!

I have to admit, I’m hoping that this might calm him down a little bit. He can be pretty hyper (in typical puppy fashion.) But the reason I really want him to calm down is that my lap-dog will not sit in my lap.  He is so interested in that sound, movement, smell coming from somewhere else that he can barely sit still for 30 seconds to get a cuddle from me.  Pretty soon, I’m going to need therapy to cure the damage cause by being rejected consistently by my own dog.

OK, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration…he does come running when I return to the house and he cries when I pick up my car keys (the indication to puppies everywhere that you are leaving them FOREVER,) and he absolutely must have hugs from time to time. This is actually pretty funny. He wraps his paws around my neck and splays his hind legs around my waist like a toddler. I have to hold him under the bum so he has support. He then lays his head on my shoulder until he’s had his fill and starts squirming for release.

Still, I’m waiting for the time that I can sit on the lounge patting a submissive and calm animal to my hearts content.  Maybe this is payback… I’ve let some pretty mean things happen my puppy.  For example:

Tomi Stranded

Poor thing, stranded on the pool float. He couldn’t get off unless he wanted to swim, which he didn’t.

Cool TomiOk this was just funny

IN the bed

For some reason, Tomi likes to go under the sheet in my bed. On this occasion I was making the bed and failed to notice that someone snuck in.

You think he’s holding a grudge? Maybe this is why my puppy won’t sit in my lap, he’s afraid I have a whoopi cushion waiting for him.

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2 Responses to “Puppies would rule the world…if only we’d stop neutering them!”

  1. Stu on March 11th, 2007 2:40 pm

    Removal of the testicles seems very extreme, you might want to check into vasectomy. Testicles don’t just make for fertility, they produce hormones too.

  2. Christina on March 11th, 2007 2:47 pm

    I’ve heard of testicle implants for dogs so they can still feel the movement that is natural to a male dog but I’ve never seen anything about dog vasectomies.

    Isn’t one of the reasons for the full castration to reduce (or remove) the hormones that cause a male dog to leap upon any available mate? As it is, Tomi isn’t terribly “horny”, for lack of a better word, but he does get up to mischief with his baby (stuffed dog) and my MIL’s dog Toby. I can’t have him humping everything on the beach when we go for walks!

    Maybe you have a link to some resources outlining the pros and cons of vasectomy vs castration?
    Ta!

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