Re: Fw: [PyrNet-L] dumb question/books

["Mitzi Potter" <Pyrs@prodigy.net>]

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:39:36 -0700, Danita Acquafredda wrote:
>My oldest male, Cody (8) is not argumentative at all and truly does not care
>who is the dominate male. 

This is exactly how all 3 of my male Pyrs are. They could care less who's boss and 
they'll go out of their way to avoid any kind of confrontation at all. 

>It is amazing tho, the worst one of all for initiating fights is my female,
>Kala.  She is spoiled rotten and prefers to be the dominate of all. 

I rest my case as far as females<G>.  Give me a male anyday. Males seem to fight for 
the show, females fight to kill.

>If neutering would help my males to get along...any suggestions for my
>female?  She's the real problem child, she, Kala, was an only child, ops,
>dog child, for 5 years therefore, I contribute that to her lack of
>enthusiasm towards the males. Ha..Luckily we have 21/2 acres so we are able
>to keep them separated when necessary.

I don't know if neutering *would help your boys at this point. It's been going on too 
long and old habits are hard to break. It's worth a shot and it'll stop them from getting 
testicular cancer later on. And who knows, it very well may help their fighting if it's 
testosterone related.

Mitzi     Pyrs@prodigy.net   OKC   OK
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