Hello DT.
Looking to hear about your experiences with your un neutered males.
I've had dobes for 12 years, but never kept an unaltered male.
As you may know, I have a 5 month old amazing pup named Rudy.
He is social, confident, smart, attentive......well, really I could just go on on and on about all the positive things about him. I am having no problems with him at all. Knock on wood.
Anyhow....my last male, who was from more working lines....was very dominant and had a really high prey drive. He was neutered. Even so, I did not do dog parks with him, and was ALWAYS thinking 5 steps ahead with him to make sure we did not have any negative experiences. He was very friendly, and dog friendly, but could really dominate other dogs and that could turn ugly. So he got a lot of exercise rollerblading with me....and on private beaches ect.
My question is.....what should I expect with Rudy when he matures.
Right now he is amazing at the off leash beach. Great recall, plays so nicely.
He really is a different style dobe to my last working style male.
He will be in agility and of course conformation, which is why he will be un altered.
How much social contact do your unaltered males have with other dogs or other strange dogs?
How do they do in Agility with being off leash and running and excited? I'm just trying to figure out how to navigate everything with an unaltered male. Which I've never kept before. Though, I think that having Strider, even fixed.....because of his working style, was such a lesson in being proactive about many situations.
Rudy has a lot of socialization, and will be at a lot of shows.....around other males....so I'm sure he'll be used to it.
But was just curious about your day to day lives with your males.
Here's Rudy from our last walk.
Looking to hear about your experiences with your un neutered males.
I've had dobes for 12 years, but never kept an unaltered male.
As you may know, I have a 5 month old amazing pup named Rudy.
He is social, confident, smart, attentive......well, really I could just go on on and on about all the positive things about him. I am having no problems with him at all. Knock on wood.
Anyhow....my last male, who was from more working lines....was very dominant and had a really high prey drive. He was neutered. Even so, I did not do dog parks with him, and was ALWAYS thinking 5 steps ahead with him to make sure we did not have any negative experiences. He was very friendly, and dog friendly, but could really dominate other dogs and that could turn ugly. So he got a lot of exercise rollerblading with me....and on private beaches ect.
My question is.....what should I expect with Rudy when he matures.
Right now he is amazing at the off leash beach. Great recall, plays so nicely.
He really is a different style dobe to my last working style male.
He will be in agility and of course conformation, which is why he will be un altered.
How much social contact do your unaltered males have with other dogs or other strange dogs?
How do they do in Agility with being off leash and running and excited? I'm just trying to figure out how to navigate everything with an unaltered male. Which I've never kept before. Though, I think that having Strider, even fixed.....because of his working style, was such a lesson in being proactive about many situations.
Rudy has a lot of socialization, and will be at a lot of shows.....around other males....so I'm sure he'll be used to it.
But was just curious about your day to day lives with your males.
Here's Rudy from our last walk.