Will neutering a puppy stop him from constant rowdieness and biting on everyones feet?
We have a 4 month old puppy that were still house breaking. We take him out of his crate every hour or so to let him do his business outside then let him in the house to roam around for about 30 minutes. During that 30 minutes no one can stand to be near him because he has so much energy and is constantly rough housing and biting very hard on peoples hands, legs, pants, and feet. Will neutering him calm him a bit? If not, what are some things we can do? We have tried all of the tricks: Ignoring him, putting our thumb under his tongue when he starts biting, switching our pant legs to his chew toy, putting treats in his chew toy. Nothing seems to work. Giving him a firm verbal NO! seems to make him even more rowdy and he starts barking and jumping around then right back to biting us.
2013-03-17T14:29:26Z
@ Belgian Nut, I am not sure how you train your pups. But this is a proven method of house breaking. I have house broken many puppies in this manor and they all love their crate. If this is not your preferred way of house breaking then I am sorry to offend you, but this method has been used for years and is one of the best ways. We eventually ween him out of his crate by allowing him to stay out of the crate longer and longer as time goes on, until he gets to the point where he makes no messes in the house and can be in the house all day.
2013-03-17T15:31:51Z
I think people are thinking he is only out of his crate for 30 minutes a day. He is out for 30 minutes each hour. Not a day.
Star_of_Darkness2013-03-17T14:42:21Z
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The dog needs to be neutered any away and you need to stop being lazy and TRAIN the dog instead of shoving it into a cage becouse its convenient for you
You only claim you've house broken puppies that way but you clearly haven't, you just use the cage as an excuse not to train them or house break them. Why bother when you can just shove the poor dog in a cage and walk away. So much easier.
You need to surrender the poor dog and not get any more since its clear you dont want to be bothered to train them
Some dogs have way too much energy to be lock up in a crate. It just doesn't work for all dogs. Your method may have worked before, but it doesn't seem to work now. Your dog has so much energy that cannot be used for so long. That is why, when he only gets a few moments of freedom, he jumps and bites. He is forced to let all of the energy out at once. Take him out more often and play with him! If you don't think this will work, at least give it a try. I'm sure you'll see some positive results. If not, you can go right back to your usually method. But, please try this! You won't regret it!
Getting back to your original question, no. Neutering your puppy will not help with his rowdiness and biting. However, please do neuter your puppy whenever possible. It may not help with this problem, but you don't want any accidents. You don't want to be responsible for unwanted puppies, if your dog happens to get out. Neutering will not help with your problem, but still should be done!
I think you should start some obedience training instead of just crate training. I do belive in using a crate, but your puppy is at that age when he has to learn how to behave around people. I have a 10 week old chihuahua puppy and he already knows the sit command and stops biting when I firmly say no. It didn't happen overnight of course, and he still gladly bites if someone lets him, that'll always be in his nature, but saying no and standing still really does work. you mentioned that you go to substitute a chew toy for your pants, but he keeps going after you, thats because you're moving. you should really start training him to sit, and once he's calm give him a treat and a chew toy. he needs to learn to stand or sit or lounge next to someone peacefully, and how can he learn that when he's in his crate and you're on the couch? you should only crate him when you can't watch him and at night. good luck
Good grief!!! No wonder this poor puppy's uncontrollable. You people have him locked up for most of his life. What do you expect him to do with this excess energy of his? Crate train him correctly! You do NOT leave a puppy in the crate the majority of the time. ONLY when nobody can watch it.
How about exercise? Does he get any at all?
And no, neutering does not take the place of training. You people either need to learn how to correctly raise a puppy or return him to the breeder. How many books have you read on basic puppy care and training? How about getting him into puppy kindergarten so you can learn how to train. This poor puppy needs a lot of help.