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Ok it's been 3 days since Maverick was neutered. The first day, after surgery, he was groggy and didnt do much except to sleep. Didnt have his dinner too. Come 2nd day, he greeted me by throwing a tennis ball at me! Forget what the vet said about refrain from exercising for up to a week. This guy decided otherwise. Anyway, I was too afraid to take any chances so I kept the ball. I wonder how long it takes for him to recover fully so that he can go out and have a ball of a time!

Hmm can you import your own from websites like www.cleanrun.com ?? Or www.petedge.com ??

Hi BobH, yah Maverick is 21 months old now (1 yr 9 mths) so I guess his growth plates have more or less closed. Have fixed an appointment with the vet. Sending him in April. This is a big decision for us since my partner doesnt agree with neutering. Been reading up on before and after-op care. The vet told me to fast him from 10pm the night before and bring him in first thing in the morning, 8.30am. I wonder how he's gonna do with so many hours without water.

I happen to hve a Blue Merle BC, he is born in Perth. Here are some photos to share:

Thanks everyone, guess my mind is quite made up. Yah Sue R is correct. Being my first Border Collie and one that I will only do Competition Obedience / Flyball/ Agility in our leisure time, I dont think he will ever be proven to be breeding-quality. Thank you all once again everytime I have a question you all are so quick and so helpful to offer advice and experience. You dont know how much I appreciate it. Thank you.

Hi Rebecca, he is my working dog with whom I plan to do competition Obedience and dog sports with. And I also do not intend to breed him because from where we come from, not many people will enjoy highly intense dogs like border collies. My main concern for wanting to neuter him is because I dont think I can tolerate him leaving a Frisbee game to go chase females and lick their genitals. And once he starts his fixation on pee left by other dogs, he's deaf. Or if he sees another female coming towards us, he starts clawing the ground in his desperate attempt to get to her. Are these reasons good enough for me to neuter him?

Hi all, I know this debate will never end, but I need some unbiased answers/opnions/experiences before I make the BIG decision to neuter Maverick. The reason I want to neuter him is to : - Stop him from licking other dogs' genitals - Stop him from sniffing the ground endlessly, engaged in some sort of "hunting" behavior - Stop him from licking pee left by female dogs - Stop him from marking - Stop him from chasing female dogs like MooMoo or Nova or Bianca etc etc. I want to know, will neutering stop all the above-mentioned behavior? And also, those of you who have neutered dogs, are they behaving better or worse than before neutering?

I use human Glucosamine & chondroitin with MSM from GNC. They have capsules or liquid form which u can just add to drinking water. It's expensive though.

Some dogs that are not inclined to fetch objects can be taught by several methods. One method I tried is to first, play with the toy yourself and make alot of noise and act nutty. You must make the dog think that the toy is the most fun thing in the world to have. Then slowly you tease the dog with the dog. Any reaction to mouth or sniff it earns her a C&T (click & treat). Keep the play session short and keep the dog interested and dying to play again the next time. Keep the toy whenever you wont be playing with it. The fun has to be associated with you, not something that the dog can easily have access too and get bored with. You can give this method a try.

There's a trainer in Perth, her Standard poodles are amazing agility dogs! I suppose any dog that is athletic and loves to run and have fun will make a good agility dog