How long does it take testosterone to leave a dogs system?
My 8 month old male dobe is getting neutered soon. How long will it take for his testosterone to leave his system. He likes to roam and it is very annoying because, we have female dogs in my neighborhood that he wants to be with. HE doesn’t listen when I give him commands and he smells a female, he is also beginning to try to test my husbands authority as a male in charge…
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Answer by Jennifer T
4-6 weeks.
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Roughly a month or so.
I’ve heard it takes about a month. Your dog is young though so it might be shorter. Keep in mind that adolescent dogs (even fixed ones) are teenagers, and as such are going to be diffult sometimes.
Neutering is not a cure-all. If your male roams, is dominant and pushy with you and your husband, he will continue to roam and be dominant and pushy – and it will get worse. Neutering is good for preventing unwanted litters of dogs from entering the world, but makes a lousy training method.
First, control your dog! DON’T let him roam! Do whatever it takes – keep him in the house, build a fence around the yard, whatever. You cannot allow any dog to ramble hither and yon at his own whim – it is a recipe for tragedy and the cause for many dog attacks.
Second, get that dog into obedience classes NOW! He is only going to get worse if you do not stomp on this dominant behaviour immediately! You need to get personal control of this dog or he will become a danger to you and the people around you since he was never required to be respectful.
What you can do right now is start making him earn what he gets. Start hand feeding him and require that he obey commands to “earn” his food. Don’t let him bolt out the door ahead of you – shut the door in his face if he tries or give him a hard correction. Ignore him if he solicits attention from you – dominant dogs demand attention. Instead, make him obey commands and reward him with attention.
Get a trainer to teach you how to give a proper correction to your dog. Find out what motivates him – is it food? a ball? a toy? and use that to provide plenty of positive reinforcement while training him.
Get a hold of this dog before he gets a hold of you. Dobermans, like many other breeds of dog, make wonderful pets, but only if they are shown assertive, firm leadership from their owners.