Moose Momma
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I am a new momma of an 18 month old, 130 pound English Mastiff named Moose. We got him from a very sweet couple in our area that just didn't have enough time for him. They wanted him to be part of a family with room to roam, and we definately have that. We live on 80 acres in a fairly large home, with 4 kids and 2 dogs now that we've added Moose to the mix.
We have had Moose just over a week and are having issues with him mounting our female Labrador Retriever, Mackenzi. She is our sweet old girl, at the age of 13, weighing in at just 55 lbs. (He obviously outweighs her by quite a bit). She is in great shape for her age, but she is definately more laid back than our new teenage boy. They have a great time together when he is not trying to mount her, but that time is becoming less and less.
We were told by his previous owners that he had never displayed even the know how or want to mount any female dog that they had come in contact with, but the last 3 days have been hell! That's all he wants to do and actually accomplished the task yesterday. He has become relentless with her. He is such a sweet boy and we are so glad that he is part of our family now, but this is not what we had invisioned. I fear that he is having his way with her whenever we are away, and he has been completely persistant even when we are here. The usual, "leave her and go lay down Moose", isn't working. We have been putting him in his crate after countless hours of making him leave her alone because I don't know what else to do.
I know that most say to wait to neuter until he's 24 months, but I don't know that I can wait that long and I also want to nip this in the butt. I know that he doesn't really have much control of this and I don't want to hurt his spirit by constantly telling him to get away from her, which is why I'm on the fence about what to do. He is soooo sweet and that's why we fell in love with him. We just want to be able to love him and have fun with our new family member, instead of beating him off of our other love all day long.
Any suggestions guys? Am I horrible for wanting to fix him or is it the right time? Please help me out folks, I'm new to not only the Mastiff bread, but sex crazed male dogs as well.
Nichole
We have had Moose just over a week and are having issues with him mounting our female Labrador Retriever, Mackenzi. She is our sweet old girl, at the age of 13, weighing in at just 55 lbs. (He obviously outweighs her by quite a bit). She is in great shape for her age, but she is definately more laid back than our new teenage boy. They have a great time together when he is not trying to mount her, but that time is becoming less and less.
We were told by his previous owners that he had never displayed even the know how or want to mount any female dog that they had come in contact with, but the last 3 days have been hell! That's all he wants to do and actually accomplished the task yesterday. He has become relentless with her. He is such a sweet boy and we are so glad that he is part of our family now, but this is not what we had invisioned. I fear that he is having his way with her whenever we are away, and he has been completely persistant even when we are here. The usual, "leave her and go lay down Moose", isn't working. We have been putting him in his crate after countless hours of making him leave her alone because I don't know what else to do.
I know that most say to wait to neuter until he's 24 months, but I don't know that I can wait that long and I also want to nip this in the butt. I know that he doesn't really have much control of this and I don't want to hurt his spirit by constantly telling him to get away from her, which is why I'm on the fence about what to do. He is soooo sweet and that's why we fell in love with him. We just want to be able to love him and have fun with our new family member, instead of beating him off of our other love all day long.
Any suggestions guys? Am I horrible for wanting to fix him or is it the right time? Please help me out folks, I'm new to not only the Mastiff bread, but sex crazed male dogs as well.
Nichole
