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Once were men

Posted in River & Sandy by Ray Dixon on 18 June, 2009
Neutered! L to R: Sandy & River ~ click on photo to enlarge.

Neutered! L to R: Sandy & River ~ click on photo to enlarge.

This morning at 9 am Leanne and I finally did the thing we’ve been putting off  for 2 years – having our two male puppies, er, desexed – and dropped the ‘bugger brothers’ off at the Myrtleford Vet to have the job(s) done.

Although River & Sandy are pedigree Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and the going rate for a puppy is anything up to $1,200 each, we’re not interested in turning them into ’studs’ and/or getting a female for them to ‘play with’ and for us to breed from.

The advice is that this breed can develop prostate cancer later in life if the ‘gonans’ are not removed. The other thing it might do is settle them down a bit. River is very territorial and barks a lot. And they both pee at will.

We’re told though, that it won’t stop them trying to hump each other, but at least from now on when they do that, they won’t end up with a sticky, dirty head.

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  1. Don said, on 18 June, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    They hump each other’s head?

  2. Ray Dixon said, on 18 June, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Yep, the top of each other’s heads. Gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘head job’.

  3. jr said, on 18 June, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    Well, Ray, that solves the problem of re-naming them icky and sticky.

  4. Ray Dixon said, on 18 June, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    We’ve just got them home again. They’re fine although a bit groggy.They keep sniffing each other’s bums though!

  5. roxannatas said, on 18 June, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    They look a lot more intelligent than the two creatures above them.

  6. Ray Dixon said, on 18 June, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    They may not have balls any longer, Rox, but at least they don’t have face tattoos. They’re not that stupid.

  7. roxannatas said, on 18 June, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    If I were a soppy type Ray, I’d say they were pretty gorgeous – as indeed they are. Their humping habits are all yours.

  8. Baldrick said, on 18 June, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    Still reckon they’re goldfish on legs.
    Unleash another sub thread here in the best dogs in the world with my vote to Border Collies.

  9. roxannatas said, on 18 June, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    A good mongrel will win every time.

  10. Ray Dixon said, on 18 June, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Well right now, Baldrick, I can see the two of them just sitting outside my office with ‘please can I come in’ looks on their faces and if you saw them too you’d agree they’re the best! We’ll let them in soon, as soon as the mercury drops below zero.

  11. Baldrick said, on 19 June, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Rox, not the first time I heard a woman say that.

  12. roxannatas said, on 19 June, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    “Reader, I married him”. ;-)

  13. Ray Dixon said, on 19 June, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    All men are mongrels, but why get one as a pet?

  14. roxannatas said, on 19 June, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    They’re hardy, they need rescuing from the pound, and they’re free of the hereditary disorders that a lot of purebreds have.

  15. Ray Dixon said, on 19 June, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Well that’s true, Rox. The same can be said for ‘pure-bred’ humans having hereditary disorders – witness Alexander Downer.

  16. Kirsten said, on 22 June, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    Ray, I work with Caroline and I have 2 cavvies also. If it is any consolation, they too hump eachother – and mine are girls!

  17. Ray Dixon said, on 22 June, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Huh? Oh well, maybe they’re lesbians?

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  19. Ray Dixon said, on 10 August, 2009 at 10:40 am

    Update: The humping has stopped.


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