does a dog get more regular with his toilet habits after he has been neutered ?

[LD_DOLL1611]

[Androcles]

No idea, but would you?

[woofgang]

what's the problem?

[LD_DOLL1611]

Hi Woofgang,
Its the pooping Border Collie again. Its just that some one was telling me that after a dog gets neutered it doesnt do the toilet half as much.
Also the collie is male but is still sitting down to pee.
Would you know at all if that is normal ?.

[karenmac60]

What age is he? Mine was between 6 months and a year before he learned to cock his leg, and even now at 6 he sometimes squats to pee - it depends if he's doing it on a tree or just on the grass. As for going to the toilet less after neutering, I can't remember what mine was like before and I can't say I've ever heard of this - but he did used to have accidents quite often which he never has now so maybe there's something to it. Or maybe he just wasn't quite toilet trained yet as hae was only 6 months when he was done.

[LD_DOLL1611]

He is only just over 6 months and not been snipped yet.
I am hoping to get him done in about a months time.

[welshlibranr]

from past experience I have found that as they get a bit older, their bladder and bowel control becomes stronger, and therefore they are able to control their toilet habits better................it just comes with age really!

[woofgang]

If you are talking about moving bowels there is no difference at all...why should there be? as far as pee goes, mine still squat to pee to relieve a bursting bladder, especially when sleepy, at aged 2.5 years, they were neutered at 18 months. They cock to mark when out at exercise and sometimes in the garden if a stranger has passed through.

[woofgang]

part two
frequency of bowel movement has more to do with how much waste there is to eliminate. Some dog foods advertise that they are more completely digested so less for the owner to pick up but i would be a bit wary of these for two reasons. The first is that they might be less filling for the dog and lead to scavenging habits, the second is that IMO some indigestible fibre content is necessary for good health and to prevent constipation. My boy who has food allergies is now on a special food. it leaves very little residue so we have had to added boiled carrot to his diet to make him feel full and to make his motions bulkier and softer (are you all enjoying your breakfasts reading this?)
If by regular, you mean predictable, that's pretty easy, on waking, after feeding, after exercise and before settling for the night. As i said, i reckon that the problem that you have is that he thinks its the right place to go. Taking a dog outside to teach where to do business is not like taking them out for play and exercise. you go out with the dog and don't let it have fun, don't walk along play with the dog or talk to it except to say "hurry up"or whatever phrase you choose to associate with toiletting. If you housetrain a dog in winter lol this happens normally because you are both cold and wet and tired if its at night.
with respect, I don't think neutering or changing food will help here, you need to go back to basics, clean off the scent of the mistakes and calmly and patiently teach your dog where the right place is. He WILL twig eventually.
We got our two at 7 weeks old from a lady who said they were paper trained...they had never been out of her house. What she meant by paper trained is that she had kept them on newspaper and cleared up the messes!!!!! nightmare! AND with two at once...calm patient perseverance and thorough cleaning up of accidents WILL work.