Finding gunk all over house

[21henrycavil]

Hi I'm just curious if this is what owning a male dog is like . He's a 9 month old golden and lately he's been very Randy 😂. He's hunting teddies non stop ! I have noticed a yellow green discharge coming from his bits but have read that this is normal .
What I don't get is that I am finding this gunk all over my walls , skirting boards and doors! It's a bugger to get off . I just want to know is this normal ? How the hell is it getting everywhere and will it stop once he has his nuggets off ? Which he is due for in two weeks time . I wanted to wait until he was 1 but due to the fact that we can't even watch tv anymore with out seeing him humping . Our living room is pretty big but he will pull a teddy in front of us and then go for gold 😂 arghhhhhhh

You know humping is just a phase they go through? If you just keep stopping him doing it, he’ll grow out of it...

Early neutering in golden retrievers has a massive correlation to joint problems.

Which doesn’t answer your question, but honestly I wouldn’t be considering neutering him for at least another year.

Totally normal, our dog didn't hump but the green stuff, blergh, was everywhere until he was castrated.

It's normal but I really wouldn't be getting a golden retriever neutered at such a young age.

Ideally he needs to be fully grown and developed before neutering, if it's even necessary to do it all.

Remove things he can hump for a while eg chushions teddies blankets. Side track him with chew toys.

A green discharge is not normal speak to your vets.

Early castration will not help this situation

Thankyou all very much for your replies . I am glad you have said about not to have him done until he's fully grown because it has been playing on my mind . My poor boy has elbow and hip dysplasia as it is . I am going to phone and cancel his appointment until next year

I have older entire males and they don’t hump or have green stuff! I would not consider neutering a 9 month old large breed.

I did correct the humping behaviour the first time they did it and they never did it again.

The gunk should mostly stop once he's done (my lab cross still gets some gunk years after neutering but it's not anywhere near as bad). The humping can be trained by saying no and distracting them, I have an adult intact male who doesn't hump (did as a puppy but we discouraged him) and have known plenty of neutered dogs who still hump because they were never taught not to. If your pup has joint issues I definitely wouldn't neuter before he's mature (and weigh up if it's what's best for him in discussion with your vet - I have one neutered dog one intact).

Get your boy castrated as soon as possible.All the various concerns here are total humbug.A responsible male dog owner castrates the dog.I cant belief that nowadays people still dont castrate their male dogs.Uncastrated male dogs are a pain in the back side when they are off lead.

Peer reviewed paper on dog castrating
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00388/full

@Thatldo

Get your boy castrated as soon as possible.All the various concerns here are total humbug.A responsible male dog owner castrates the dog.I cant belief that nowadays people still dont castrate their male dogs.Uncastrated male dogs are a pain in the back side when they are off lead.

This is very outdated information.

recent scientific report on some issues with early neutering done by freed 18% in increase in joint disorder in Goldies neutered early and wait until over a year to neutering

26 Behaviour struggles and issues are related to dogs that are castrated and only

evidenced here

Humping is caused by maybe fear, anxiety, being over threshold, unable to cope with the situation, being over tired etc and removing testerone the hormone that helps in all those situations will make it worse not better.

More aggression is seen in neutered males than entire males......as seen in the study above

My vet told me neutering males was no longer recommended.
OP I have a 16 month old entire male that doesn't hump and there is no green gunk. Occasionally I see a small bit of yellow gunk but I think if it was green I'd give my vet a quick call and check.

Any humping dog on my girl gets his nuts kicked.

@Nutsmustgo

Any humping dog on my girl gets his nuts kicked.

Haaaaa your name has amused me 😂😂😂

My experience is that the amount of 'gunk' varies a lot between individual dogs. My previous dog left little disgusting 'drips' everywhere, but with the current one, I have not noticed any. Neutering should help with this problem.

I agree with PPs about not neutering him until he is more mature, especially with this type of dog. Wait until he is at least a year old, or eighteen months if possible. You have done the right thing to cancel/defer.

My dog is quite good at cleaning up after himself 🤢

Dogs are gross.