How do you all cope with the stress of the boys when girls are in season..............?

Karen 

Easy, I've never kept males! :)  I've seen friends have too many problems for me to consider it. :)

He has been castrated but, she is entire and poor boy is steadily getting more stressed.
We probably have another week to go..........yikes!

Karen

Oh bless.  Do you have a possibly 'holiday home' for either of them? :)

Nah....more is the pity, as he is suffering, and so is the vet bed as he trys to 'entertain' himself with that

Karen

i swap my bitch for the duration with my friend and i have her dog here in return (who is a bitch not in season) works well

Ditto, won't consider keeping males unless I lived out in the country with formal kennelling facilities. 

As my lot are house dogs it wouldn't sit well with me kennelling during the days.

I keep an entire male with all my bitches. He is the consumate professional and shows no interest in them ( save for lifting them up to warn me they are coming in) until they reach ovulation time.

He is never allowed to have access to them from day 1 but he doesnt fret, go off his food ( any more than usual) of get on my nerves................ BUT I wouldnt trust the little beggar for one second!!

Its like Fort Knox here and I know that under those sleepy eyelids he is waiting for his chance.
I have 2 in season now and one just finished and the concentration needed is tiring.
Cant wait for the girls to get back to normal.

i have 4 entire males with my girls and 3 are very good and only play up for a few days during ovulation time, sometimes not really taking much notice even then to be honest (not to say given their chance the wouldn't be done and dusted in seconds!!!! (it is mentally tiring making sure everyone who needs to be seperate stays that way too).  The other male is a sod! he howls from 5am for about a week, throws bowls around and refuses his food, i think he thinks if he shows off enough he will get his own way lol.

> he howls from 5am for about a week,

How on earth do you stay on side with neighbours?

Buys 'm ear plugs for chrimbo I shouldn't wonder LOL

I sit on a knifes edge when I have pups that yap a biot for 10 minutes or so while playing at the 6 - 8 week stage. 

I'd be tarred and feathered and run out of town if I had adult dogs that howled for a week.

> I'd be tarred and feathered and run out of town

Now that I would love to see. lol Not really just googled it looks a little painful

I think that MandyC might live in the country, not with neighbours close by, I should think (or hope) specially with all her breedings and stuff. It looks to me that she has a lot of lovely dogs there.

Henry used to whimper and whine a lot, he either went off his food or threw it up after eating. We tried to send him to friends when possible, and when we couldn't, he went to the office with hubby, where he slept all day (the dog I hope, not the husband!), and was fed his dinner at lunchtime so it was digested long before he came home for the evening. Then he had to stay upstairs in a room with several closed doors between us and him or he drove us mad. Of course I spent time with him too, but he was inconsolable, wouldn't let me cuddle him, couldn't relax, just paced the floor whining constantly, poor boy. At least George is neutered and only gets a little interested right at the end of a season, so though we don't leave him alone with the bitch, he is safe to be around her as long as we are watching, he occasionally tries to hump half heartedly and gets off as soon as we say 'George.....'

My entire lad gets stressed when the girls are in season. Howls and won't eat for approximately 5 days. Luckily I only have one entire girl at a time as the others are spayed once they have had their litters.  Its not easy but luckily not for long (although it does seem like forever at the time)!  I try to take a couple of them away for a few days whilst she is "ready" to cut down a bit on the stress on everyone.  There are usually shows around her season so they give me an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone so to speak.  I have extremely good neighbours by the way!!!

I have entire males, but, to be honest, they are only a nuisance when bitches are actually ovulating.  For the rest of the season, they are kept together, and spend time cleaning each others faces.

I think my 2 male (entire) GSD's are undersexed. They hardly bother and never go off their food.

my boy is starting to hump our spayed bitch...(poor girl shes not happy about this) our other girls are coming in i think (i want the right 1 to come in lol)he can smell it im sure so from today hes out of reach from them all ,and hes not happy at all hes not winning or barking (yet!) he just dont want to eat his food, so hopfuly their not going to be long or he will have to move out for awhile or he will look like a rake! poor boy.

I have both entire and neutered males and the same with females. My entire male has a rough time, howls and loses weight. But I have kennels which are far enough away from the house for him to have some peace. I can put the hussy into quarantine in there during her peak, (the only time hes interested) leaving him in peace in the house. I also have no neighbours, which is good because the bitches know full well theres a fit and able male on the premises and call to him from the kennels.

I think I may have to take her right out of the way....she is begining to get to her most 'desirable' and even though he is neutered he is having a rough time............

Karen

Would he be able to go to a kennels or pet sitter until the worst is over?

I will watch and see how it goes on, it's half term so I am at least here all week as well as my OH.
Also he has sedatives if he gets to crazed...he is a poor demented boy at the best of times....dreading fireworks, instead of whimpering pathetically he goes into overdrive.
Karen

> I think that MandyC might live in the country, not with neighbours close by, I should think (or hope) specially with all her breedings and stuff. It looks to me that she has a lot of lovely dogs there.

Ha,,,Yes i do, i have one neighbour who is fairly close and they love all the dogs so i am very lucky.

Thanks for the comments too....i am proud of each and everyone.....including my noisy boy! LOL