LOL any suggestions for calming my boy down while his 9 month old sister is in season. Think he's just discovered what his bits are for and he's very keen to experiment!!!!

you should keep them separate, he can impregnate her

oh believe me.... we have 3 floors to this house and they have at least a floor between them permanently
I'm not that daft lol

I suggest a boarding kennel for your boy just to give you peace :-) IME there is nothing that will work to calm him down, lots and lots of exercise can help but as he's only 9 months (depending on the breed) this may not be an option. My 10 month pup is in season too and my elderly neutered boy is refusing to eat and serenading the neighbourhood so I do sympathise! I started my boy on 'natural calm' the first day pup came into season, I have a DAP diffuser plugged in and have doubled his exercise - now I'm so tired I can sleep through his whinging :-)

My boy is nearly 2, it's the bitch who's 9 months. We have been serenading the neibourhood for a few days now and he's off his food also. Poor love. I'm sleeping on the top floor with him at night otherwise he'd have the whole family up haha. Oh The Joys of being a dog lover.
Babycakes

Great, at 2 you can walk the socks of him, have him so exhausted he forgets about procreating :-)

> We have been serenading the neibourhood for a few days now

Laughing!  My 3 boys are a nightmare, as I have an 8 month old bitch in season.  If they carry on like this, I'm thinking of having them make a record, or enter them on the X Factor!

The very thought has crossed my mind but my sights are somewhat lower as we're going for BRIAINS GOT TALENT. if a border collie can do well then a Beardie should walk it lol

Just put one of my boys in the Young offenders institution ( Kennels ) as he is keeping everyone awake.

Peanuts

My only male shares the house with a number of girls all coming into season at different times and I never have a problem with him.  I have found that leaving the males with the girl albeit seperated by gates or in a crate / pen keeps them calm.  He always sleeps in his crate next to the girl in season and that seems to be enough for him.  He has never missed a meal or kept us awake let alone the neighbours.  Maybe I have just been lucky with my boys. :)

I'm like you Abbeypap. My boy is in his cage, or the girl in hers, in my Living Room, and they don't actually meet. If I have to go out they are both in their separate cages. Separated by a few feet, just in case ;-) The only time I have a problem is when I have to take the girl out. He lets me know he is very disgusted that he can't get out to play in the garden with her :-)

I have tried putting him to family/friends, but he pines and loses a lot of weight. I tried kennels once, the same thing. He now stays at home and I have to put up with it.

hahaha, laughing my socks off. you gotta laugh or you go crazy lol

I have found that if I crate him and let the bitch lose, she lays by him which does work short term. Can't crate her and leave him lose though as i've been advised that they can manage to do the buisness through the bars !!!!
I shouldn't be laughing as this is potentially dangerous as they're brother and sister but i find myself giggling non stop. I always saw my boy as dignified but he's surcomeD to any form of morality WHATSOEVER. LOL HAHAHAHA

LOL HAHAHAHA
grow up. this isnt a game. are you having one doctured?

ohh boy i dont envy you right now and am SOOOO  pleased my Girls been done so i dont have to go thu this with my 2 boys,
i remember it well, total nightmare,
good luck to you xx

"grow up. this isnt a game. are you having one doctured?"

I am an experienced dog owner of 25 years, just not one of having both dogs and bitches together.

I have a very "GROWN UP" and responsible attitude to my dogs and always have done.
Personally I think one needs to see the amusing side of things so as not to be come so ROBOTIC and MACHANICAL with my dogs as is so aparent in some owners. I show both of my dogs so have no intention of having either of them neutered. I took on having both sex dogs with eyes wide open and my comments being of a light hearted nature are to deal with this issue in a calm and friendly way with my boy.
"Light hearted" being the operative word here is much the way everyone has else seems to have taken my comments.
Lighten up..

for Babycakes

As we know each other from the show ring and are good friends , I for one corroborate that you are a seriously dedicated dog owner .. with a scouse sense of humour which doesnt always go down well on this forum sadly...<BG>

As the breeder of babycakes dog and bitch ,I could not have chosen a more loving, caring  owner  who is staunchly devoted to the breed ....Of That, I Have No Doubt, a family  who have become  very dear friends , we have spoken for considerable length regarding brother /sister scenario and I have no concerns whatsoever of my dear friends abilities regarding the safety of the dog/bitch during the females season. 

Tina S
To make such a comment grow up this isnt a game are you having one doctored  there is absolutely no need to be so rude to a new member of this forum, sadly once again throwing  insults is not a  recommendation as to an appropriate choice of action regarding the posters question.
I feel embarrassed having encouraged Babycakes to join , advocating the forum as friendly and informative.

Starryeyes...
well i guess you have to have a sense of humor in life. It certainly gets me by and don't worry, I take this kind of comment as rubbishy sarcasum from stuffy know it alls.
I have found MANY compassionate and caring people on the forum who have been very helpful and informative and so one fly in the ointment is easily swatted in my minds eye.
Babycakes

Babycakes, I don't know you, but I have taken this post with the good humour that you have written it in. As have most of us. Yes, it is difficult to have both sexes, but we manage. Yes, we moan about the 'singing' but I wouldn't be without my boy. I could do without the bitches at times ;-) Especially at season time. :-)

I often read the forum when not in the best frame of mind. Certain posts can read differently when then read later in a better frame of mind. Perhaps all posters should take a moment to really think about what the original post (not necessarily this one, but all posts) are really trying to say. In some cases they just don't have the words, in others it is so easy to misread the tone.

Really enjoyed reading this ..
My girl was in season earlier in the month before being mated...neighbours dog 5 doors down was singing his little heart out....my girl turned her nose up and looked at me as if to say"hes a cross breed..I wouldnt dare". He is a lovely boy tho...
Some people dont have a ny sense of humour sadly.

My boy not only sings, but alternates between refusing to eat, and eating but then throwing it up again cos he's too excited! He usually goes to a friend for the last 7 or 10 days.....

Not directed at anyone but just an observation:
In all seriousness though a GOOD stud dog who only gets worked up when the bitch is ready is worth his weight in gold. I was very lucky to have had the loan of such a male & he was a dream.
Inexperienced males who find all bitches a novelty to be humped at the slightest opportunity are a pain, we've all seen the owners with longer arms! Some males are impossible to wear out with exercise when an in season bitch is around, they would go on til they dropped.

This is so true.  My Friends boy used to get very bitchy and upset at shows where he could smell bitches about to come in season or those that had finished, and I suppose some that were in season.

He was used at stud at 6 years old, and for him it was the best thing, as he didn't bother with bitches after that unless they were spot on.  He became a very good stud dog for timing, and mated several bitches that had been difficult or missed.

My Beardie boy can walk past any bitch at a show or in the park and even plays with a Rotweiller bitch yet never tries to hump. I suppose we're very lucky. He only started this "carry on" when she was "ready" for mating. Thankfully, she's past that date now but i'll keep them apart for another week just incase.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this topic...it's been fun hearing your remarks.
Babycakes.

my pug at shows used to pee on me whenever he was near a female,i got use to hoping up and down from one leg to the other!!