Was going to PM Nora with a question, but thought others might face similar situation and could benefit from the discussion.

So.... Daisy goes with us every weekend during the summer to the lake. Nice campground, great people, good bit of dogs - usually no problems. Well, I mentioned some last year that one of our friends' has an unaltered male lab that Daisy would get snarly/grumpy with when he, er...."investigated" her a little to close for her peace of mind (if you know what I mean). For those that don't know, Daisy is spayed and was before ever coming into heat, so she's obviously not giving off any scents or signals to males. When Mary and I went up this past Saturday to clean up and open the campers, we went to visit our other friends who were there with their male chihuahua, Jose. Last year he was just a baby. Now, he is another unaltered male dog who Daisy is not thrilled about being quite so "happy" to see her.

They were both on leash and played for quite a while until Jose started to get excited and sniff a little too long, too often. And Daisy gets snarly. No biting at all, obviously sending a message that Jose just wouldn't heed.

So I just want to double check my theory that there isn't a whole lot I can/should do about her being grumpy with these "boys".  She is usually fine with other dogs and was even fine last year with "happy pants Gus" (the Lab) when off leash because she can easily outrun him (or she'd hide under something where he couldn't fit and laugh at him.

Anyway, just curious. And, no, I don't know why they aren't fixed. I believe it falls in the category of "they're boys, they can't get pregnant, so why worry about it".

Honestly Tracey, I think a lot of unneutered males are because of the egos of their male owners!! My Dad is a perfect example. He adopted an older (2-3 years) male pom - but refused to have it neutered. The dog was a little snot and snippy and downright mean - and would benefit from being neutered to get rid of some of that nasty testosterone in his body. My father flat out refused. Never really gave a good reason, just said he didn't think it was necessary, even after everybody explained to him the benefits of having the dog neutered.

Probably best to let Daisy put them in their place, so long as a fight doesn't brake out, which probably won't.
Lol, Sue, I have to agree! My dad didn't want to get Sam neutered at first because he "felt bad for him". The mom said, "too bad" and thankfully he was snipped.

I agree with Pam.   I would just make sure it didn;t get out of hand, but if the owners are going to get them fixed then they should be able to deal with Daisy getting a little snippy.  I get snippy too, .