Male Rottweiler Takes to Owner’s Hormone Therapy, Vet Has a Fix
A woman who underwent hormone therapy to get rid of excess facial hair suddenly became the object of desire for her male Rottweiler, a dermatologist said.
The case is reported in a letter in the Oct. 17 issue of The Lancet, a British medical journal.
Dr. John Cotterill, a dermatologist at the General Infirmary at Leeds, said he suspects the medication induced a subtle change in the woman’s body odor.
When the 26-year-old woman took the medication, her dog “would not leave her alone,” Cotterill said.
The dog’s behavior stopped as soon as the patient stopped taking her pills, but started again when she resumed treatment.
The woman solved the problem by having her dog castrated, and successfully continued the hormone treatments, Cotterill reported.
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