So, my dog has figured it out...and is freaking out.

I have been on what I am calling one-quarter dose T (1/4 of the typical T dose).  Well, today I went up to half dose.  I did my shot in the morning and then headed off to the gym.  I did only a brief 30 minute cardio workout and then did a few errands.  When I got home I greeted the dog and settled on to the recliner.  I was going to talk with my partner for a couple minutes before I jumped into the shower.

The dog jumps up to sit on me, as usual.  Then, all of a sudden he shoves his nose into my armpit (I am wearing my workout shirt with a hoodie over it), sniffing aggressively and then sniffs like a mad man along my forearm.  I think it is weird, but whatever.  I go take a shower.

The rest of the night the dog (who is my best friend), doesn't want to sit with me, instead wants to sit with my partner.  He wants to play with me though...he is being extra hyper.  If I try to just pick him up (he is a small jack Russell), to sit on my lap, he jumps back down.  He wants to play on the floor, but has no interest in sitting close to me.  THAT is completely weird.  If I get up from the recliner, he jumps up on it.  When I come back to sit back down, he jumps off and then goes to jump on my partner on the couch.  Very strange.

Anyway, when my partner was heading upstairs to bed I gave her a hug and a kiss.  She said for the first time that I smelled like "boy".  Well, my suspicions were correct, my dog has figured it out!

Soooo, anyone else have their animals have a reaction to them going on T?   

I'm sorry your dog is taking it so hard.   

Huh -- interesting. I wondered about that, with my dog -- how she would have reacted to the change in body odor. Sadly, I didn't get to find out, because she died (at age 14) a few months before I started T. I think she'd have found it pretty strange, as she'd been with me since age 5 -- but at least she liked guys. It could really suck, if one had a dog who couldn't stand men...

Hmm how odd. So far, my dog hadn't really changed behavior towards me. I wonder if that'll change once I go to full dose.

Girl chiming in!  For some reason my dogs are suddenly VERY affectionate, hmmm

Nope, can't say cats ever gave it a second thought but I'm Asian and apparently we don't really do the Caucasian smell thing in the first place lol. Even on T I don't really smell when sweating and it takes a while for my workout shirts to turn rancid.

As an unrelated aside, holy how I have begun to sweat while on T though. I did sweat quite a bit before too but it's definitely a lot more now.

Quote from: Ephemeral on November 15, 2014, 07:20:25 PM
Nope, can't say cats ever gave it a second thought but I'm Asian and apparently we don't really do the Caucasian smell thing in the first place lol. Even on T I don't really smell when sweating and it takes a while for my workout shirts to turn rancid.

As an unrelated aside, holy how I have begun to sweat while on T though. I did sweat quite a bit before too but it's definitely a lot more now.

It actually wasn't a body odor smell, it was just a change in smell that the dog is responding to.  The sweating enhanced the scent, I am sure.  It is the difference in a natural body smell that he was responding to.

I will report back in a few weeks My dog has been with me since he was a baby, so it'll be interesting to see how he takes it. He loves all my male roommates though, so I don't think he'll be weird.

I left for college right after starting T, so I'm interested to see how my pets react when I go home in a week!

Quote from: Brett on November 15, 2014, 08:11:40 PM
It actually wasn't a body odor smell, it was just a change in smell that the dog is responding to.  The sweating enhanced the scent, I am sure.  It is the difference in a natural body smell that he was responding to.

Ok, because otherwise male sweat has a specific smell that is more distinct from female sweat. Anyway,  cats still haven't seem to have reacted anything. I thought my male would perhaps become less cuddly but nope.

Quote from: Ephemeral on November 16, 2014, 04:14:44 AM
Ok, because otherwise male sweat has a specific smell that is more distinct from female sweat. Anyway,  cats still haven't seem to have reacted anything. I thought my male would perhaps become less cuddly but nope.

Yes, I think we are saying the same thing.  I confused things with my response. Sorry! 

My odors have changed but our dogs love me just the same.  I often use my loyal pup as a foil for conversation.  People frequently say what a good looking girl she is and I reply that I wish I had her problem.  I further explain that she is transgender, has had her orchiectomy, males want to mount her, she most often squats to pee and is such a good looking girl that no one would guess she was born and identified as a male.  It is a good laugh for me and my Emmy/Emmet never argues about it.

It's funny, I'm not on hormones, but I can't tell you the times animals have acted friendly towards me and their owners said it was weird because they usually don't like men.

Quote from: Brett on November 16, 2014, 06:35:54 PM
Yes, I think we are saying the same thing.  I confused things with my response. Sorry! 

Ah well males also tend to have a somewhat different body odor overall but I'd say it's mostly sweat related since all people have unique body odors.

My cat has been much more cuddly than usual since starting T. I'm not sure if it's the weather, him getting older, me being on T, or some combination of the three, but he's actually been climbing on me at night and while I'm sitting and such, which he NEVER used to do.