neutering...yay or nay?

Good luck - if his testes are descended he will be running around again in no time at all!
 
Great choice

Pennylane said:
Thanks everyone!!

Yeah, i've now made an appointment to have him done on the 25th...especially given all the health benefits.

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He will thank you , with his healthier and longer life! My Kia is being spayed on the 21st of this month. I had to wait for her to get her first heat cycle due to development problems. So now she is ready to Have a healthier and more enjoyable life since I have no desire to breed. I bought her strickly as a pet and am enjoying her immensely!:winkgrin:
 
Follow up questions!

Just checked Miles to see whether the testicles have descended...to my untrained eyes, there seems to be no 'sacks' at all !! He is 5.5 months now and will be 6 months at the time of surgery. If they have descended, it should be pretty easy to spot right?

If he has to have full abdominal surgery to remove both, is that still a fairly routine procedure or is it traumatic for a young pup?

Also, is there any truth in the age at which you de-sex a male sheltie puppy will affect how full his adult coat will be?


Thanks again!!!
 
Pennylane said:
Just checked Miles to see whether the testicles have descended...to my untrained eyes, there seems to be no 'sacks' at all !! He is 5.5 months now and will be 6 months at the time of surgery. If they have descended, it should be pretty easy to spot right?

If he has to have full abdominal surgery to remove both, is that still a fairly routine procedure or is it traumatic for a young pup?

Also, is there any truth in the age at which you de-sex a male sheltie puppy will affect how full his adult coat will be?


Thanks again!!!
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They would be easy to spot if they were descended. I don't think that the abdominal surgery is anymore traumatic for the pups, you will just have to keep him quieter for a little longer to ensure that he heels correctly. Neutering a dog should not affect how full his coat will be at all. I know when females are spayed they tend to have fuller coats because they are not going into heat so they don't blow their coat as often as an intact female. I think it would be the same for a male.
 
If they're there, you'd be able to feel them. At 5 months, they're probably not too big just yet :x
The abdominal surgery for cryptorchids doesn't seem to bother them too much, and they seem to bounce back pretty quick.
 
Barkley also had an undescended testicle that had to be done surgically, and he weathered it very well. We just had the typcial 10-days of stitches and trying to keep him quiet, hah! I will say though that having him neutered so early did affect his coat. We had him done at 5 months, which is earlier than I've done any of my other pups, and he has much less coat than my other Shelties. It's also not as long or full. So the age does seem to be a factor in their adult coats.
 
Ann said:
Barkley also had an undescended testicle that had to be done surgically, and he weathered it very well. We just had the typcial 10-days of stitches and trying to keep him quiet, hah! I will say though that having him neutered so early did affect his coat. We had him done at 5 months, which is earlier than I've done any of my other pups, and he has much less coat than my other Shelties. It's also not as long or full. So the age does seem to be a factor in their adult coats.
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As Ann said, same with Bacca. No issues. The vet said to keep him quiet, no jumping or running about! Yeah, right! He was cruising again at top speed with 24 hours (though he didn't like to go downstairs - I had to carry him for the first few days). Indy had more traditional surgery at the same time, so he was no help at all! He bounced back immediately, and was his pesky self again, right away!

The reasons why I waited until the boys were almost a year old were two-fold:

1) I delayed with Bacca to see if that testicle would drop, to avoid the bigger surgery. At 5 months, your vet would have a good idea, but for an untrained person, it might be difficult to tell. I was only convinced at 10 months, when I could feel one testicle only.

2) I too, had heard that with males, if you delay, the adult coat may be more abundant. This could well be myth, but because I had other reasons to delay, it just helped me rationalize my case.

You'll know when it's time, when the dog starts driving you crazy! Either humping every stationary object in sight, or going nuts after other dogs, or just plain being more assertive than normal.
 
My male was a double crypto - both were undescended. I was told Shelties are one of the breeds cryptochidism is common in.

Pennylane - if you cant see them they probably are undescended. Vets can tell you quickly and usually they will feel their abdomine to work out where they are - this will affect the surgery.

I delayed his surgery until I decided whether to get my bitch done too. But I could have got it done earlier and he probably would have recovered quicker. His testes had not moved from their originating point so it was a longer and more intense surgery. In fact more so than my females as the vet knew where all her parts were. He was on painkillers for a week (had trouble urinating) and it took about a month for him to recover. But it was still worth the surgery as leaving undescended testes is more dangerous as things like a twisted teste could kill him.

The problem with delaying the surgery is they learn the marking and sniffing - Deska's didnt abate after the surgery and he is just as bad as my previous intact male. This previous male sheltie died of testicular cancer too which was heartbreaking and I felt so guilty because in the end he didnt sire any pups despite attempts.
 
I can usually feel the little grapes around 3 months or so...just start to feel them. By 6 months, they should be fully descended (remember, they have to have a full set of adult teeth and *if they're male* have both testicles descended).

I had Harry Potter neutered last year (after his last litter with Molly), and Molly spayed at the same time. No problems with either of them. He's got the same attitude that he did before...just ignores Luke (his son)...completely!

Gives him the look of "you are nothing to me"...that only a Sheltie can give! :lol:

I've never had a crypto, luckily!
 
Mo Mo is going to neuter tomorrow, he is 13 months now, now, I'm very nervious of him, I worry that he will be painful after surgery.
What I have to do to take care him?
He like to jump at home. Is it I need to put the collar for him 24 hours a day?
and I need to work on Tuesday, so can I leave him at home alone with the collar?
 
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