Testicle surgery..what to expect? If you cut mine off I'd hate you.

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by JRANSOM on 17 January 2011 - 00:01

"What are the chances" thread is on this side page 2.

by beetree on 17 January 2011 - 00:01

It is all good.!....

by Jenni78 on 17 January 2011 - 02:01

It is a proven fact that only food intake and exercise influence weight. Thyroid and other hormones and the various other body systems affected by removal of an entire body system are not involved in weight gain or loss, or energy, or any other health concerns. And that's the truth because vets tell us so. And anyone who questions that fact or the possible agendas related to the perpetuation of that fact is stupid.

LOL (or I would, if it wasn't so freaking sad)

by Dawulf on 17 January 2011 - 17:01

We had our poodle snipped at roughly 9 years old. Aside from him being sore for a few days, he was overall fine. No change in personality, still a mean, grumpy old bastard. Still humped all the females at the dog park.

And my female shepherd was spayed around 9 mos, while she was in heat. Dad thought it would help her calm down, but no change. She was still very driven and protective. Miss my baby! <3

by Prager on 17 January 2011 - 18:01

Normally there are more negatives in neutering a healthy dog then benefits. If your dog is cryptorchid (no testicles descended) then it is the opposite:
It is 13.6 times more likely to develop tumors than descended testicles12 and it is also more difficult to detect tumors in undescended testicles by routine physical examination.
Thus you have to do it regardless of the secondary results. Your dog will most likely slow down and tend to get overweight.
If the dog is just MONorchid ( only one testicle descended) then I strongly recommend to remove ONLY the undescended testicle. Many vets will not do that. You need to find one who will and MAKE SURE that he knows what you want.
Prager Hans
http://www.alpinek9.com

by hodie on 17 January 2011 - 18:01

It helps to use terms correctly. From the Merck Veterinary Manual:

"Cryptorchidism, a common genital defect in males, is diagnosed if either or both testes are not present in the scrotum at puberty; testicles normally descend into the scrotum by 6-16 wk of age. Unilateral cryptorchidism does not result in infertility. In dogs, cryptorchidism is hereditary, and affected animals should not be bred. Both parents of affected individuals should be implicated as carriers. ...........

Failure of one testis to develop (true monorchidism) may be seen in dogs but is rare."

by Prager on 18 January 2011 - 00:01

Hodie I admire your ability to split hair.
Yes, it does help to use terms correctly,... and I have.
Yes your statement in narrower view is right and so is my mine in broader view.

Here I have another definition this time from Princeton university:

monorchism: failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=monorchidism

Or medical dictionary:

monorchid
an animal having only one testis in the scrotum.
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/monorchid

Or Merriam - Webster
mon·or·chid noun \mä-ˈnȯr-kəd\
Definition of MONORCHID
: an individual who has only one testis or only one descended into the scrotum
— monorchid adjective
— mon·or·chi·dism \-kə-ˌdi-zəm\ noun
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monorchidism
And I can keep on going on and on.
Take care.
Prager Hans
http://www.alpinek9.com

by Gator113 on 18 January 2011 - 03:01

Wow. What a treasure chest of great information. I knew I had come to the right place.

Thank you all very much.

I will digest all that has been posted and go from there.

Falco thanks you too.

by Sunsilver on 18 January 2011 - 14:01

I had my male GSD neutered at 3, due to prostatitis. The only change I noticed in him was he didn't pee on the counter at the vet's anymore! And I was VERY glad for that, because he'd do it EVERY SINGLE TIME I took him there, unless I watched him like a hawk every second, which is difficult to do when you're trying to pay your bill!

He will still fight with another male, if challenged, and still woos the ladies, and will actually tie with a female who's in standing heat.

He's 8 years old, and I was NOT happy with him when he took on an 8 month old 120 lb. English mastiff recently! I said some very nasty things about males and testosterone that day... (the mastiff was intact, and definitely thinking with its 'lower brain', as I've heard a vet call the family jewels.)

Ranger was totally miserable the night after the surgery, and if I did this again on a fully mature dog, I'd ask the vet to remove the scrotum too, as it swelled up to at least 1 1/2 times its pre-surgery size! {Pictures the guys reading this thread cringing and crossing their legs...} The vet gave him a shot of steroid to deal with the inflammation and swelling, and once that kicked in, he didn't even need to wear a collar.

by GSDUK on 20 January 2011 - 12:01

As many other posts have already said, you will not see any negative unwanted behavioural effects on your 2 yr old after castration.
Weight gain is as stated a case of ensuring he receives sufficient exercise and there may be a need to adjust diet slightly. Testosterone has an effect on how the dog burns energy off from food so the lack of the hormone is why there is a tendency to gain weight if adjustments to exercise/diet are not made.

If the dog's scrotum swells up as a previous poster has stated then I would be looking towards whether or not the vet tied off correctly rather than any other reason.

Dogs should recover in a few days and you can then continue as you did when he had his crown jewels.

Best Regards

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