Testicles not descended question - Page 2

2 moons - it does make a difference:  imagine castrating a 12 year old boy....  he will never develop the secondary sex characteristics that come with puberty.  no strong chest, no facial hair, etc.  similarly, an ovario-hysterectomy on a 10 year old girl would prevent her developing breasts, a curvy outline, etc.  not conceptually different for dogs.  also puberty brings closing of growth plates, so a dog spayed/neutered early would tend to be taller and lankier.  i have seen this in different large breeds, in both sexes.

Wait till at least 2 years if you can, than you can chop it off :) lol

kioanes,

I am sure there are difference's especially in human's, but I still disagree with the extreme's you speak of.

Hormone's are not totally reliant on the presence of sex organ's being there are not.

I don't think it will effect function, work, or mental capacity at all.   That's more important to my way of looking at thing's.

And the animal's general health.

Brent.

Early castration DOES have an effect on growth. As earlier stated, the growth plates don't close as usual, leading to increased growth in the long bones (i.e femur, humerus etc). This alters the appearance of the dog. I personally know a long coated GSD that was neutered at about 6 months due to retained testicles - when grown the dog was long legged and narrow chested and resembled a Borzoi rather than a GSD.

Also as earlier stated, testosterone production continues if the testicles are present, albeit retained, so your boy should develop normally.

I have also seen this underdeveloped muscle and body formation due to early neuter.  I have not noticed a difference in females due to early spay.  But the difference in early-neutered males is definately significant and obvious. 

I saw a male lion on a program once that was HUGE - 600 lbs - very leggy, long, tall ,lean, narrow in body, and no mane.  Not a thread of mane.  Looked like a gigantic lioness.  He was neutered as a cub.  Very interesting.

molly

O.P.

You need to try the Hoover method.  It's guaranteed to work most of the time. 

It is very simple.  Almost like mouth to mouth, but on the other end.  Just like sucking out poison. 

Make sure to set up a video camera and post it on here.  That way other posters will have a good idea how it works.  This could turn out to be very helpful for all viewers to come.  No pun intented.

Oh, and no need to thank me.  I understand.

Early neutering does make a difference in development, I completely agree here with others.

My males testies didnt dropp until he was good 5 months old. Dont be too worried with a  8 week old pup, especially if you cant feel neither one. If you feel one, but not the other at that age, then there might be a problem, but also not necessarely. I have not heard about cancer developing in not dropped ones, but one thing is for sure, its most likely to cause infertility as it is to warm in the body cavity for produced sperm to survive.

Oh, and if one doesnt like the looks of no testies, there are implants avaiable...LOL