Life after neutering...... - Page 2

imo it's no big deal. since i don't breed or show i've never minded taking a pup that was crypt or monorchid because 'they' are no use to me - lol.  i've had one of each <g> - one crypt and one mon - one i neutered the other we never did. we found no real difference with any unneutered males i've lived with. also no health problems relating to not neutering the other one.  vets will always recommend neutering and i'm not recommending not to, but merely saying waiting until he is fully matured should pose no health problems and would be best in my very humble opinion. 

other than being crypt does he have any other health problems?  the pict you posted on your other thread shows him to be very handsome and maturing nicely. being crypt will make him no less of a male just no good for breeding or showing but he can do everything else, which is still a lot; you should be very proud to own such a fine looking dog - pets can be just as noble as their breeding/showing counterparts. - jmo

My male had 1 testicle that didn't descend.  I never noticed any difference in his temperment or drive.  He was pretty much the same way he was before the surgery.  He does still try to mount things every now and then. Bless his heart.  Maybe that's just a male thing?!?  Ha ha.

 Thanks for all of your comments..... they help.

You folks have me laughing out loud and my eyes are watering. Trust me on this, if he develops "a falsetto bark and feminine characteristics" and/or sounds "like Chiwauauas afterwards", the poor boy is going to find himself walking the streets of San Francisco. LOL

I don't know what it would be, but after he's lots those guys, I will try to make it up to him, somehow, perhaps a great vacation. Heck, I'll give him a few beers if he'll drink them.

Here is some info on that for you Gator!

http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTermHealthEffectsOfSpayNeuterInDogs.pdf

http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

Gator,you're gonna be OK brother.I've had a couple,one that I desperetly neutered and NO CHANGES.As far as doing schutzhund,as some have already said,if he has the jam in him he will still be ok doing it.Good luck to you and yours and Happy New Year brother.

The only difference it made to my male, when I had to have him neutered due to prostatitis, was I no longer had to worry about him peeing on the counter or wall at the vet's office! 

As for his interest in the opposite sex, well, a picture is worth a thousand words...

 Thank you Domenic,  and Happy New Year to you too.

JAO...... thanks for the links. 

He's up from a nap and wants to play.... got to go. I might wait until he's older before I explain all this to him. ;>)

This is not exactly the same situation, but an episode from my mispent youth.

My neighbor's stray kitty had a litter in her closet.  Eventually, the kitties came out to the common area.  I fell in love with one kitty.  What attracted me was that when all the kitties were in a little grouping (5-6 weeks old).  He was the monster, rearing up on his hind legs hissing and spitting so hard he would fall over backwards.

He was my kitty and I named him Twinkie.  None of us were at all responsible about spaying and neutering the cats.  He grew to be a huge tomcat (20+ pounds and not fat).  He was a solid black partly long coated and half Burmeses.  He looked like the DDR version of a kitty with a big blocky head, large boned and broad chest.  He fathered a litter with another neighbors kitty and they formed a pack taking the younguns out to the surrounding fields to hunt. They climbed all the trees and buildings hunting birds.  Twinkie had to cross open fields near trees quickly as the birds would dive bomb him.

This is so predictable (if you're not young and dumb and in the California hippy heyday).  Twinkie got in a HUGE battle with his father, the wild Burmese who was nearby.  Twinkie was expanding his territory and trying to take down his dad.  Both went to the veterinarian for emergency surgery.  While they were unconscious, they were both neutered.

After recovering, he still led his pack into the fields for hunting expeditions.  He still terrorized the birds and generally ruled the area.  He still attacked any dog that came on the 5 acres he patrolled.   I also required him to stay in at night.  We spayed and neutered the offspring and his "wife" Monet. 

He fell off of a two story roof trying to raid a birds nest built under a down spout and gutter.  He was stunned for a while, his pack circled him and them he shook himself off and walked off to the fields to hunt at ground level.  He went back to hunting in trees and roofs not long after.  He was just more careful.

The big difference was that there were no more testosterone fueled territorial battles with his father.He was the kitty,voted by everyone who knew him, to die young.    He lived to be seventeen. 

He was a fully mature male when he was neutered.  He still looked and acted like a tomcat except that he got to die of old age.

Good luck with your beautiful boy.  Your veterinarian will advise you about when the optimum time is to perform the procedure.

Pharaoh

That a very nice way to approach the subject, I liked the story. 

Thank you.

You will have to keep his diet slim..They do tend to gain weight if you dont regiment and still work them..Dont let him get lazy..some breeds do gain weight but it is the owners fault.,keep him in the sport and he willnot have any problems. Good luck.

You will not see any change in him except for the week after surgery. Start him walking short distances and let him regain his strength slowly.

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