Hi everyone, looking for some info. I took my 10 week old working line GSD to the vet yesterday, and the vet said only one testicle had dropped. She said both should be down by now. My breeder said that he had both at 4 weeks, and that it's a 50 50 chance, he also said some dogs don't drop both until 6 to 8 months. I read Ed's article that said all dogs with a retained testicle should be fixed at a young age. I've also read that fixing before 2 years can effect drive and maturity, something I don't want too happen. Any info. would be great,thanks in advance.
give it a little time, especially since the breeder said both were down before. little guy testicles can act like yo-yos sometimes. did your vet check only the scrotum? if a testicle is not there, you may be able to feel it & move it down by using 2 fingers, one on either side of the prepuce, sliding your fingers from front to back.
if one is retained, it needs to be removed, but you have time to wait & see.
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Some of our whippets had bouncing testicles until 16 and 20 weeks or so. Before earlier neutering was supported by the AVMA, vets used to wait until 6 months to neuter anyway.
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Dustin give the boy a chance...
My last boy took 6 months before he was fully down. Vet said that he was just held tightly. (That or he was just shy ) She had to check really closely. The first two times we were in there she could only find the one. Then the next time as she was checking there he was Swingn' Low!
She told me not to worry to much about it until he was a year of age anyways, and told me that at his one year checkup that if it went back up that she would then give me options. But we never had to discuss those options.
I suggest to just give it some time... if you don
't like what your vet is telling you, you can always get a second opinion. Good Luck!
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I was always told that the only time you should neuter a dog at a young age( before 2) is in the case of an undescended testicle..is this not the rule anymore?
My male was monocryptorchid and I had him neutered at 9 mos. I often wish I had not neutered him so young because he DEFINATELY didn't fill out as he should have, and he's very tall, which I attribute to the excessive long bone growth seen in early neuters...but what's done is done...
So I wrestle with whether my decision was the best one, but I was going by what I was told was established as good practice for his circumstance. I was told that otherwise he was at higher risk for cancer, so I decided to neuter as soon as it was determined he would never drop on his own( the testicle was WAY up there!)
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
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I was always told that the only time you should neuter a dog at a young age( before 2) is in the case of an undescended testicle..is this not the rule anymore?
My male was monocryptorchid and I had him neutered at 9 mos. I often wish I had not neutered him so young because he DEFINATELY didn't fill out as he should have, and he's very tall, which I attribute to the excessive long bone growth seen in early neuters...but what's done is done...
So I wrestle with whether my decision was the best one, but I was going by what I was told was established as good practice for his circumstance. I was told that otherwise he was at higher risk for cancer, so I decided to neuter as soon as it was determined he would never drop on his own( the testicle was WAY up there!)
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
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) She had to check really closely. The first two times we were in there she could only find the one. Then the next time as she was checking there he was Swingn' Low!
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