 neuter pup at 16 weeks?
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I have what I know to be a common question:Should I neuter my pup at 16 weeks? He is still peeing like a girl dog and I kind of wanted him to pee like a man  Is it too early to neuter him?
Also I took Max to the beach today. Should I bath him with puppy shampoo after a trip to the beach or pool? When we got home I just rinsed him off with some fresh water.Is a rinse off ok?
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#197952 - 06/08/2008 02:39 PM |
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I wouldn't suggest neutering before 6 months. I personally don't neuter at all, but if I were to, I would wait till he is over 2 years old after he is fully matured and developed.
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Male pups often don't start lifting their leg until later on. My male was closer to a year, I think, when he started.
What Mike says about waiting until 2 is a good idea. My male is almost 2, is intact, and he physically looks so much different (better, I think) than other male Labs who were neutered young. I don't have any plans to neuter him unless there is a medical reason.
I don't recall reading anything that says removing the testicles=peeing like a man.
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#197956 - 06/08/2008 02:58 PM |
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I have what I know to be a common question:Should I neuter my pup at 16 weeks? He is still peeing like a girl dog and I kind of wanted him to pee like a man Is it too early to neuter him?
Also I took Max to the beach today. Should I bath him with puppy shampoo after a trip to the beach or pool? When we got home I just rinsed him off with some fresh water.Is a rinse off ok?
A thorough rinse-off is OK. You'll know if it wasn't thorough enough because the fur will be stiff/sticky from salt. (I have experience. )
I sure wouldn't base my neutering decisions on peeing technique. 
I've owned a senior-age female who lifted her leg (pee running down the other leg because, of course, she had no aiming equipment) and males who squatted both before and after neutering (neutered as adults when adopted).
Neutering age has more to do with closing growth plates. The sex hormones are what close them. That means that the bones of dogs neutered before puberty continue to grow in body proportions that genetics would not have dictated.
There are pluses and minuses on both sides, and I'd really read up before making a decision, especially if considering such early neutering as 4 months.
(And I speak as a shelter-experienced person who is very pro-neuter for pets, shelter dogs, mutts, etc.)
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#197957 - 06/08/2008 03:00 PM |
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My vet told me that if you neuter a young pup you increase the risk of urethral blockages later in life (urethra/penis is too small). Expensive e-vet visits with possible re-occurrences will make your vet's car/house payments.
The humane society and such neglect to mention any negatives with early neutering.
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I agree with Connie...
I had a rescue litter, and I had to have the pups neutered before they could be adopted (13 weeks). I kept a pup from the litter, who is now 9 months old. I chose to keep him intact due to growth issues (that I read about in the articles Shannon posted - I did lots of research around neutering those pups).
My dog WILL be neutered (or the rescue will have my head, LOL), but I want him to grow properly for as long as possible first.
He started lifting his leg to pee at 7.5 months. His NEUTERED littermate was starting to lift his leg at around 14-15 weeks of age. I personally do NOT think neutering has any effect on whether or when the dog lifts his leg.
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Sorry to hi jack but what about small breeds
Are there any studys on them I read the link to or 3 times now and there really not anything about small breeds.
Bruiser is 4 months old and he just got fixed the main reason for that was because it was a matter of moving one day soon into a house again but a rental. And my mother in law said they all had to be fixed. Which was not a problem we did do exrays of course when everything was happening with him behavor
The vet said he was almost done growing already.
Should I be worried I know it is early to any standards but I just did it now
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#198092 - 06/09/2008 07:13 PM |
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Sorry to hi jack but what about small breeds
Are there any studys on them I read the link to or 3 times now and there really not anything about small breeds.
Bruiser is 4 months old and he just got fixed the main reason for that was because it was a matter of moving one day soon into a house again but a rental. And my mother in law said they all had to be fixed. Which was not a problem we did do exrays of course when everything was happening with him behavor
The vet said he was almost done growing already.
Should I be worried I know it is early to any standards but I just did it now
As to whether he was done growing, that would be the breed but not the size of the breed. I mean, there are slow-maturing small breeds as well as big breeds, from what I have read. For example, I have read that Miniature Dachshunds are slow maturers.
This is not something I know much about, but I know that no, you should not be worried.
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Lifting of the leg also has to do with dominance/rank. Lifting of the leg is to mark at nose level. Dominant dogs in a group are the ones more likely to lift the leg, including females. As in a pack only certain ranks mark territory boundaries, primarily the alphas, leg lifting for scent height is sort of moot point for low(er) ranking individuals.
The rotti I care for now lifts her leg. She has good aim, too. O_O and my first dog, a GSD X also lifted her leg.
Some males don't, some do. It can be learned as well as rank and hormone related. My males have all squatted from time to time, especially when marking over a females urine or marking where there are no bushes or trees.
I would not neuter at 16 weeks but this is a preference. I prefer not to neuter/suggest neutering unless there are health or containment problems.
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