Can anyone confirm if retained testicles is something that is passed on from the dogs parents??
And if so is it both parents or the dam or sire??
If they are there why do they not drop??
Can they be pulled down by a vet?
And if so would they function properly?
My dog is 15 months old the owners of his parents have told me they have never had any problems with testicals not dropping and wait untill he is 18 months before I start to worry
It's not a good sign that your breeder wants you to wait until 18 months of age. If it's not there now, I doubt it ever will be. According to those articles and many others on the subject, this is genetic and your dog shouldn't be bred. Again, if this is a covered clause in your warranty, time to knock on your breeder's door!
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testicles should be dropped by 4 months at the latest - ideally by 8 weeks . I've heard of them dropping by 6 months but personally would not hold much hope after 4months. The dog should be neutered, higher risk of testicle cancer with retained testicle(s), and he would be sterile anyway - and he could pass on this trait to puppies even if he were able to sire a litter. His parents - ???? depends - if the sire had both testicles he might produce more retained testicles, or he might never again - could be the combination of male/female, or could just be fate. My vet told me she sees quite a few retained testicles due to the "cord" being looped around something, stuck up high - apparently not genetic but just "stuck". Others have a cord that is too short or just didn't descend. (that would probably be genetic)
It is genetic. I have a male that had both down at 8 weeks but one popped back up and did not reappear until 9 months. However, the older the dog, the bigger the teste is likely to be and the slimmer chance that it will fit past the inginual ring.
After my male was having testicle issues, I learned that my male's grandsire (in which he is linebred) has been known to have produced offspring and grand-offspring with either one undescended testicle or really late descenders. My male had two female littermates, both of which have had a litter, and I know of at least one male from those litters that was a monorchid. My male won't be bred (for more reasons besides this one) so I just filed this info away in my head for future use.
At 15 months I would say there is a slim to none chance of the testicle descending and would personally have him neutered around 18 months to ensure that the missing teste is retrieved.
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. I've heard of them dropping by 6 months but personally would not hold much hope after 4months. The dog should be neutered, higher risk of testicle cancer with retained testicle(s), and he would be sterile anyway - and he could pass on this trait to puppies even if he were able to sire a litter. His parents - ???? depends - if the sire had both testicles he might produce more retained testicles, or he might never again - could be the combination of male/female, or could just be fate. My vet told me she sees quite a few retained testicles due to the "cord" being looped around something, stuck up high - apparently not genetic but just "stuck". Others have a cord that is too short or just didn't descend. (that would probably be genetic)
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