Ok, Here i go with another question <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> , I have never owned a male dog before and was wondering if anyone can tell me at what age the private parts are to drop? He is getting close to 4 months of age and wasn't sure if i should start to get worried or if it is still to soon yet.
Thanks For Your Help

Testicles should be down by now.. most are down by the age of 7 weeks.. I have seen a few that have waited till about 4 months..

Jody

your best bet is for your vet to check to see if they are indeed not descended. I had the same issue with my GSD except one was down and one was not. then both were found then one was back up. By 4 months we had one completely down and the other one not descended. it was quite worrysome. anycase each vet visit included trying to work the missing testicle down into the sack. it would then retract back. My vet said as long as he was able to move it down into the sac there was a good chance it would drop on its own. apparently there is a component that deteriate and allows them to drop into the sac. my pup must have thought the vet and I were insane to constantly check him to see if that missing testicle was down or not. eventually they did both drop down properly. Then came the checking to see if they were really down. I do know that if they remain undescended they can cause medical complications. I think I remember being told that by two years they will need to have been removed , as in neuthered in order to avoid the posability of cancer and other complications. So I would suggest you have your vet check him out.

We had the vet check them the last time he was in for shots, which was at the end of March and he said they are both there, so i figured they should have dropped by now and they haven't, we checked him everyday. How much longer should i give them before i should really start to worry that he could have a major med. problem? Thanks for any help

mmberry,

The testicles on dogs will "float" a bit. There is a ring of muscle that closes down and keeps them in the scrotem. I don't rember when it closes to the point that they don't go up and down. There is a suggestion that massaging the area from the body towards the scrotem will help.

If the dog retains a testicle, it is important to have it removed as there are some health consequences involved. There is increased incidents of testicular cancer in retained testicles. It is also harder to diagnose since the testicle can't be examined.