Friday, August 20, 2010

Neutering a dog over 1 year old?

Now that my dog is back home where he belongs, we plan on getting him nuetered to avoid his constant roaming and not have to risk loosing him again. The problem is that he just turned a year old monday jan.14 and I've been told that when you get a dog 1 year old or older nuetered, then the vet HAS to leave the little sack there and the disadvantage is it'll look kind of....wierd with an empty flap of skin there...Is this true? and since he just turned 1 year old can they STILL remove the sack too so it doesn't end up looking...funny lol =P If they can't will the flap be noticable??

Neutering a dog over 1 year old?
The sack does shrink over time. It doesnt look too bad.
Reply:No it doesn't look bad.


I got my Porkchop fixed and there is a little skin/sack there but you can't notice it unless you really look.


It's better then having him roam right?
Reply:They do not remove the sac. The testicles grow and stretch the sac. The bigger the testicles, the bigger the sac. So, since you waited and the testicles are bigger, the sac will be bigger. Many will shrink over time. That is less likely the longer you wait.
Reply:No it's not true. You can have him neutered right now. The sacs will dissapear in time too.
Reply:no
Reply:this question is best left up to the vet ! good luck ! the butcher...
Reply:My dog was just neutered (he was 6 months old) and they left the sack, it doesn't look weird at all. It actually kind of shrinks and it really isn't noticeable. I think nowadays most vets leave the sack in any case.
Reply:Not true.
Reply:Nope.. I had a 7 year old male neutered and his ' sack ' disappeared entirely ... And you know what.. Better a little bit of a sack than a dead dog cause he is out roaming and got hit by a car or was shot by a farmer for chasing cows.
Reply:You shouldnt notice it. get him fixed now though and you will be ok.
Reply:It is true that it is best to have the dog neutered before it is over a year but fixing a dog or cat can be done at any age. The procedure in not any different at any age.


Actually I did see one differing one where the vet put two glass marbles in to replace the testis. But that is totally unnecessary and much more expensive. That was done at the owners request.
Reply:the only thing removed are the testicles (which are inside). the skin is never cut off, no matter the age. like humans, their skin stretches as they grow. the larger the testicles get, the more the skin stretches to make space for them. but, like a pregnant woman's belly, the skin will go back down to shape once it's been empty a while.





if you're really worried about it, you can try to talk your vet into implanting "neuticles." i tried to talk my boss into putting steel ball bearings in my cat when he was neutered, just so we could hear where he was in the house when they clanked together...the doc didn't go for it, lol.


http://www.neuticles.com/index1.html





don't worry...the other dogs won't make fun of him. they'll probably be jealous he's got an owner who's wanting to make sure he stays safe %26amp; healthy by neutering him. :-)
Reply:a one year dog is young considering the possible lifespan.I have never heard of such a thing as having to leave a sack as it were.I congradulate you on your committment to keep your dog safe! I recently seen on tv 8 million pups are given to shelters,4 million are euthanized.How sad !But I think personally vets could help by making it more affordable.Some simply cannot afford it.just a thought.good luck
Reply:Routine castration usually does not involve removal of the scrotum at any age, as the testes are removed via an incision just in front of the scrotal sac.





All male pups/dogs have a little bit of a 'flap' there initially after castration, but the skin is wonderfully elastic and it usually does reduce in size with time. It may be funny looking initially, but once the wound has healed and the hair around the area has grown back you'll probably find that it's not noticable unless you really look closely.





It is possible to remove the sack (called a scrotal ablation), but it is a bigger surgery and creates a much bigger wound. I've never seen scrotal ablation done for 'cosmetic' reasons, only on dogs who've undergone surgery to remove testicular tumours. I'm sure some vets do, and you can discuss that with your vet if it's that big an issue to you, but it's not necessary. He's not going to be the least bit bothered about a little bit of extra skin.





Good on you for getting him neutered. It should do a lot to curb his roaming instincts so will keep him safer now, and will also reduce the risk of certain health problems later in life.
Reply:It doesn't matter if the sack is there. He will look fine.


Neutering won't help roaming at this age though. That wasn't good advice.

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