Castration... been done to the death...

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Anyway - am not against castration - although i don't like it in really young dogs.... I mean you wouldn't give a 10 year old a vasectomy would you? They wouldn't mature properly without the testosterone... How is this different with dogs?


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you cant compare a vesectomy to a castration lol - vasectomies dont get rid of testosterone otherwise men would never have them as they'd never get the urge!

personally, i find dogs mature just fine without their testosterone - we castrate plenty at 6 months. i dont badger people into it though - just give them the options and let them make their own minds up.
 
LOL.....u would be suprised how many times I have seen this comparison on doggi forums
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We to neuter as young as 6 months or as soon as the old plums have dropped....literally hundreds....rescues and my own.
 
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Anyway - am not against castration - although i don't like it in really young dogs.... I mean you wouldn't give a 10 year old a vasectomy would you? They wouldn't mature properly without the testosterone... How is this different with dogs?


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you cant compare a vesectomy to a castration lol - vasectomies dont get rid of testosterone otherwise men would never have them as they'd never get the urge!

personally, i find dogs mature just fine without their testosterone - we castrate plenty at 6 months. i dont badger people into it though - just give them the options and let them make their own minds up.

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LOL - good point
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- vasectomy is only tubes cut isn't it
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- he he... Anyway - I suppose can only compare it to a bloke having his balls chopped off - which doesn't happen!
star am just interested, as a vet, have you ever noticed any differences in the muscle strength or bone density of dogs castrated before they are fully grown? I'm not saying you would have - it's just my understanding of the role of testosterone in growth/ maturity is that it is realsed to bone and muscle density - so I wondered if there was an effect? Am willing to accept there might not be!

this is what a degree in animal physiology gets you! a small amount of knowledge - but not enough!

CALA - never read that comparison on a doggie forum myself... Was just trying to explain - badly! - how look at it all...
 
I would always have said keep a dog entire if you can manage it but changed my opinion with what happened to our last lab...

He started developing tumours, 2 on his face, one near his back end etc and the vet said hormone related and unless we whipped his fuzzies off, it would get worse very quickly. Now when this happened he was already about 11 and it was a risk putting him through it at that age. My parents were against having him "done" but I gave them a rollicking, told them he'd be dead with cancer within a year if we didn't, and it was tough as I knew best and was taking him! (He was the family dog) anyway, he was done, no problems, no change in him at all, no weight gain, plenty of mischief still there, and he lived another 6 years.

Knowing how hard the decision was to put him through it at the age he was with the higher risks, I'd always have a dog done now earlier to prevent this happening (the tumours) if the dog wasn't to be used for breeding.
 
My sisters old dog had to go through the same thing. As an old dog having his plums removed really took it out of him and it took quite some time to recover.

My sis has another dog and we are having the same arguement. The poor sod has to go through hell every time a neighbouring dog is on heat (Infact he has to stay over here as it upsets him so much). He will never be bred from. He has a wicked character but I don't trust him like I trust the others. I am very pro "If they ain't gonna use em, remove em".
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