Chemical castration

Snowy Celandine said:
I agree that is is anthropomorphism :) I think it's amusing but some of the men on the television seemed to take their dogs balls as their, er, personal property and were determined to preserve them intact even in the face of evidence from the dog trainer woman that they needed lopping off. Maybe chemical castration would have been more acceptable to those men but it was never mentioned.
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At least you corrected my spelling.☺ I doubt many men would volunteer for chemical castration either! Why they are bothering to develop a male pill for example...
 
From what I have researched as I was thinking about having my dog done leaving him intact can prevent diseases in later life and testosterone is key in protecting him.If prostrate cancer does develop the vet can remove the testicles and the problem is solved.
 
OP. My male pug was castrated due to his ejaculating twice, once while cuddling my OH!
He is brachy, obviously, and the short time he was GAd for the procedure was no problem for him. I hope that helps.
 
Mister Ted said:
From what I have researched as I was thinking about having my dog done leaving him intact can prevent diseases in later life and testosterone is key in protecting him.If prostrate cancer does develop the vet can remove the testicles and the problem is solved.
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This was exactly my thinking, as most, I assume will be aware that it would be completely detrimental to a large dogs health to be castrated before fully matured. My dog I'm assuming must now be fully matured at 3 going on 4 but he does not display undesirable qualities that would be fixed by castration so to me the thought of putting him through an operation if a simple injection is an alternative (albeit more costly in the long run) seems an unnecessary risk. My local vet doesn't offer this service and I haven't yet contacted others as I wanted to do my research first as I know many vets in my area will push people into simple castration even on large dogs before they are even a year old which I find highly irresponsible! (If anybody wishes to comment on this then please do your research on growth plates and cascastration in large dogs first) so I want to be sure it's the right choice first
 
twiggy2 said:
OP I don't understand what benefit you see to chemically/ temporarily castrating a dog with no issues to start with?
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TBH right now there would be no benefit or reason to reallyhence why I'm in no rush but he is not stud worthy (cross breed) so will never be bred from but I have been toying with the idea of getting another, I only rehome dogs so will only take something that fits with our lifestyle/family and sex is irrelevant, breed however not so much, I do really find larger dogs, specifically mastiff types are much more in my comfort zone so I would hate to have to discount something otherwise perfect because it was the wrong sex and waiting around to have both fitted in for an op would, I imagine be more hassle than it's worth and a risk I wouldn't want to take. I'm very much anti breeding for anyone that isn't a responsible pedigree breeder and to me "it was an accident" isn't really acceptable
 
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rowan666 said:
This was exactly my thinking, as most, I assume will be aware that it would be completely detrimental to a large dogs health to be castrated before fully matured. My dog I'm assuming must now be fully matured at 3 going on 4 but he does not display undesirable qualities that would be fixed by castration so to me the thought of putting him through an operation if a simple injection is an alternative (albeit more costly in the long run) seems an unnecessary risk. My local vet doesn't offer this service and I haven't yet contacted others as I wanted to do my research first as I know many vets in my area will push people into simple castration even on large dogs before they are even a year old which I find highly irresponsible! (If anybody wishes to comment on this then please do your research on growth plates and cascastration in large dogs first) so I want to be sure it's the right choice first
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I think someone else asked, but why would you chemically castrate at all if he is showing no need for it?
 
I apologise if this is irrelevant, but it brings into mind the man who I met whilst collecting for Greyhound Rescue (standard street collection) - he suddenly started a campaign to support castration of rescue dogs rather than full neutering. He seemed so average when I was speaking to him when {metaphorically!) shaking my collection tin....

His reason for suggesting this was an emasculation of male dogs... as a female I must admit I never got it, but he lost his case.....
 
Lévrier;13443959 said:
I apologise if this is irrelevant, but it brings into mind the man who I met whilst collecting for Greyhound Rescue (standard street collection) - he suddenly started a campaign to support castration of rescue dogs rather than full neutering. He seemed so average when I was speaking to him when {metaphorically!) shaking my collection tin....

His reason for suggesting this was an emasculation of male dogs... as a female I must admit I never got it, but he lost his case.....
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do you mean vasectomy rather than castration? I don't know about the emasculation of male dogs, but it is a interesting ethical discussion. If all someone wants from castration of their dog is the inability to sire pups and given the problems that can be caused by the lack of testosterone etc why is vasectomy not a more available option?

I've had this discussion (along with ovariectomy for bitches versus a full spay) before and Aru had some excellent points but purely for removing puppy-making potential castration seems way OTT when there are alternatives imho. just sayin' : ) (and ftr, I've only ever had neutered dogs as an adult)
 
MotherOfChickens said:
do you mean vasectomy rather than castration? I don't know about the emasculation of male dogs, but it is a interesting ethical discussion. If all someone wants from castration of their dog is the inability to sire pups and given the problems that can be caused by the lack of testosterone etc why is vasectomy not a more available option?

I've had this discussion (along with ovariectomy for bitches versus a full spay) before and Aru had some excellent points but purely for removing puppy-making potential castration seems way OTT when there are alternatives imho. just sayin' : ) (and ftr, I've only ever had neutered dogs as an adult)
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Yes sorry that was exactly what he advocated - too much wine tonight! I also cannot recall the argument that the charity put forward for castration V vasectomy but it sounded logical to me as a non-scientist..
 
Lévrier;13444006 said:
Yes sorry that was exactly what he advocated - too much wine tonight! I also cannot recall the argument that the charity put forward for castration V vasectomy but it sounded logical to me as a non-scientist..
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yes, I expect a charity would-easier, cheaper, more accepted, no chance of any subsequent behavioural issues being attributed to sex hormones etc etc etc.
 
rowan666 said:
This was exactly my thinking, as most, I assume will be aware that it would be completely detrimental to a large dogs health to be castrated before fully matured. My dog I'm assuming must now be fully matured at 3 going on 4 but he does not display undesirable qualities that would be fixed by castration so to me the thought of putting him through an operation if a simple injection is an alternative (albeit more costly in the long run) seems an unnecessary risk. My local vet doesn't offer this service and I haven't yet contacted others as I wanted to do my research first as I know many vets in my area will push people into simple castration even on large dogs before they are even a year old which I find highly irresponsible! (If anybody wishes to comment on this then please do your research on growth plates and cascastration in large dogs first) so I want to be sure it's the right choice first
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I discussed my findings with my vet and surprisingly she was in agreement with me and could not see a reason for uneccessary castration and said if cancer does develop the testicles can be removed then.Also my dog does not have an aggressive nature in fact the complete opposite so I wont get it done.
 
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