At What age do you check to see if dog puppies are entire. What age should they be entire.

It can vary from dog to dog...some say they can see them before a week old. Basically there is no age one can say. I had a dog pup who was entire at a young age (less than 3 weeks) but then decided to retain one...shame as he was a very lovely pup :(

Depending on breed I never worry too much for several months.  So many people have said that they keep checking, and in the end, the dog gets fed up of being prodded there, and they hold them for even longer.

Having been stung, so to speak, with both my breeds in the past and kittens too, I now NEVER count on anything past 7 weeks as chances are the second one will never appear if both are not there by then. So far I've never had a puppy or kitten drop the second one if it isn't there by this age. I also don't want to breed dogs that are late developers and I firmly believe this can be genetic, so if not there at 7 weeks I would not keep such a pup or sell it for showing. Yes it may drop later, but I'm not willing to risk it again.

My pup only had one at 7 weeks as the vet had a good, old rummage to see if he could feel both but nope.  Now, at almost 10 weeks, both are obviously down.

My boy dropped his second at about 13 - 14 weeks.

I'm just no good at finding them in baby pups. I can always feel something but not two entities.

Marianne, Do people not breed from boys that only have 1?  I have no idea as my dogs have always had 2 by the 'proper' ages.

No, dogs with only one desceded testicle should not be bred from.

They should not be bred from but they are plenty who do!!!

Well, I for one, don't know anything about retained testicles and breeding from affected dogs.  I would never have thought that was hereditary or would affect progeny in any way.  Learn something new everyday!

There is thought to be a link between male cryptorchid litter mates and fertility issues in their female counterparts.

my first litter only had 1 male and I felt them both down at less than 6 weeks, they were only the size of apple seeds, next litter, same bitch different stud had 4 pups all male and they varied between 6-9 weeks before both were reliably staying down.

as they start off above the kidneys,one higher than the other they have some travelling to do and unfortunately the gap they need to pass through closes before the second one has descended.

my parents first mini long dachsie only had one and the other one was missing altogether, he lived till the age of 13 with just one and had no problems.

Litter one, all there on all four males no problem.

Litter two, repeat mating, two boys were fine, two boys had one only until testosterone surge at about 8 months (could occasionally feel second one prior to that), but they both ended up with two. One boy hasn't got any :(