My dog has a an undescended testicle which my husband, vet, and I are keeping a close eye on. He's registered and insured with the Kennel club. He's got 14 champions in his lines...and his brother is going to Crufts this year. He's my first dog. I didn't buy him to breed or to show, he's just my friend.

My question is, how come the Kennel Club insurance won't cover Cryptorchids to be operated on to remove the missing testicle, if Kennel club 'rules to show' require dogs to have two fully descended testicles...(neuticals not included!)? Maybe it's just me?

Possibly because the "problem" has been there since you first got him and the insurance was taken out. Insurance companies won't cover existing problems

Christine

Love that Neuticals :D

I suppose one could consider the 'problem' to be the fact that many of these dogs are still being bred? In that case it is pre and post existing! Just hope it comes down so he doesn't have to go through the op.

How old is your lad?

He's just over a year...giving it two to see if it comes down. It's unlikely to go cancerous in that period of time. We're trying homepathic testoterone, don't know if it's working, but he seems to 'like legs' a whole lot more!!!

surely if there is only one missing then he is a monorchid?

Monorchid is the popular term but Cryptorchid is tecnically (anatomically?) correct:)

Christine

Hi Christine

Just interested in your answer for the reason why they refuse to pay ! Could this not be said then for inherited conditions as well then ?

Lucy

Hi Lucy

If you have ever dealt with insurance companies you will have found that they will get out of paying anything they can:) I think it depends upon the inherited condition for example hip dysplasia - although a pup might go on to develop this disease it will very rarely be apparent at the time a pup is first insured or when a vet first examines it, probably at the time it is vaccinated. However it will be apparent if only one testical has descended although it could be an arguable point, I would have thought, if neither were present at the time of first insurance as then there was no apparent problem.

I would imagine that IF (very very rare) the pup then went onto develop testicular cancer that the insurance company should pay as this is a new condition.

Christine

I'm confused, cause when we got him at 8 weeks, neither testical had decended. Our breeder's vet said it wasn't a problem cause they were still so young. The pups were insured through the kennel club with the breeder and we just put the policy in our name when he came home with us. In any event, I won't mind paying, so long as he's ok and the op is successful! MAYBE he won't need it??? I'd be over the moon if it that's the case. In fact we'll have a 'coming down party' for him!

I think you will find that ALL insurance companies exclude neutering of any description.