If a 7 month cocker puppy has retained test*cles, would it affect the texture of the coat. Know all about the implications re removal etc. When I was grooming him, I thought he had been neutered, his coat was very woolly, could that be the cause.

Have a dog (9) who had retained test*cles, his coat is very thick, fluffy & soft as if he has no coarse top coat. He's hard work in wet weather to keep clean (lemon & white) as dirt just seems to stick to him, not seen another within the breed like him (thank goodness). 

has he got a fully descended test*cle? or are they both retained. If both retained then I would say yes it is very likely the cause of the coat texture. Spaniels are notorious for neuter coat problems.

I'd agree with Smithy.

He has one retained and one very small, I could not find it when I groomed him but the vet said it was there. Thanks for your replies.

Got into a discussion about our dog having had retained testis & was surprised to be asked (by a surgeon) if they had been working, not thinking quickly enough didn't ask how would you tell? Looking on line read somewhere that when one is retained it's normally the right one, curious wonder why.
Now I know that they wouldn't/couldn't produce sperm but do retained testis always have the ability to produce testosterone?

This is an interesting topic. A friend has a litter brother of my dog (GR's) who has one retained test*cle, I asked for advice about this on a thread recently. The dogs coat is quite different to my girls, much thicker with a dense undercoat, more like the coats my previous spayed girls had. This could be that he has inherited a different coat type to my dogs, but if his descended testicle isn't working properly, perhaps, as suggested above, his coat is more like that of a neutered dog.

Why on earth is the word testicle being edited here?  Surely no one is offended by what is in fact the correct medical term.

This is an important topic and shouldn't be trivialised in this way

Lacy, from all I have read, my understanding is that retained testicles remain capable of testosterone production

Perhaps the production is reduced, and that is why the coat effect.

> Surely no one is offended by what is in fact the correct medical term

100% agree.  I know one dog forum where you have to type b*tch and I know that any proper dog person doesn't have a problem with the word bitch.  I know we often call them our "girls" but it isn't because we have a problem with the correct term.