Hi, i have a 10 month old husky who has had a rather hard time. At 8 weeks of age he had to have an operation as he ate too fast, air built up in his stomach and intestines. This caused his intestines to twist which eventually gradually cut off his blood supply to his intestines. This happened over a period of 3 months, back and forth to vets and three operations. They removed 9 inches of his intestines at only 10 weeks old!!!!!! The suprising thing is, at 10 months old he is actually bigger than his mum, nearly as big as his dad, so it looks like that his troubles have not affected his growth. He is very sturdy, excellent formation and his mothers breeder said he would have been top show quality EXCEPT he has an undescended testicle. Both of his parents are from champion lines and niether of them have ever had this problem in their blood lines. I am unsure if it is hereditory or if it is due to all the medical problems my baby has had. Will i need to take him to vets to have the undecended testlcle removed? Any answers or info would be soooooo much appreciated.
Many Thanks. Sian

Hi Sian,

Poor little thing what a lot to go through. I would advise having the remaining testicle removed ASAP, as it is a big cancer risk. If neither had come down I would say to wait, but as one has, the other is unlikely to now. You could still show him with a letter from the KC if you wanted.

I would be interested to know his lines, as I believe this could be hereditory, and would be nice to know for future reference. You can PM me if you register.

thanks.

It is genetic through the bitch

At that age in a Siberian it could well still drop...... up to 18 months before considering an op :-)

Moonmaiden....I'm sure you have lots of facts & research to back up your statement, so lets hear it ;-)

Don't need lots of research because the genetics are quite simple the Male sex characteristics are carried on the X chromosome which Male dogs receive from their mother therefore the testicle status is inherited from the mother as the Y chromosome is received from the father.

The X chromsome is longer than the Y & the Male sex characteristics are carried on the part of the X chromosome that is not matched by the Y chromosome. XX makes a female XY makes a male

I have qualifications  in biology but the above is simple(in my day 'O' level stuff)genetics :)

By the way the above does not apply to chickens as their chromosomes are the opposite

Sorry to disagree but a quick google search doesn't match what you are claiming :-)

Fine you tell the world that you know that the male sex characteristics are carried on the Y chromosome & your personal evidence to support this It will earn you millions & of course overturn years of research

Only one thing if the male sex characteristics are inherited from the male on his Y chromosome how can an entire male produce non entire male offspring & vica versa of course(Females do not have Y chromosomes by the way)

Can you quote me your personal evidence of your DNA studiies

On the other hand if it was carried by the female on one of her X chromosome which she inherited from her father who only had one testicle then when she was mated to en entire dog there would be a 50/50 chance of it happening but then of course that could not happen could it ?

Bit  like haemophillia this means I suppose that it is carried by the males to pass on to their sons as this gene is carried close to the sex characteristics gene on the chromosome so by your evidence the males not only have it but pass it on to their sons. But how then do males without it produce haemophilliacs &  vica versa(sufferers produce non affected male off spring)

Which means years of research is wrong I learn more & more from this site everyday regarding genetics etc

I know Sibes can take an age to drop, but in my experience they've both come down together. If only one has come down that indicates a problem with the other one to me.

Still sorry to disagree but as I said a google search doesn't tally with your claims, perhaps you could point to some sites that verify your points regarding dogs :-)

And no, in Sibes it is quite common for one to drop and the other to take an age, as I said up to 18 months before you would be advised to worry ;-)

Don't know about Husky's but I once had a Tervueren whose second testicle didn't come down until he was over 2years old - as he was rather nice we thought goody we can show him now - the folowing month his bite changed from level to undershot !!! ho hum

lol at your turv, how annoying.....I have known sibes to have ball / ear moments when young...ear up ball in; ear down ball down :d 

could be hereditary, could be congenital, could be lots of things............................

Hi Sian, when i got my puppy he only had one testicle, the second didnt drop till he was 13 months old. However, i do know some one who had the same problem but the testicle never descended. Although this is abit late, my advice would be to make sure before you buy a pup (in future) that both testicles are down, this saves alot of trouble and heart ache, especially if you want to show or stud your dog. However, he is still young, so hang on and get vets advice in afew months if it still hasn't dropped.

My male Terv had this problem - i was advised by the breeder to have him castrated at just over a year in case it caused cancer. The vet in fact could only get one testicle out as the other was way up near his stomach! but i gather that yes, it is considered best to sort it out rather than leave it.

Lindsay
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