my chi is 5 months old soon and my vet is pushing to have him neutered.he is practising on any cuddly toy he comes across.(my dog not the vet)it isnt nice to watch . he only does it  when he gets a whiff of a new teddy. will this continue. does he need the op. (my breeder said yes.) i had my gsd done . after he had a retained testicle. didnt know then he could have kept other  one. vet said he will get cancer.if other testicle remained is this true. im so confused.my chi is only three pounds odd in weight.it seems cruel.. will he break fences to get out if bitch is in area. the vet says he will.i will go by opinion on this site.i have received good advice in past. my oh said its not needed. its different for large dogs.  please advise me thankyou.

I'm no expert, but I would have thought he was a bit young, at 5 months to have the snip.
I'm sure someone with more experience will be along soon, with some advice for you.

If in doubt......do nowt!

liberty ;)

In my opinion there is no need to have your dog castrated if you don't want to. He's your dog, not the vet's. I have two entire males who have never once gone wandering to get to a bitch in season, even when said bitch was next door!

At the moment your boy is entering adolescence, and his hormone levels are very high. By the time he is two they will have settled back down again and he will be much calmer. If you don't like to watch him humping a cuddly toy, tell him "NO!" and remove it. Don't let him have access to them. He'll get the message that it is undesired behaviour.

It is true that retained testicles have a higher-than-usual chance of becoming cancerous (due to being at a higher temperature within the body), but if that one is removed the other one is at no greater risk. Why did the breeder suggest he should be castrated?

Too true JG, I have 3 intact males at the moment and others in the past and never had a problem, only castrated once and would never ever do it again except for a strong and immediate medical reason. It is your pup and your decision, will your vet treat your dog free for any possible side effects he may develop as the years go by, I think not. Make your own mind up but even if you do decide to have it done wait till the dog is fully mature, by then you will not see the need.

If he only weighs 3 pounds, the only fences he could break  down I Would have thought where ones made off matches. I have a male tht has been done and he still mounts sometimes. but before he was done I had no problems with him breaking down fences and he weighs 60kg .if it were me I  would wait a while as he is young and the testical may still drop.

Just reread your post sorry it was your gsd with the problem, not you pup.

I have only once had a dog castrated, he was done very young (just over 5 months) as he also need cherry eye ops, so we did everyting together - only 1 GA that way.  It made not difference to hs behaviour at all, he had been and  remained a very determined boy who was happy to mate anything he fancied!  I had the op done as a precaution as we had bitches, no to control his behaviour, so it was an OK outcome for me, but I would have been very disappointed if I had done it to established changed behaviour patterns.
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Gwen