sounds like you’re becoming more taiwanese everyday…
Ok, I know of all the stary dogs and the sad stories. I’m not worried about my dog adding to the problem. I just want to know the health benefits and problems associated with not having my dog neutered. Is there a specific health problem that would arise from not neutering him?
Hi KawasakiRider,
I want to PM you with this info, but I know you will still post here asking the same question because if you did a search on google on: “health benefits of neutering dog” or something to that effect, you would get all the information you ever dream of. So here you go, this link was in my thread on Spaying and Neutering your pets-why you should do it.
Everyone agrees with the benefits of neutering your pets, but we may not know all the medical benefits. You should read up on the medical thoroughly, and then you will be well-informed.
Good luck to your pooch. Just be there for him after the procedure. He’ll be back to his old self in no time.
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Hey, I have been looking for information on what age a male dog can get a female dog pregnant. I have a female who went into heat for the first time and I don’t want her having puppies.(she will get fixed when I go back to Canada, but I really don’t trust the vets here and I don’t want to jeapordise her health as I am leaving in less than 2 months). I also have a male dog who is about 6 months old and after watching another female dog have a go at mine figured out what his bits and pieces are for. I am pretty sure he is not capable of getting her pregnant as his balls havn’t grown since I got him(little grapes on a big puppy) but I thought I would ask just in case. How do you know when your male puppy is capable of impregnating the female. Do I need to keep these two seperate? This would be incredibly difficult at the moment given my living arrangement.
Hi,
The vets here are more than capable (we’ve spayed or neutered about fifty animals now with no problems). And your male could have been neutered months ago; he is able to impregnate a female now.
Good luck, however you do it, but I hope you’re not forced to spay the female as an abortive measure in a few weeks time. :s
Vet science here is not at all backwards. Don’t worry, spaying and neutering is very routine, so please get it done immediately! If you have any doubts at all, we can recommend particular vets in Taipei that we know and work with often; just PM Stray Dog for this info.
Relax! And remember, spaying or neutering your pet as soon as it reaches the appropriate age is the right thing to do!!!
so 6 months is good? I think our guy is ready then, but the vets keep saying 9 months.
Good site for all the info relevant to this thread
[quote]AT WHAT AGE CAN NEUTERING BE PERFORMED?
Neutering can be performed at any age over age 8 weeks. Dogs neutered before puberty (generally age 6 months) tend to grow a bit bigger than dogs neutered after puberty (testosterone is involved in the causing bones to stop growing so without testosterone the bones stop growing later). Neutering can also be performed in the geriatric patient should the prostate gland become enlarged and the best medical decision be to shrink it. In this event, preanesthetic bloodwork and other diagnostics relevant to anesthetizing an older patient would be recommended.
The traditional age for neutering is around 6 months of age and many veterinarians still recommend neutering at this age.
The benefits of neutering (both health and behavioral) can still be obtained regardless of the age at which neutering is performed.[/quote]
thanks very much. He’s getting the chop ASAP
RIP Jack’s balls.
p.s Tigerman and KawasakiRider, in the link above, there’s some interesting info about the health benefits of neutering a dog of any age.
On a side note, my Chocolate was as good as gold and would never run away, always come when called, etc. Then one day he shot off across a field and I had to search for him for over half an hour, and I found him harassing a fearful-looking bitch, obviously in heat. I consider myself lucky that we live in an area with no busy roads, because he ran across two that I saw.
He was neutered the next day. Now Chocollate’s as good as gold again. 
First I would like to say it is great that you have good vets to go to in Taipei, but I am not even close to there and it has been my experience that the majority of vets here are a bunch of incompetent morons who want to make money, so they are not touching my female dog. Oh ya this is after having one dog go to 5 different vets and getting 5 different answers on his skin condition, would you trust these people with your baby. I am close to Taichung and would consider having the male snipped here as it is less invasive, I can probably scooter him all the way to Taichung to have it done and arrange for transportation getting him back to Fong Yuan. So are any of you from the Taichung area and know a really good vet who has the animals best interest at heart? Stray dog you PM’d me about a vet who rescues street dogs in his time off, I think I could trust that. Anyway I agree you should spay or neuter your pets, it doesn’t hurt them or change them except removing a little bit of flesh. My dogs back in Canada were all spay and neutered and were excellent animals.
alright, we just went into our vet and enquired about when would be a good time to book in, and they damn near put him on the op table right there and then.
The english was a bit sketchy regarding how much he has eaten etc. We are going to take him in tomorrow.
What is the normal procedure regarding eating and other prep prior to general anae, ana, ane; putting under?
Is there anything else we need to know to keep an eye on when the vet does it etc?
Recovery tips?
Cheers.
It’s best if he has nothing to eat or drink the vening before the surgery. This is because the anaesthetic can cause some animals to vomit if there is anything in the stomach, which can be dangerous while unconscious, as the vomit could then be inaled and enter the lungs. An empty stomach won’t ‘need’ nor have anything to vomit.
For males, the op is very simple and 99.9 percent risk-free. He’ll be under for a pretty short period of time, and should have shaken off all effects of the anaesthetic after a couple of hours (Choclolate was trying to get into the fridge 20 mins after the op, and almost fell asleep inside it. He kep trying to chew his bone, but fell over each time he tried to take it up on to the sofa 
). He should be completely back to normal by the following morning.He should certinly have no drowsiness 48 hours post-op. If he seems in pain the next day or is still a bit woosie more than 36 hours after op, take him back to the vet. If the vet shrugs it off, go to another vet for a second opinion (we always go to the university vet hospital for a second opinion). Having said that, the chances of any serious problems developing are minimal. He should be eating and keeping his food down within a day, maybe two at the most. Obviously don’t let Jack operate any heavy machinery or drink alcohol for a few days. 
Other things to look for after the op are infection around the site of the wound (you’ll see redness - the vet may give you antibiotics, and, if you’re like me, you may only want to give antibiotics if an infection arises). Some vets will give the dog an Elizabethan collar to wear, to prevent the dog from licking the wound and making it ‘dirty’. Comsidering the animal will be lying on the ground, you can assess for yourself whether you want him to wear a collar or not when you’re around. Many vets don’t give a collar. You will have to watch to make sure the dog doesn’t remove the stitches, though. He may not seem bothered at first, but then, when you’re not around and he’s bored, he may have a go at them - perhaps a good reason to consider using the collar when you’re not there to keep an eye on him.
Don’t let him jump around too much for a few days, and after three days he can start going for short walks, building up to longer walks gradually over a week. The sutures are usually removed after about 10 days (sometimes more or less, depending on the vet).
Bear in mind, for the vast, vast majority of dogs, it’s a problem-free operation.
Woudsprite, I’ll need to respond to your PM this evening - I have to take my dogs to the vet now!
Cheers,
Sean
How’s Jack?
yes, we just picked him up.
He stumbled out of the vet’s back room with his ears pinned back walking very gingerly, poor bastard. Rode in the car fine. Still a bit glassy-eyed but he is glad to be at home on his bed.
I am sure glad that is over with, but you’re right - there is nothing to it really, well for us anyway!!
Vet staff at Nankan were good (Thanks Steeevieboy for that recommendation)
Now the recovery…
The vet who did the de-balling on our lab last month (very smooth procedure, no notable effect on the dog other than the obvious emptiness of his scrotum a few days later when the swelling subsided …) happily volunteered the information that he and a colleague had the mutual agreement to do the procedure on each-other in order to avoid testicular cancer. He made this proclamation whilst squishing one testicle out of the small incision he’d made in the scrotum. I cringed, smiled politely and tried not to think of my grand-ma’s clear beef soup that would have small meatballs made of ground meat and bone marrow, delicious, but unfortunately slightly testicular in appearance and, I imagine, granularity. Jikes. The vet was very proud of the size of my dog’s balls, and surely, by pure association, he inferred similar qualities on me. He asked whether I wanted to, in his words “keep the balls” or not. I declined the kind offer and took my dog home.
@ webdoctors: there was a band in Germany somtime in the 80ies I believe, by the name of “Trio” who’s biggest hit was as song called “dadada”. It almost entirely consisted of these “words”, yuu’da lyked eet!
I hope he washed his hands after doing that, and before touching your dog! 
Truant, how’s Jack doing?
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Truant, how’s Jack doing?[/quote]
yeah good, he’s back to normal pretty much, so it all went pretty well. 4 more days and the stitches come out.
Easy peasy.