Can you band (castrate) a dog like you can a cow or goat?

Question

I know farmer's do this with livestock and cats, just wondered if you could do it to a dog. Using the elastic band.

I know farmers do this, I am not going to do this, just researching it for a report on animal treatment. Funny how things turn so controversial.

Answer 1

I use to band my goats, and when we had cows, we banded the bull calves. I suppose you could do it with a dog..but it would have to be an older dog. Puppies testicles are real close to the body...would be hard to get the band around them properly. With calves and kids..the testicles are bigger and hang down lower than they do with a dog. Would I suggest someone do this?? No.

You would have to do them surgically (not that I think anyone should do this..unless they know what they are doing)..the same way the vets do it. My dad use to raise hogs and we would castrate them right in the barn. He hung them up by their back legs, numbed the area, gave them some pain killer and did his own castrating. We never had one get infected...but we kept things clean.

Oh...and I've never heard of a farmer neutering cats with a band...at least we never did.

Answer 2

Of course you can castrate a dog via banding.

You can castrate just about anything that way.

Banding became popular in the mid 1900's due to how easy it is. But recently it has died off because people think it's cruel. Watch out though, depending on where you live you might break the law if you do.

Having grown up on a ranch we always used a burzizzo on our dogs.

Answer 3

Actually, prior to the 1990's banding was common practice in eastern NC for castrating dogs! It wasn't until a few vets realized how much they could make from surgical removal that the process changed. It is still a common practice for large dogs and for stray cats in many rural areas.

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

NO! You cannot. That is cruel and can lead to some really nasty infections. Just as an example, when I was working at a large clinic in Houston, some people brought in their Dachshund. Their grandfather, a Chinese immigrant who probably had lived in a very rural community in China and had little experience with companion animals, told them that they could do this to their dog to neuter him. So they wrapped a rubber band around the testicles and left it like that. Well, by the time we saw the dog, the testicles had rotted off (VERY PAINFUL!) and left a gaping wound just under the anus that was infected and fully open. We had to do some serious reconstructive surgery to repair the damage and the dog was in extreme pain by this point. Please just have your pets neutered by a competent veterinarian. There are low cost spay/neuter clinics in every area.

And as far as I know, if anybody does this to a cat, it could be considered animal cruelty.

Answer 7

No, I seriously doubt that you can. It sounds a bit cruel for the dog, especially nowadays how many programs for spaying and neutering are out there. In my area, you can get all sorts of discounts to encourage spaying and neutering.

Answer 8

Absolutely not. The vet is the one you should take the dog to and have it done by someone that knows the correct way to neuter a pet.

Answer 9

ABOLUTELY NOT! It is dangerous and leads to infections not to mention extremely painful to the dog!

Also it is defined as animal cruelty and will get you jail time and a fine! With all the low cost; some even free, neutering clinics why would you even consider it!

Answer 10

Oh boy are you gonna hear some grief on this one!

I honestly don't know if you can, but I would say no.