vasectomy for dogs ?

Question

Instead of castrating my pup, can't I just have him sterilized by vasectomy? Maybe this is anatomically impossible.

Answer 1

Castration is a far easier and safer option than vasectomy, also a full castration has the beneficial effect of redceing the amount of testosterone in the dog so reduceing the sexual drive and makeing the dog more amenable to everyone. You will have a much gentler and freindlier dog after the castration . Cosmetically you can have plastic prothesis testicles implanted if you prefer the whole look.

Answer 2

It's certainly anatomically possible, but it's more complicated and like human vasectomy, there is a certain failure rate. In most circumstances, a vasectomy is performed instead of castration when the dog is going to be shown but not bred.

For most pet owners, there is no reason to seek out vasectomy over ordinary neuturing, and there are some definate health benefits for the dog with a full neutering. You eliminating the risk of testicular cancer and dogs that are neutered are much less aggressive which reduces their risk of injury from fights with other dogs.

Answer 3

If you do the vasectomy (which is possible if you find a willing vet) he will still have all the behavior issues of an unneutered male. He can still breed and become tied to females, he just won't impregnant them but you'll have a heck of a time explaining that to a neighbor. He will still mark territory and might be harder to housebreak. He may be more aggresive towards other dogs but not always. And he may want to roam the neighborhood any time he gets a chance. Like mentioned they do make prosthetic testicles for interested owners. But remember humans associate s x with pleasure for animals it is a scent and hormone driven instinct. He won't be missing anything by going through with the neuturing and he won't resent you for it. Either way thank you for choosing to sterilize him and preventing accidental puppies. Good luck and congrats on the your puppy!

Answer 4

By having a vasectomy on your dog he is missing out on the ver best reason to have him neutered in the first place.
You are lowering his risk of cancer and enlarged prostate.
Most male dogs who are intact and live long enough like 10 end up with prostate problems and many get cancer either prostate or testicular.
If you want the look of an unaltered dog look at Nuticals.
They are a replacement testical that they put in after removing the dogs own.
They are great if you want the look of an unaltered dog but want to lower your pets risk of cancer.

Answer 5

Don't you think it's a little fucked up that you're going to invade your dog's body and steal his reproductive organs without his consent?? How dare you take away your dog's chances of ever reproducing. Animals crave reproduction and have the same instincts driving them to want to start families, just like you and I. Who do you think you are? Your poor dog..... There is no way he can escape this, and you're doing this for your convenience, aren't you?


Also, if you want to lower the dog's risk of cancer, feed him raw meat and bones and not dry dog pellets made with grains which have no place in a dog's diet. No animal has evolved in such a way where human intervention is necessary for their health. Only if the human has let them get unhealthy through years of just not caring enough to put them on the B.A.R.F. diet and let them be their natural selves.

Answer 6

Dogs do not need to be anesthetized or to stay at the clinic afterward for observation. They do not face the risks, such as bleeding, that accompany anesthesia and surgery. Giving an injection is easier than surgery any day.

Answer 7

You can have him neutured, and if you still want him to have testicles, you can get fake ones put in-honest!