my dog keeps having blood in is urine the vet say it is a prostrate problem and he must be castrated my dog is ten years old will this help
2007-09-08 19:19:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
No medical procedure is effective 100% of the time, but preventing prostate disease is one of the main benefits of neutering. It's a minor surgery, and would probably be easier on your dog than any other available treatments. It's probably your best option.
2007-09-08 20:02:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neutering your dog may help lower the chance of the prostate problem. You might want to talk to more than one vet to find out if it's true.
At 10 yrs old, you really need to know that it'll help, before putting him through a surgery at his age.
2007-09-08 19:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Castration (neutering) is routinely done on male dogs at 4 to 6 months of age, and part of the reason is to prevent these kinds of problems later in life. I don't know if it will help, but it certainly can't hurt.
2007-09-08 19:29:23 · answer #3 · answered by * 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yes,it should help,as intact male dogs are prone to prostate problems.The cause of the problem is testosterone,which will be reduced when the dog is neutered,thus ( hopefully ) causing the prostate to shrink.
Here is an interesting link for you;it's mostly about prostate problems in dogs.
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dmale.html
2007-09-08 20:45:46 · answer #4 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neutered dogs have a much less chance of prostate cancer. Neutering at a young age could have prevented this from happening.
2007-09-09 02:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by Akatsuki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't get him castrated, the problem will likely worsen, and he may even get cancer and will have to be put down. It really is up to you, but unless you want him to be in more pain than he is now, you should go with it.
2007-09-08 21:35:40 · answer #6 · answered by Jonnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may help. It will reduce the amount of testosterone is his system, and hopefully prevent any more prostate enlargement, which can eventually lead to him having to be put down. Do get a 2nd opinion, though.
2007-09-08 19:29:23 · answer #7 · answered by But Inside I'm Screaming 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not sure but you could either go with it or not. At that age I would get a second opinion to see if being neutered is the only solution!
2007-09-08 19:25:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he makes money every time someone takes him up on his offer.I was also told by a vet that after the initial inoculations and first booster the rest of the boosters were for the vets benifit and not the dog good luck hope your dogs getting better. his problem could by hyper oxiluria calcium tablets will help.
2007-09-08 19:51:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
he would even have had this problem had you neutered him when he was young... why would you have waited???
2007-09-08 23:20:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋