tynetyke 0 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 (edited) can anyone tell me when my ten month old terriers hydraulics will drop i'm a bit concerned as i caught the back end of a vet programme on tv tother week and saw this fourteen month old staffy getting his lopped off with the vet saying something about retaining testicles leading to cancer, i think they are visible sometimes mainly in the morning but they're at the base of his penis and not hanging where they should be just wanted to hear your views before calling our vet thanks TT Edited October 11, 2008 by tynetyke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarcusOvDarlo 0 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 :| Not good... Just get it to the vets and see whats happening, Good luck. MOD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tynetyke 0 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 cheers was hoping for better news but looks like me fears have been confirmed looks like a visit to the vets then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 stay away from vets!!!! its still only a young dog massage them everyday and see what develops, yes retained balls are more suspect to cancer but the dog can live a perfectly good life all the same we used to have a parsons jrt with a retainded bollock and he was a right randy git if a bitch was in season within a couple of miles he would be there ! and he fathered countless pups not that he was suposed to mine he was just a crafty randy git remember VETS just want your money dont go giving them exuses to get just wait and wieght the job up when its 18 mths -2 yrs old , act in haste repent at your liesure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Garypco 3 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 can anyone tell me when my ten month old terriers hydraulics will drop i'm a bit concernedas i caught the back end of a vet programme on tv tother week and saw this fourteen month old staffy getting his lopped off with the vet saying something about retaining testicles leading to cancer, i think they are visible sometimes mainly in the morning but they're at the base of his penis and not hanging where they should be just wanted to hear your views before calling our vet thanks TT Here you go mate...have mine!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tynetyke 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 stay away from vets!!!! its still only a young dog massage them everyday and see what develops, yes retained balls are more suspect to cancer but the dog can live a perfectly good life all the same we used to have a parsons jrt with a retainded bollock and he was a right randy git if a bitch was in season within a couple of miles he would be there ! and he fathered countless pups not that he was suposed to mine he was just a crafty randy git remember VETS just want your money dont go giving them exuses to get just wait and wieght the job up when its 18 mths -2 yrs old , act in haste repent at your liesure can anyone tell me when my ten month old terriers hydraulics will drop i'm a bit concernedas i caught the back end of a vet programme on tv tother week and saw this fourteen month old staffy getting his lopped off with the vet saying something about retaining testicles leading to cancer, i think they are visible sometimes mainly in the morning but they're at the base of his penis and not hanging where they should be just wanted to hear your views before calling our vet thanks TT Here you go mate...have mine!!!!! Well i called the vet yesterday before gannin oot to watch the match and she reckons there defo retained at ten months should be oot by now, will be hoping to leave op till after xmas as you can imagine its not cheap they reckon between £150-300 depending if they're in his abdomen or groin. topper cheers for advice but i'm not wanting to take any chances mate i lost me staffy bitch to cancer last xmas still guts me now that i could,nt stump up the £1200 pound they wanted for the op to save her. she's a big miss garypco cheers for your offer but they're a bit oot of proportoin they look bigger than his heed p.s thats him in the avater lookin round to see where his bollox are thanks again TT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Borders 7 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Hi Some Border males do seem to drop theirs abit on the late side nowadays. If you can feel them under the skin,like on a young pup then there is still a chance they may drop.Spoken to 1 owner who's dogs did'nt drop until he was 14mths. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irish Lurcher 1,013 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Be sure to brings the balls home with you, garlic and lightly fried. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kristian 9 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 My Irish bull terriers balls didn't drop til he was about 12months old! i was a bit worried about him but all seems well there now! well til he has them chopped off soon lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dawn B 212 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Id wait untill he was about 14-16mths if he were mine. Some Borders do suffer from "late decent" but its usually one testicle and not both. Still, he is young yet, give it a bit more time, see if there is any change after Xmas, no harm will come in that time. If his nuts havent dropped he is infertile anyway, and yes they can go cancerous as the testicles are located outside the body as they need to retain a lower temperature, so removing them will be the safest option. Dawn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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