What can I expect after neutering?

[HeyJude]

Harley is going to be a year old in a few days. He is showing his male parts, not something I want to see. When he gets neutered, will he stop showing that? He seems to have it out alot lately. Also, my DH and I were wondering, do they take all the testicle parts off? I know this is gross, but with my house being so small, we notice this stuff often. Thanks for your answers. I know it isn't good to neuter till they are close to 2 years, but I don't now if I can wait that long.

[PaddyD]

Sorry, males don't change their habits much after neutering.

[amber83]

Getting him neutered will not stop him from showing his stuff. They remove the testicles but he will have his scrotum it will just be smaller without the testicles. Is it your vet that said two years? You typically do want to wait longer with larger dogs so their bodies get adequate hormones needed for development but I hadn't heard of waiting that long.

[Draugr]

Your dog in all likelihood doesn't care about his appearances, but you should probably put more thought into this big of a decision than "I don't like how it looks."

As for expectations, it's probably best to expect that nothing at all is going to change.

[ChancetheGSD]

The ONLY thing neutering stops is his ability to make puppies. Nothing else. People who say it will stop things like marking, being territorial/aggressive, humping, running off, ect are full of crap. As for him showing off his red lipstick, he has no control over that and yes, it is apart of being a male dog and will happen regardless of his testicles being there or not. If you think that's gross, consider the cases where people have to manually clean their dogs peewinkles. Ahh....The things we do for the love of our dogs. LOL! Welcome to the world of owning a male.

[Emoore]

Originally Posted by HeyJude

Harley is going to be a year old in a few days. He is showing his male parts, not something I want to see. When he gets neutered, will he stop showing that? He seems to have it out alot lately. Also, my DH and I were wondering, do they take all the testicle parts off? I know this is gross, but with my house being so small, we notice this stuff often.

If male parts disgust you, you probably shouldn't have gotten a male dog.


They will take the testicles out of the sack, but the sack will remain. Over time it will become smaller. His penis will still peek out about as much as it does now.

[BlackPuppy]

Originally Posted by PaddyD

Sorry, males don't change their habits much after neutering.

Hahahaha!

Balto was cryptorchid and I put off neutering until he was 11 months old. His constant humping of my female and visiting dogs was driving me crazy!

Sadly, he does not show his stuff anymore. I liked seeing that because I knew he was happy. Now once a year, maybe, I see it. But I know he's happy.

After neutering, no humping, still happy happy, but fat. Still quite the sniffer! He surfs the squirrel and rabbit tracks in the neighborhood.

[HeyJude]

Being my first big male dog, didn't know about the lipstick showing thing until he matured. I wouldn't trade him for all the money in the world! I still would rather have that than a female in heat, nothing worse than a crabby female! For some reason I figured if you took a males testes away he would stop that, that is what I get for thinking! LOL He only does it when he is excited about playing ball or having a wrestling match with my hubby. Guess I will have to get used to it. Really no reason to have him altered, we don't have any other dogs and we live about a mile or from the nearest dog.

[msvette2u]

Neutering will stop him from running off "in search of a female", if your neighbor has one that's in heat.
If he just likes to roam (and it's unrelated to mating) then it might not stop that.

[Rahrah]

If you're going to neuter him, why not wait until he's in his second year (after he's finished growing/filling out)?

Is that him in your avatar? if so, Gorgeous Boy!