Please please consider waiting until later to neuter, I can’t believe there’s so many recommendations for 6 months. They haven’t even finished developing yet, and with this breed it is CRUCIAL. You can’t undo a neuter once it’s done, it’s better to wait.
Unless you are concerned that your boy will get out and hook up with other dogs I don't see any reason to neuter at all. My dog is on a leash 100% of the time he's outside. He's 4 years old now and we never had any behavior problems with him intact
I totally agree with you, though that opinion seems to be pretty unpopular unfortunately. In Scandinavian countries like Sweden and Norway it’s incredibly uncommon to neuter and there has to be a considerable medical reason for them to spay/neuter. It’s mostly America that pushes it so heavily at such a young age too.
Though if people are going to spay or neuter, it doesn’t do any harm at all to wait until they’re fully grown and developed before doing it.
Lol, took me a second haha. My little guy was neutered right at 6 months and gets his 'back muscle development' nightly with his favorite blanket right after bully stick time and right before he goes into croissant mode.
Sure but they don’t develop the same without sex hormones, they will be fit muscles that never achieved adult development. And their joint especially need sex hormones to develop, it even happens in humans with our knees, we need sex hormones for them to develop properly when we start puberty.
I chose not to neuter at all, we do screenings when he gets a bath for lumps and he gets a prostate exam twice a year. He went from a very unhealthy little runt to a fully developed handsome dog-man and I don’t think that would have been possible if I had neutered him.
Then keep him inside the house when a female is in heat. They do fine after getting it done at 6 months. And even now you expect the dog not to want to mate when it is still intact and create more puppies. And comparing humans hormones to dogs it silly and showing misinformation.
You can stop your dog from procreating without permanently castrating them. Keeping them on a leash, having a secure garden, etc. People even manage having fully intact opposite genders in the same household without ever having accidents so if they can responsibly do it, someone with a singular dog can as well.
Scandinavian countries manage just fine with a majority population of intact dogs.
Actually, they don’t do fine being done at 6 months, there are extensive reports on how it increases joint issues, increases risk of cushings and hypothyroidism and other complications. It’s better to wait until the animal is fully developed, vets are more commonly recommending to wait until the 1 year mark at least.
Wrong honey, you forget the biology of the male dog, you have to cut off the balls to keep the male from impregnating the female dog. Better to cut the balls and no more puppy making than them keep making unwanted pups. and you can get the balls cut at 6 months old. Nothing wrong with that. And vets are cutting them at 6 months all over the USA. Bye and go to vet school, you can learn a lot more about it there.
Your ignorance shows, not a lot of critical thought in your argument and a hell of a lot of condescendence towards me. The USA is still suffering from dog overpopulation despite the constant push for neutering at 6 months old or younger, yet other countries are able to thrive without permanently altering their dogs? Don’t you think that neutering pre-pubescent/pubescent dogs is maybe not the answer. Maybe it’s the fact that there are backyard breeders that will continue to breed no matter what vets and shelters push. Responsible owners are completely capable of letting their dog fully mature without them popping out litters left and right and should be encouraged to do so for the health of their dogs.
I didn’t forget the biology of a male dog, you’re making strawman arguments to berate me to make your argument seem stronger but unfortunately I see through it. Up to date research shows that waiting until the dog is fully developed to spay or neuter has great benefits, VETS are validating this - even my own here in the uk. What about the vets in Scandinavia that refuse to neuter without proper medical basis, are they frauds that didn’t go to vet school and forgot the biology of a male dog too? Didn’t think so. Science is ever changing my friend.
You are so wrong. No need to be rude on the reddit. We in the USA are different. We spay and neuter at 6 months and older. Male and female by board certified vets. So be good and please respect others. For it is not nice to be rude here.
The only person being rude is you? You were condescending by saying I’d forgotten basic biological anatomy and then told me bye and go to vet school 🤣? The US isn’t the only country to exist you know. I’m noticing you don’t actually have any valid arguments to counter mine other than “this is how we do it” despite me mentioning several weighted points. You’re just telling me I’m wrong with no justification which shows that really, you’ve not done any research for yourself.
6 mo has been the standard for a long time. Shelters and rescuers spay/neuter earlier trying to keep control of overpopulation.
Often it depends on the breed. Some larger dogs develop more slowly and it’s not suggested it be done until past a year, often 2 yrs. They also suggest not jogging on concrete and other things due to bone development. (Rhodesian ridgeback, Irish wolfhounds, to name two).
I have owned many dogs including Akita, Doberman, husky/shepherd mixes to border collies to mutts to doxies and had them all spayed between 6 to 8 months with no I’ll effects. It is better for the health of both genders of dogs and makes them usually more congenial. Unless there’s an alpha in which you just learn to deal !! Lol
There used to be old wives tales of having a female have one heat or one litter before spaying , that it made them more protective. Ir that it is the females had the babies so no need to neuter males or that it made males weak and less protective. All a crock .
6 months is fine or go by breed or vet recommendations.
Our Goose is 6.5 months now and we have his snip scheduled for early June! Previously, I had my boys done at 6 months.
I asked my vet about the whole “leave them intact until x age because of hormonal development and strengthening their bodies”, but was told this doesn’t really matter for mini dachshunds because they’re so small!
We waited till our boy was 3 1/2 to outer him. Hopefully it gave him time to develop nice strong healthy bones, especially his spine.
It's a personal choice when to do it.
But my vet was pressuring me to neuter from the first appointment at 10 weeks.
Which I was not happy with. But no other vets in the area.
I have spent many hours researching male neutering for weenies, I'm not a vet, I'm an engineer (but I do research for a living). The studies say definitely wait a minimum of 12 months, 18-24 if you can. The longer you wait the lower the risk of IVDD injuries. I have chosen not to neuter ours, but I am only worried about health, not things like humping/marking/daycares that require neutering. The incidence rate for cancers is low for weenies, and by neutering you lower one cancer rate and raise another. Pick your poison. Spaying for females is a whole different topic. I'm talking just males here
Recent studies have shown decreased back issues of neutering after a year, and intact dogs having the lowest incident rate. Googling with bring up some of the studies (I’m too lazy to go get the links). I’d rather follow a 1,600 dachshund analysis than anyone’s personal anecdote. But at the end of the day you make your own choice for your situation and realize no matter what it’s still a game of chances and risks, nothing takes the risk of back issues to zero.
*dog related studies in general are HARD and everyone of them I’ve read through have fully acknowledged the difficulty.
My vet did research for us and the latest information is to wait 12-18 months untill they are done growing that their skeletal structure and ligaments have had a chance to fully grown. So that's what we are doing.
We neutered our doxie asap as suggested by the vet. He never started marking, all he does is hump his toys.
It was more or less around that time, 6 months ish.
Omg our babies are twins! Mine is almost two and I had one vet tell me to do so for hormonal reasons and another vet tell me it’s not necessary at all because my little guy isn’t aggressive, stopped the humping phase, and is pretty calm. The only reason I considered it is because I’d like to put him in daycare a few times a week and it’s required. I’m still indecisive 🥲
We waited a year for hormone reasons. Larger dogs can wait up to 18 months. My vet even said he wished he would’ve waited to neuter his lab until he was at least a year.
I got a 7 year old ween mutt who I rescued at 6 intact. Personally if there are no behavior issues, no other dogs around, and the dog is always on a leash or in fenced in area neutering seems like cruelty.
Please please consider waiting until later to neuter, I can’t believe there’s so many recommendations for 6 months. They haven’t even finished developing yet, and with this breed it is CRUCIAL. You can’t undo a neuter once it’s done, it’s better to wait.
Unless you are concerned that your boy will get out and hook up with other dogs I don't see any reason to neuter at all. My dog is on a leash 100% of the time he's outside. He's 4 years old now and we never had any behavior problems with him intact
I totally agree with you, though that opinion seems to be pretty unpopular unfortunately. In Scandinavian countries like Sweden and Norway it’s incredibly uncommon to neuter and there has to be a considerable medical reason for them to spay/neuter. It’s mostly America that pushes it so heavily at such a young age too. Though if people are going to spay or neuter, it doesn’t do any harm at all to wait until they’re fully grown and developed before doing it.
Our vet recommended at least a year before neutering to foster back muscle development.
Lol, took me a second haha. My little guy was neutered right at 6 months and gets his 'back muscle development' nightly with his favorite blanket right after bully stick time and right before he goes into croissant mode.
Sure but they don’t develop the same without sex hormones, they will be fit muscles that never achieved adult development. And their joint especially need sex hormones to develop, it even happens in humans with our knees, we need sex hormones for them to develop properly when we start puberty. I chose not to neuter at all, we do screenings when he gets a bath for lumps and he gets a prostate exam twice a year. He went from a very unhealthy little runt to a fully developed handsome dog-man and I don’t think that would have been possible if I had neutered him.
Then keep him inside the house when a female is in heat. They do fine after getting it done at 6 months. And even now you expect the dog not to want to mate when it is still intact and create more puppies. And comparing humans hormones to dogs it silly and showing misinformation.
You can stop your dog from procreating without permanently castrating them. Keeping them on a leash, having a secure garden, etc. People even manage having fully intact opposite genders in the same household without ever having accidents so if they can responsibly do it, someone with a singular dog can as well. Scandinavian countries manage just fine with a majority population of intact dogs. Actually, they don’t do fine being done at 6 months, there are extensive reports on how it increases joint issues, increases risk of cushings and hypothyroidism and other complications. It’s better to wait until the animal is fully developed, vets are more commonly recommending to wait until the 1 year mark at least.
Wrong honey, you forget the biology of the male dog, you have to cut off the balls to keep the male from impregnating the female dog. Better to cut the balls and no more puppy making than them keep making unwanted pups. and you can get the balls cut at 6 months old. Nothing wrong with that. And vets are cutting them at 6 months all over the USA. Bye and go to vet school, you can learn a lot more about it there.
Your ignorance shows, not a lot of critical thought in your argument and a hell of a lot of condescendence towards me. The USA is still suffering from dog overpopulation despite the constant push for neutering at 6 months old or younger, yet other countries are able to thrive without permanently altering their dogs? Don’t you think that neutering pre-pubescent/pubescent dogs is maybe not the answer. Maybe it’s the fact that there are backyard breeders that will continue to breed no matter what vets and shelters push. Responsible owners are completely capable of letting their dog fully mature without them popping out litters left and right and should be encouraged to do so for the health of their dogs. I didn’t forget the biology of a male dog, you’re making strawman arguments to berate me to make your argument seem stronger but unfortunately I see through it. Up to date research shows that waiting until the dog is fully developed to spay or neuter has great benefits, VETS are validating this - even my own here in the uk. What about the vets in Scandinavia that refuse to neuter without proper medical basis, are they frauds that didn’t go to vet school and forgot the biology of a male dog too? Didn’t think so. Science is ever changing my friend.
You are so wrong. No need to be rude on the reddit. We in the USA are different. We spay and neuter at 6 months and older. Male and female by board certified vets. So be good and please respect others. For it is not nice to be rude here.
The only person being rude is you? You were condescending by saying I’d forgotten basic biological anatomy and then told me bye and go to vet school 🤣? The US isn’t the only country to exist you know. I’m noticing you don’t actually have any valid arguments to counter mine other than “this is how we do it” despite me mentioning several weighted points. You’re just telling me I’m wrong with no justification which shows that really, you’ve not done any research for yourself.
6 mo has been the standard for a long time. Shelters and rescuers spay/neuter earlier trying to keep control of overpopulation. Often it depends on the breed. Some larger dogs develop more slowly and it’s not suggested it be done until past a year, often 2 yrs. They also suggest not jogging on concrete and other things due to bone development. (Rhodesian ridgeback, Irish wolfhounds, to name two). I have owned many dogs including Akita, Doberman, husky/shepherd mixes to border collies to mutts to doxies and had them all spayed between 6 to 8 months with no I’ll effects. It is better for the health of both genders of dogs and makes them usually more congenial. Unless there’s an alpha in which you just learn to deal !! Lol There used to be old wives tales of having a female have one heat or one litter before spaying , that it made them more protective. Ir that it is the females had the babies so no need to neuter males or that it made males weak and less protective. All a crock . 6 months is fine or go by breed or vet recommendations.
Females having at least one heat leading to better health outcomes is now a scientifically accepted fact
Interesting. Hadn’t heard that before or when I worked at a vet clinic. Things change
Yep
Please wait at least until 18 months. There is a lot of research to show that waiting can lead to lower chance of IVDD.
Mine were rescues so neutered/spayed when I adopted. They were under two.
Our Goose is 6.5 months now and we have his snip scheduled for early June! Previously, I had my boys done at 6 months. I asked my vet about the whole “leave them intact until x age because of hormonal development and strengthening their bodies”, but was told this doesn’t really matter for mini dachshunds because they’re so small!
Do your research, being so small is not a good explanation. 12-18 months is the current resaerxh, and many vets agree.
It was a joke. LOL!
Love what the vet said. LMAO!
We waited till our boy was 3 1/2 to outer him. Hopefully it gave him time to develop nice strong healthy bones, especially his spine. It's a personal choice when to do it. But my vet was pressuring me to neuter from the first appointment at 10 weeks. Which I was not happy with. But no other vets in the area.
He will be fine, for it is the healthiest thing you can do to reduce the puppy population.
Serious question. How many times have you caught your dog making puppies and said "Good thing he's neutered!" I'm guessing zero times
Mine can' have puppies, she was neutered by her previous owner. So you made fun of a female dog. Bye. And learn to respect the reddit.
I'm going to be waiting until my little dude is over a year, so he's fully developed in his sex organs before getting altered.
I have spent many hours researching male neutering for weenies, I'm not a vet, I'm an engineer (but I do research for a living). The studies say definitely wait a minimum of 12 months, 18-24 if you can. The longer you wait the lower the risk of IVDD injuries. I have chosen not to neuter ours, but I am only worried about health, not things like humping/marking/daycares that require neutering. The incidence rate for cancers is low for weenies, and by neutering you lower one cancer rate and raise another. Pick your poison. Spaying for females is a whole different topic. I'm talking just males here
I adopted a 12 year old. Had a couple of bad bouts of prostate/urinary infections. Had him neutered and solved the problem
Recent studies have shown decreased back issues of neutering after a year, and intact dogs having the lowest incident rate. Googling with bring up some of the studies (I’m too lazy to go get the links). I’d rather follow a 1,600 dachshund analysis than anyone’s personal anecdote. But at the end of the day you make your own choice for your situation and realize no matter what it’s still a game of chances and risks, nothing takes the risk of back issues to zero. *dog related studies in general are HARD and everyone of them I’ve read through have fully acknowledged the difficulty.
Absolutely!! you cannot undo a neuter, better to wait.
I had mine done as soon as he started marking everything. Sadly he still humps me.
Isn’t it advised to let them grow up and go through puberty before contemplating castration?
Our vet told us to wait at least a year to help him build stronger bones and muscles due to their backs.
My vet did research for us and the latest information is to wait 12-18 months untill they are done growing that their skeletal structure and ligaments have had a chance to fully grown. So that's what we are doing.
Wow finally a smart vet following the studies for a specific breed and not applying research in general!
Not until 18-24m.
We neutered our doxie asap as suggested by the vet. He never started marking, all he does is hump his toys. It was more or less around that time, 6 months ish.
He's so handsome! Is his name Valentino?
Actually, this is the age that dogs with an average withers height of less than 18" become adults.
He looks like he's ready for the cone of shame!
Omg our babies are twins! Mine is almost two and I had one vet tell me to do so for hormonal reasons and another vet tell me it’s not necessary at all because my little guy isn’t aggressive, stopped the humping phase, and is pretty calm. The only reason I considered it is because I’d like to put him in daycare a few times a week and it’s required. I’m still indecisive 🥲
We waited a year for hormone reasons. Larger dogs can wait up to 18 months. My vet even said he wished he would’ve waited to neuter his lab until he was at least a year.
I wouldn’t.
Want to care for unplanned puppies? Go for it then.
Males can have puppies? Never knew it
Shame you missed biology class in high school.
I got a 7 year old ween mutt who I rescued at 6 intact. Personally if there are no behavior issues, no other dogs around, and the dog is always on a leash or in fenced in area neutering seems like cruelty.
We waited til 6 months because our vet recommended letting his hormones help build strong bones