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  • A little off topic here, but Miranda wants to know if you think that Lance Armstrong has an empty scrotum (Her term was actually nutsack) or do you think he possibly has some kind of neuticle implant? Since people normally would wear clothes that would cover this area, do you think it would be important to a person who recovers from a cancer surgery or some other trauma in this area to have an implant like this? I personally wonder why it is thought that a procedure like this bothers animals less than people? Is it really ego and identity driven?

    There are those that dress their dogs up for Halloween, Christmas, Birthdays, and other events. There are those who take their animal for grooming and have a bow put on them. One would think that the motivation for implants after neutering an animal would be very similar.

    I believe that any type of implant is an unnecessary risk to the animals health just as it would be considered a risk to a person's health.

    Isn't one of the reasons that we neuter male dogs to lower the risks of certain cancers?

    Here is an article I found that contains some information in regard to neutering and pack and domestic behaviors.

    http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dog-pack-mentality-successfully-owning-more-than-one-dog.html

    Jason

  • @JazzysMom:

    Bellabasenji - I think the dog will still look male to anyone looking - he will still, after all, have a penis! And on these short haired dogs, it's still pretty visible.

    Exactly, which is precisely why I made this statement:

    "We are NOT talking castration here!!!"

    …I guess I didn't quite make that clear.;)

  • @ComicDom1:

    A little off topic here, but Miranda wants to know if you think that Lance Armstrong has an empty scrotum (Her term was actually nutsack) or do you think he possibly has some kind of neuticle implant?

    From what I've read (and heard him say in an interview - Charlie Rose, I believe, but it might have been some preview tour program I saw it on)…it is empty...so he only has one visible and no implant. I would imagine riding hundreds of miles on a road bike it would be an advantage for a guy to have only one. My male friends have on more than one occasion made a comment how they wish they had only one (or none for that matter) when we've done huge road rides. :D

  • I can understand why a lot of the guys that ride in bike events whether professionally or otherwise would make comments like this. Constant pressure on the testicle area from riding a bicycle is not only uncomfortable but is listed as a contributing factor that can cause temporary Erectile Dysfunction.

    There are actually studies including one from Harvard supporting this information.

    Jason

  • Can you neuter an older dog? Luny was never neutered after leaving the show circuit and I wondered about doing it with him being 10 years already.

  • I had Nicky neutered at 7 years old and he bounced back just fine. He had his teeth cleaned at the same time and really felt better after that.

  • @wizard:

    Can you neuter an older dog? Luny was never neutered after leaving the show circuit and I wondered about doing it with him being 10 years already.

    Wizard I think that is a question that would be best answered by your Vet and based on your dogs health. I would think that as a dog gets older its more risky to put them under anesthesia, but I do not really know.

    Jason

  • @wizard:

    Can you neuter an older dog? Luny was never neutered after leaving the show circuit and I wondered about doing it with him being 10 years already.

    Once they do blood work, I am sure that will tell you if there would be any potential problems… but I would say with a normally healthly Basenji, 10 would be fine... and like lvoss says, doing teeth at the same time is a good option... might as well get everything done while they are under at one time...

  • @bellabasenji:

    Exactly, which is precisely why I made this statement:

    "We are NOT talking castration here!!!"

    …I guess I didn't quite make that clear.;)

    Right; I got that.

    I was just being a smarta*s because you'd said< And most dog lovers, breeders, and "dog-type" people would still know you have a male because of the look of the dog is bigger and blockier. In other words… testicles or not... your dog will still look male to those of us that matter!!!>

    I was just saying that I think even non-dog lovers/people would still know because most people don't look for testicles - most will look at the underbelly to check if a dog is male or female.

    YOU were perfectly clear the first time; sorry if I made it seem otherwise.;)

  • @ComicDom1:

    A little off topic here, but Miranda wants to know if you think that Lance Armstrong has an empty scrotum (Her term was actually nutsack) or do you think he possibly has some kind of neuticle implant? Since people normally would wear clothes that would cover this area, do you think it would be important to a person who recovers from a cancer surgery or some other trauma in this area to have an implant like this? I personally wonder why it is thought that a procedure like this bothers animals less than people? Is it really ego and identity driven?

    There are those that dress their dogs up for Halloween, Christmas, Birthdays, and other events. There are those who take their animal for grooming and have a bow put on them. One would think that the motivation for implants after neutering an animal would be very similar.

    I believe that any type of implant is an unnecessary risk to the animals health just as it would be considered a risk to a person's health.

    Isn't one of the reasons that we neuter male dogs to lower the risks of certain cancers?

    Here is an article I found that contains some information in regard to neutering and pack and domestic behaviors.

    [http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dog-pack-mentality-successfully-owning-more-than-one-dog.html[/ul]

    Jason

    I don't think the look matter as much to dogs - they are generally guided by scent for mating purposes; humans are more guided by sight. Ugly dogs stand a pretty equal chance of mating as pretty dogs. For less attractive humans it's a little tougher.
    The "look" of things is more important to humans; the "scent" is more important to dogs. IMO, of course.](http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dog-pack-mentality-successfully-owning-more-than-one-dog.html[/ul]

    Jason

    I don't think the look matter as much to dogs - they are generally guided by scent for mating purposes; humans are more guided by sight. Ugly dogs stand a pretty equal chance of mating as pretty dogs. For less attractive humans it's a little tougher.
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  • Yeah, Jazzy's mom… it's okay, I guess I was being a dope about that! Sometimes I get all flustered about an issue and don't quite see the irony in things... no apology needed.

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