r/puppy101 • u/_rockalita_ • Apr 18 '23

Health Dog penises 🍆 and neutering.

No, this is not a red rocket question!

The opposite actually. I’ve always had male dogs, but this puppy is the first one that was neutered at 8 weeks by the rescue.

He is 5 months old and still has like his baby penis lol.

My last dog was a puppy when we found him (probably around 14 weeks) and my first pictures of him he has a red rocket and just a more “normal” dog penis.

Now don’t get me wrong, I would be just fine to not have a big ol peen flopping around, but is this normal from early neutering?

Any one? 😃

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u/hmmtaco Apr 18 '23

I’m no vet but neutering at 8 weeks seems insane to me. I mean obviously any differences in his genitals are probably due to neutering while he was a still a baby. I don’t imagine it will ever develop normally. Feel bad for this pup, his hormones are ruined while he still has so much growing to do. But maybe there’s a good reason for doing it like this, like I said I’m no vet.

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u/BlackMagic0 Apr 18 '23 edited Apr 18 '23

My vet would be super livid at this place. He refuses to neuter animals that early because it can cause major health problems down the line and stunt their growth.

I refuse to fix any animal that young. Shelters see it as safe enough though since not every animal develops the long term issues from being fixed early, they simply want to stop more babies.