Our boxer puppy just turned one year old last week. He is the first male dog that our family has owned, so there are some things about him that I wonder about. Meaning, I wonder if they are normal occurences. My brother wants to breed him, so we of course want to make sure that his anatomy is all in working order. So, to the first of my questions - ever since he was a small puppy, Iggy's testicles has been sort of one on top of the other, instead of side by side. The vet has never made mention of it before, but I just wondered if this is a common occurence. Also, Iggy was sitting on my lap, and I was scratching inside his thigh when I felt something. I looked, and there was a large lump on the side of his penis, near the base. I immediately freaked and thought it might be a tumor, and I touched it to see what it felt like, but it just disappeared as soon as I touched it. He's gotten them again since. I asked a friend of mine who's had male dogs, and she says that that sort of thing happened to them all the time, although she didn't know what they were. So, I guess I was just wondering if these are in fact normal occurences, or if they are anything we should be worried about.
Question About Male Dog's Anatomy
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courtney323
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Please do a search here on responsible breeding. This is a *very* touchy subject here on Boxerworld, as Boxerworld only promotes responsible breeding. This includes having your male professionally evaluated (in the show ring), in addition to properly health testing your dog before being bred. This is not a vet exam, but includes OFA Ceritified Hips, Heart, thyroid, etc..
Neutering your male has MANY health benefits, such as eliminating their risk for several cancers that Boxers are prone to.
Good luck
Neutering your male has MANY health benefits, such as eliminating their risk for several cancers that Boxers are prone to.
Good luck
Yes it's normal for a dog to have the lump around the base of his penis, it swells during the tie while breeding. Don't know about testicles being on top of each other but if both are descended it should be fine.
More importantly than any of that is what Courtney said. You may not want to read it or hear about it but it's the truth. PLease do MUCH more research before even thinking about breeding your dog. The medical tests alone necessary to help ensure healthy puppies without genetic defects are very expensive. And these need to be done on both the male and female. Boxers are very prone to genetic problems if not health tested and the result is sick boxer babies who often lead very short and painful lives, not to mention their owners who suffer over the loss of their baby because the parents were bred without the proper testing and evaluations by professionals. This is not the same as a vet saying the dog is okay to breed.
More importantly than any of that is what Courtney said. You may not want to read it or hear about it but it's the truth. PLease do MUCH more research before even thinking about breeding your dog. The medical tests alone necessary to help ensure healthy puppies without genetic defects are very expensive. And these need to be done on both the male and female. Boxers are very prone to genetic problems if not health tested and the result is sick boxer babies who often lead very short and painful lives, not to mention their owners who suffer over the loss of their baby because the parents were bred without the proper testing and evaluations by professionals. This is not the same as a vet saying the dog is okay to breed.
SoleilBxrs
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Just wanted to add that Breeding should ONLY be done to better the breed. Not because family members want puppies, or you think your dog has a great personality, or because you think you can make a quick buck. Please do your research on "responsible breeding/breeder". There are FAAARRR too many boxers in shelters and rescues because they have health/genetic problems, or because homes were not properly screened. These poor dogs were left because of irresponsible people breeding their PET dogs.
The fact that you are asking your initial question regarding you male's anatomy shows that you are no where near being educated enough about boxers, or dogs for that matter, to be thinking about breeding. PLEASE use this site and read up on breeding. And if you still want to get into it, do it the correct way by getting your dog evaluated by a professional, better yet, show him in conformation and let him prove himself to be worthy stud dog. Run all the appropriate tests (listed above) on him AND only breed to a bitch who has passed all her tests too. Tests can only be done after they turn 2. Also, finding good homes for puppies is equally important. Good luck.
The fact that you are asking your initial question regarding you male's anatomy shows that you are no where near being educated enough about boxers, or dogs for that matter, to be thinking about breeding. PLEASE use this site and read up on breeding. And if you still want to get into it, do it the correct way by getting your dog evaluated by a professional, better yet, show him in conformation and let him prove himself to be worthy stud dog. Run all the appropriate tests (listed above) on him AND only breed to a bitch who has passed all her tests too. Tests can only be done after they turn 2. Also, finding good homes for puppies is equally important. Good luck.
Thank you Vela, for actually answering my question. Again, while I appreciate that responsible breeding is a touchy subject here, I did not ask about it. Iggy is not my dog, and I have absolutely no say in when, how or where he is bred. Please don't flood me with information that I didn't ask for.
magoo's_mama
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SoleilBxrs
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Wishnick said:
It may not be YOUR dog, but since it is a family member's dog, any information you learn, you should be able to pass on. Especially if you really love your brother's boxer,and the boxer breed, you would learn as much from here, and pass on the knowledge to your brother. Breeding a dog can really change his personallity. Not to mention the health risks he carries by staying intact. irresponsible breeding brings down the Boxer breed as a whole, more ungenetically health tested animals out there (boxer are prone to genetic problems), more dogs in shelters/ rescues. You said you want to rescue a boxer (in previous posts) which i think is fantastic! but i would think it to be hard stand by your brother breeding his dog, only to possibly add to the growing #'s of unwanted, sickly boxers. Please, if you are the only one doing research in your family.. do as much as possible and pass in the invaluable information. For your brother's sake, his boxer's sake, and the sake of the breed as a whole. good luck.
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Bingo! Now 2 cents from a rescuer. Please relay the messages you've recieved to your brother. If you love boxers, and are not willing to do everything outlined for a responsible breeder, then PLEASE reconsider.Maniago said:
This has been the worst year yet for Boxers in North Central Texas. They are simply coming into shelters in droves, and we won't even get into the number of calls we've had this month for people wanting to surrender their dogs to us.
We're a small/new rescue and already we've rescued 49 boxers since March of this year. And keep in mind there's two other more established boxer rescues in this area.
Yesterday morning their were two boxers in shelters, one was rescued by NCBR, the other was adopted from the shelter. I breathed a sigh of relief, as our rescue is full to the hilt, as is NCBR now (one of the other local rescue here). By the time I got home from work there were FIVE more in area shelters. This is how it's been all year, and for the most part the local boxer rescues have kept up with the influx of boxers, but I am truly worried that the 5 that came in yesterday will be euthanized if they aren't adopted from the shelters directly because we simply don't have room.
I know other rescues across the country are experiencing a similar crisis. It's horribly sad. :( And if I can convince one person not to irresponsibly breed their boxer, I'll cry one less tear over the dogs that may perish due to someone else's irresponsibility.
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