Maturity of a chiwawa/dachsund

[FirinaWolfire]

My dog lucky is between 6-7 mths old and is at the age of maturity. The sack under his penus swells snd then shrinks every few days does this mean he is ready to breed?

[PAWZnHOOVES]

please, not another back yard breeder...
why would you want to breed him? why don't you just get him fixed?? neutering him would be for his own health benefits and your own future cost and emotional benefits too (believe me, i made that mistake before too). and plus, he's not even a pure breed so you're not going to make that much money off of it, so save yourself the pain, get him fixed!

[FirinaWolfire]

I'm not breeding him! Just wanted to know whats going on!

[Chaos]

Sounds like he's ready for a vet appointment to be neutered! He's far to young to safely breed but since your not I suggest you neuter him as soon as possible. It prevents all sorts of medical and sometimes behavioural problems like marking in the house.

[FirinaWolfire]

I don't know i had a dog who got a urinary tract infection from being neutered. he stays in the hose 24/7 so no thance he can mate and I have a female yorky princess she is 11 and can no longer have kids he thinks it's his mother. she treats him like her puppy :o . cute ha. Anyway she are both tied up when she is brought into house every night and when it's could in the day. They only meet when my dad brings her on a leash so they can sniff each other. I paid 275 for him and 800 for princesss, and they are both muts.!

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[PAWZnHOOVES]

no, i really think you should get him neutered. would you rather have him get a urinary tract infection, which can be treated, or cancer, which CANNOT? and plus, how do you know that the urinary tract infection was from getting fixed? either way, plz get him neutered, it's for the benefit of both you and your dog.

[brandy pup]

Males

A male dog who remains intact experiences a huge increase in testosterone in adolescence. At several months of age, the male's testosterone level can be several times that of an adult male! This gives a real jump start to hormone-related behaviors, including urine marking in your house, aggression toward other male dogs, territorial aggression, and escape-oriented behavior in order to roam.

Some male dogs, especially tiny terriers and hounds, may be impossible to housetrain if you wait too long to neuter them. With all dogs, be guided by your veterinarian's opinion as to the best time for spay/neuter. Six months to one year of age is usually about the right time.

For best behavioral results, it's best not to wait past a year of age to neuter males. Once a hormone-triggered behavior has continued long enough, you can be dealing with a firmly entrenched habit that will not fade even after neutering. Frequently, neutering helps with behavior problems, even if done much later, so don't give up on it just because you've missed the optimum time.

Intact male dogs tend to have more difficulty concentrating on tasks and to show erratic behavior in the vicinity of a female dog in heat. Intact males may not be able to eat or sleep when a female dog in heat is in the same house! Jumping fences to go after a female down the street is common, even in dogs who have never roamed before.

Your 1-year-old or 2-year-old intact male dog may be acting like a neutered male in terms of being easy to live with, but chances are that if you leave even an easy-going fellow intact to the age of 3 years, you'll see undesirable behaviors. The age of 3 is prime time for an intact male dog to be involved with a terrible tragedy, such as those dogs who have killed children. Obviously, not all intact male dogs are aggressive child-killers. But the risk is increased, and parents need to know this, as does everyone who has a large-breed male dog. If you don't have an important reason for breeding the dog, and the right facilities to keep the dog from harming anyone, why live with this increased risk?

If you want to take your dog out and about, whether for family outings, runs at the dog park, or pursuit of dog sports such as agility, the dog will function better if neutered. Dogs are much more the victims of their own instincts than humans, less able to override impulses.

What is Sex for Dogs?

When dogs mate, they usually tie. This means they are "stuck together" due to the structures of their reproductive organs. The tie tends to last around a half hour. Dogs do sometimes mate without a tie, so the lack of one doesn't mean the encounter can't result in pregnancy. Behaviorally, though, this is quite a different sexual experience than that of humans.

Female dogs invite breeding only when they are in heat/estrus, which comes approximately twice a year. That interval can vary by breed and by individual dog. Dogs often have "silent heats," which can go undetected by their human families and result in the dog not being carefully confined during estrus and therefore winding up with an accidental pregnancy. Female dogs are often forcibly mated. This is surely not natural sexuality.

Looking to the wolf pack, not all members mate. The social structure of the pack and the environmental conditions at the time exert control over which pack members will mate on any given cycle in order to avoid overpopulation and starvation. Usually there will be one litter. If times are bad, there may be no pups at all.

The phenomenon of false pregnancy that is very common in female dogs may be to provide extra parenting for the pack's pups. Female dogs who live together tend to cycle together, putting the non-impregnated females in false pregnancy at the same time the pregnant one has pups in need of nurturing.

Estrus in the wolf pack comes about once a year, but humans have selectively bred dogs to be more productive and thus more profitable to breed. The result is that breeding is not "natural" for dogs. Dogs who are spay/neutered can actually have more active social lives with other dogs than those who are intact. Intact dogs experience stresses that spay/neutered dogs are spared.

A urinary infection is the least of the worries. If left intact you can loose him to an over aggresive female, another male trying to fight him, testacal cancer among other health concerns, left intact he will only want to breed, he will not care for you (in a sence) he would rather have the female in heat he smells down the block, he will roam, possible getting hit by a car etc. Dogs are known to jump thru glass windows when they smell a dog in heat.

Urinary infection can be prevented by keeping a moist diet, lots of moisture. Water to drink, canned food to eat. A healthy diet of a raw or homwcooked food, or if that is not possible select a high quality food. You can also look into adding a cranberry supplement to the diet.

Lame reasons for not neutering
http://members.tripod.com/~Kirra/spay.html

S/N Reasons
http://kittenrescue.org/spayneuter.htm