Mac, who was a monorchid, had a vasectomy and his retained testicle removed when he was about 18 to 24 months old. I decided to go in this direction after reading about the chances of certain types of cancers (such as osteosarcoma) increasing for neutered males. Yes, I would do it again. Gayle & the Hooligans! Ringer-Honey-Kelly-Mac-Slider-Bruiser-Bo Waiting at the Bridge: Andy-Abbey-Tasha-Tex-Echo-Yukon-JR-Too-Niki -- Edwin Hill <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: No No, not me...been there, done that,......instead of neutering male dogs why don't more folks consider giving their dog a vasectomy...I had a protection trained dog years ago that I sold to a good friend, I sold him fairly cheap because he could not pass OFA, the woman , a single mother at that time with two small kids ( who now think I'm their father, so did Evan.....lol...long story)...did not want to neuter the dog,...well she worked as a Vet tech, and her Vet gave the dog a Vasectomy...anyone else ever done this.... I mean on your dog...lol....FB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================