From: diannes@sonic.net   
      
   lyn62  wrote:   
   >   
   > Hi Diane and thanks for your reply... no the undescended testicle was   
   > not part of a generic disorder it was due to my male getting himself in   
   > an embarrassing situation when he was a pup. Both testicles were   
   > descended, until he was about 8 months old.  The had an erection and   
   > was in great pain.  He was taken to the vet as it was then that I   
   > noticed that one of the testicles had dissapeared.   
      
   It's not unusual for testicles to go up & down before the age of 3 months   
   or so, but after that they should stay down permanently. An intact male   
   having an erection isn't some sort of unfortunate accident but a normal   
   occurence, and wouldn't cause a testicle to permanently retract unless   
   the cord is too short (which is the underlying abnormality responsible for   
   undescended testicles). No, I don't buy the "stroke of bad luck" theory;   
   barring the genetic problem or surgery, the testicle of a normal dog over   
   3 months of age is permanently positioned in the scrotum.   
      
   Here's a sort-of-similar sort-of-different story about another dog. He   
   had a testicle that didn't descend until he was a year and a half old.   
   His owner, thinking that he was now "normal," made the mistake of breeding   
   him - and all of his sons had undescended testicles too.   
      
   > The vet tried to locate it and push it back into place but couldn't...he   
   > advised that it was fine to breed with him as it was not a generic incident   
   > but a stroke of bad luck.   
      
   And this is the same vet you're saying that you don't trust now? :-) Don't   
   get me wrong, I *am* glad that you at least talked to your vet about this   
   before breeding your dog, but I'm afraid that you got bad advice.   
      
   Dianne   
      
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