[winnie]

I have an intact 6 year old male. I chose to keep him intact after being given an article regarding the health benefits. He is not aggressive. He does not roam. I will not breed him. In any event, I think we are having prostate issues. Argh. Sometimes his lipstick gets stuck out. Usually it self corrects. On Sunday, he was just out there. I had to manipulate him back in and there was a spurt of blood. One spurt. That's it. I took him to the vet on Monday. They really don't know what to make of it. There is minute amount of blood in his urine, but no bacteria. She tells me the getting stuck out is not uncommon. An ultrasound several years ago showed a cyst on his kidney, but his blood work has been good. He is going in next week for another ultrasound. I am thinking he has to say bye bye to his boys. My boxer Mo, lived to 12 intact with no prostate problems.

 

[Matt74]

I have an intact 6 year old male. I chose to keep him intact after being given an article regarding the health benefits. He is not aggressive. He does not roam. I will not breed him. In any event, I think we are having prostate issues. Argh. Sometimes his lipstick gets stuck out. Usually it self corrects. On Sunday, he was just out there. I had to manipulate him back in and there was a spurt of blood. One spurt. That's it. I took him to the vet on Monday. They really don't know what to make of it. There is minute amount of blood in his urine, but no bacteria. She tells me the getting stuck out is not uncommon. An ultrasound several years ago showed a cyst on his kidney, but his blood work has been good. He is going in next week for another ultrasound. I am thinking he has to say bye bye to his boys. My boxer Mo, lived to 12 intact with no prostate problems.

Thanks winnie.

Good luck with the ultrasound. Hope its nothing serious.

 

[Bxrman]

Was just curious if any members on here have had male boxers left intact their entire lives.

Reason I ask, is because I saw research involving boxers where they recommended waiting till full skeletal maturity and less instances of common boxer issues. So I'm at the point of where I was going to get him neutered and I'm thinking what is the point.

Iv'e heard all the warnings of, aggression, dominance, mounting, etc. and I can say Zuke has none of those issues.

So is there really any reason to get it done? Because it sounds like the benefits of staying intact out way neutering.

Hey there, I know this is kaaayyy late... lol. I have a male intact boxer that is 9. Never had a single issue with behavior. He is not aggressive. He comes when he's called. He doesn't try to get out of the yard. He doesn't mount EVER. He is the best dog I have ever owned.

 

[Matt74]

Hey there, I know this is kaaayyy late... lol. I have a male intact boxer that is 9. Never had a single issue with behavior. He is not aggressive. He comes when he's called. He doesn't try to get out of the yard. He doesn't mount EVER. He is the best dog I have ever owned.

lol. Can't believe I wrote that 2 years ago. The years go by way too fast.

Sounds like you did a great job with your dog.

 

[Bxrman]

Haha yeah. Thanks! I was searching info on boxers because my lad had a growth on his tail and the vet wants to neuter him. It's not cancer. She says its because of testosterone. I don't know what to do. I really don't want to neuter him.

 

[Matt74]

Ah. Thats a tough choice. I'm no help on that one.

Good luck!

 

[[email protected]]

Just took my one year old male to the Vet yesterday when I first got him my intent was to have him neutered at 6. months old but he had his regular exam yesterday and the Vet says he is doing really well and developing nicely he had been recommending the whole time that he not be neutered at least until he is two. Well after yesterdays check up I asked him again what he thought and he said there is no good reason to neuter him that he can stay intact his whole life and it will not increase his chance of getting cancer he said sometimes intact males will have prostate problems and if that is a problem they can be neutered at that point to help that situation. So I have decided I am not going to neuter my boy I don't like them having unnecessary surgery and he is doing just fine the way he is he is no problem. I have him well trained now he does not run off he is never loose on his own and I will never breed him. He listens pretty well and he has had no dominance issues or aggression issues he is a great dog. He weighs in at 81 lbs now and is still growing so it will be interesting to see how he matures out. I have gotten several "lectures" from well meaning dog owners and some not so well meaning basically calling me an irresponsible owner and insinuating I wasn't taking care of my dog but I am happy with my decision. I think its the right one for him.

 

[nicville1022]

We rehomed our big guy Chance that was living an isolated life with no other contact with other dogs. Still intact. He was about 1.5 years old when we got him. He never was trained and was kept as an outside dog. After two years with us he’s house trained (he actually sleeps with us), listens to commands, is very playful, He will bark at strangers if they come near the house and he’s inside (definitely normal) He has never growled or been aggressive, he is eager to please and loves to play.

He is still intact completely. Other neutered dogs have always been the aggressor towards him in which case he simply ignores them while he’s on his lead and sniffs around nonchalantly, only time I got a sense that he was on guard or could have been aggressive was when a dog that was off leash was running full speed towards us while he was on leash, he got in front of me and it looked like he was getting ready to leap as the dog approached. Thankfully I yelled to the owner to grab her dog that was off leash and asked her to please get her dog as we didn’t know if he was charging aggressively or not. It didn’t go well with her and we ended up leaving the town park. I’ve read multiple articles and have watched holistic integrative vets speak about the negative impact of neutering. He plays very well with the neighborhood stray cat, he hops around her as she tries to swipe at him playfully.

Back to the house training, we literally didn’t, first week we had him we had him outside as that’s what he was use to then decided to bring him in and see how it goes. We didn’t HAVE to train him he just instinctively knew somehow and never had an accident, he will sit by the back door and bark to be let out, if I’m washing dishes I tell him to wait one second and he will sit and lean against the wall while i make my way over. To this day if we leave and we get caught up somewhere longer than expected he holds it until we return, we’ve only pushed it once to the 8 hour mark due to unforeseen circumstances, we have never done that again as it must have caused him so much discomfort and we felt terrible. Now if we even suspect we might be running late on our return we bring him with us.

Anyway sorry for the ramble we love him dearly and are so proud of how smart and very well behaved he is with us, we are so happy we rehomed him to give him all the love!!

 

[nicville1022]

We rehomed our big guy Chance that was living an isolated life with no other contact with other dogs. Still intact. He was about 1.5 years old when we got him. He never was trained and was kept as an outside dog. After two years with us he’s house trained (he actually sleeps with us), listens to commands, is very playful, loves to bark at strangers but has never growled or been aggressive, he is eager to please and loves to play. He is still intact completely. Other neutered dogs have always been the aggressor towards him in which case he simply ignores them while he’s on his lead and sniffs around nonchalantly, only time I got a sense that he was on guard or could have been aggressive was when a dog that was off leash was running full speed towards us while he was on leash, he got in front of me and it looked like he was getting ready to leap as the dog approached. Thankfully I yelled to the owner to grab her dog that was off leash and asked her to please get her dog as we didn’t know if he was charging aggressively or not. It didn’t go well with her and we ended up leaving the town park. I’ve read multiple articles and have watched holistic integrative vets speak about the negative impact of neutering. He plays very well with the neighborhood stray cat, he hops around her as she tries to swipe at him playful.

 

[[email protected]]

I think you have discovered what so many of us here already realize what great dogs Boxers are! For me there’s nothing like them! My male is intact he will be four next month he has no aggression issues and wouldn’t dream of going potty in the house. I’m glad you took this guy in, and it’s not his fault there are lots of ignorant people around when you tell them to back off with thier dogs!