Would You Opt For a Vasectomy Over Neutering?

Cuba did just fine with his neuter the vet I took him to do it with a laser so he did not have stitches and only took one pill for pain after he got home. They did keep him overnight but when I got him he was pretty much his puppy self!

Mine have already been neutered. I suppose if it were less painful and had less complications I'd be more likely to consider it.

To me, it all comes down to whichever is cheaper! I know it's a horrible thing to say BUT it's the truth!

I think I would prefer neutering because then you get the behavioral benefits to go along with it. But, it does sound like a good option for show dogs that you don't plan on breeding.

Easy solution: get a female dog.

Considering the amount of human couples I know who have been very surprised to learn that their vasectomy repaired itself I don't think this a great idea.

It just depends on how much, the complications etc. I would need like a pros and cons of each. And backfat has a point about vasectomies repairing themselves, but at the same time, I don't think the dog is having as much sex as people Bummer for him haha. and personally I didn't choose my dog based on sex, so it's like I would just get a girl dog because it was easier or something. I love my boy. He was fixed when we got him, humane society did it at 8 weeks old.

I'd consider it if given beneficial reasons other than it makes for a better show dog. If a male dog goes unaltered, his biological needs require him to mate. That can be very frustrating for him! I think the dog, unless getting to mate, is happier with a neuter than a vasectomy.

Well, if you are talking about a pet, many of the behavior issues will not be addressed by a vasectomy (calmer, less aggressive, etc.). And if you are talking about someone showing in conformation, then a vasectomy would, IMO, be cheating. Dog shows are supposed to be about the improvement of the breed so altered dogs are not eligible for conformation shows because you can't breed them. The vasectomy would be - as far as conformtion is concerned - the same as altering the dog.

Well actually the current literature does not support the so-called health
benefits from neutering as is so popular with vets. and breeders. If you do
research you will find that eliminating the testes and thereby the hormones
which actually do a lot for the auto-immune system who compromise the later health of the male. A vasectomy done by an experienced surgeon is by far a more rational and safer answer. You will note that I said experienced for the surgeon which will all but eliminate re-connection (same goes for humans if you research that as well).

There is in fact a huge amount of misinformation in both human and animal care worlds.

I've actually thought about this before...and think it would be great if it was an option.

I am trying to find a vet who will do a vasectomy on my dog. If anyone knows of vets who do it, even if I have to travel, I will go there. I have had dogs all my life (61 years old) and all the males I had castrated had health problems. The ones I never castrated stayed healthy to the end of their long lives. That says enough for me. Also, it is baloney that male dogs become less aggressive after castration. I know plenty of people who have aggressive castrated dogs and a few who had the procedure done hoping it would help. It did not, their dogs were just as aggressive and, in one case, more aggressive after being castrated. More vets should offer vasectomies as a choice.

castrating or "fixing" an animal is not only wrong, but that shows how little peolple really care about their animals,people just want to get rid of what is natural in animals.
Doing a vasectomy is not only the smarter choice but the most human option.
People, think of this before doing anything else.

My dog at 35 kilos & just under 6 months old, sired his first and only litter.
Because I knew I wouldn't want to be castrated myself I opted for a Vasectomy. He's had a good life and "mated" all our b*tches at different times. Six weeks ago and seven years of age, he started bleeding from his gums and near to death was rescued wirh Steroids. I woke in the middle of the night to realise that his problems could be down to the Vasectomy. After a Google search for Auto-immune & Vasectomy I became convinced that was it and I certainly wouldn't have one myself (even if I wasn't 75!) Auto immune + Vasectomy +Veterinary got me here.
So IF IN DOUBT - DON'T

I am so glad people are starting to put two and two together! After watching my 22 year old sister go through pre-mature menopause after having her tubes tied by a doctor who failed to inform her of the chances that her ovaries would atrophy and possibly die all together, I desperately searched for something to save her to no avail. All I walked away with was an education on the human biological system and how vitally key hormones are to health both mental and physical. This is not a condition restricted only to humans either. Tom Sullivan is right. Without hormones your immune system goes to sh*t and pets will wind up getting the same diseases their owners are getting - Cancer, tumors, skin conditions, macular degeneration, diabetes, heart failure, arthritis, depression, decreased cognitive function, hyperactivity, and the list goes on and on. I would never consciously subject anyone, human, feline or canine or any other species to such a procedure simply to make my own life a little easier. America is the sickest, fattest (and consequently possibly the stupidest) country on the face of the earth and only their pets are subject to the same fate. No where in nature are un-domesticated animals dying of CVD or any of the afformentioned conditions the western world so ignorantly suffers. Oh we do love our pets though, don't we! I'm sure this is what god had in mind when he charged us with looking after all of his creation. But like I said, glad to see some are starting to wake up