Neutering Confusion

[Mommy2Max]

Yesterday, I picked max up from daycare and they told me he...

let me put this delicately...made out with a pitbull's face and hit a homerun.

Very gross, I know. The victim's owners were fine with it and I offered to pay for bathing. I also bought the pitbull a big bone to chew on. :)

Anyway, I stopped by the vet's office to ask if this was hormones or dominance. Max was neutered a month ago.

The vet tech said he should not be able to "hit a homerun" because he was neutered and they remove the vessels. Other people say he should just be shooting blanks.

I'm confused. Any insight?

~Danielle

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Whoa - I didn't know they could complete anything! Shooting blanks would be if he had a vasectomy - everything else intact. With pet neutering, he shouldn't have anything to shoot with, if you get my drift.

[Mommy2Max]

Exactly! I'm starting to doubt he hit a homerun.

[Mommy2Max]

He was neutered a month ago and he was 4 months old. The net has different answers but, a lot of the answers are from people who assume that it's the same as men. It's a different procedure and I was told the vessels are removed so "that" shouldn't happen.

The daycare today said they weren't 100% positive it wasn't drool. I have no clue what dog semen looks like. They said clear, slimy and foamy which sounds like drool to me.

[Mommy2Max]

I've read this as well. However, I have read in other places that it can't be because they take away or "cut" the vessels from the prostate gland where seminal fluid comes from. The sperm comes from the testes which as we know are definately NOT there.

I'm so confused..hahahaha.

[Linda,Yankee & Finn]

Wait a minute, the Vet said he should be able to hit a homerun? That can't be right.

[Mommy2Max]

No the vet said he should NOT be able to hot a homerun.

[Mommy2Max]

UPDATE:

Okay - first I want to thank everyone who responded. Its a touchy topic and one that is embarrassing for some. I hesitated to post it but, then I figure someone out there in the future will have the same question.

The simple answer is - YES

It was what I previously thought. Although the procedure is different than one done to a man. The results are basically the same - sterilization. Sperm is produced in the testes which is the reason neutering prevents "unwanted" litters. However, the seminal fluid is produced in the prostate. Nothing is done to the prostate gland during surgery so, yes, a dog can ejaculate post neutering (minus sperm or as we say "shooting blanks"). It isn't very common because the lack of testosterone reduces the desire but, testosterone is not the only part of this "dance" - for lack of better words.

The scary part is that I knew this to be true in humans and told this to the vet tech. However, she kept telling me the "vessels were cut" and I kept saying "from the prostate?" I worry a bit when a vet tech and vet don't know the answer and need to do research. I would think this kind of thing is covered? I guess that is another topic. :)

I just have to keep on working with Max to make sure his attention is diverted from mounting/humping. He is just so overexcited about being with people and other dogs! I guess I wasn't joking when I said he is a lover and not a fighter. There is a daycare that just opened nearby. She has a small pack of dogs she watches. Max doesn't do this at home or with me since I watch him like a hawk - LOL. His humping has slowed down so. I hope with age it will just cease. He is 5 months - is that teenage years? Anyway, this woman said she would work with him and clicker training at her place and I will do the same at home.

~Danielle

[Michele Barton]

Interesting....If only we could clicker train teenage boys! :)

[Mommy2Max]

Ohhh! That sounds like a book to be written. LOL