I am considering on the "male dog implant" to stop the release of testerone on my 15 month male dog.
Because my dog is not fully grown, I want to know if the implant affects the growth in dogs at all ?
Also, how long does it take to show the affects from the implant; ie; sexual/ dominant behaviour ?
Thanks Anna

I am considering on the "male dog implant" to stop the release of testerone on my 15 month male dog.
Because my dog is not fully grown, I want to know if the implant affects the growth in dogs at all ?
Also, how long does it take to show the affects from the implant; ie; sexual/ dominant behaviour ?
Thanks Anna

I don't know much about these implants. What type are you getting? From what I read it's only good for six months. I have to wonder why you don't just do the one time neutering and be done with it.

What breed of dog do you have? At 15 months of age he should be full grown.

Have you discussed your concerns with your vet? That would most likely be your best source of information.

I am considering on the "male dog implant" to stop the release of testerone on my 15 month male dog.
Because my dog is not fully grown, I want to know if the implant affects the growth in dogs at all ?
Also, how long does it take to show the affects from the implant; ie; sexual/ dominant behaviour ?
Thanks Anna


I don't like what I've read - it affects the pituitary gland, it can slow down long bone growth (and I had a dog with what is called long bone disease, a painful problem). I think the risk outweigh the benefits

Side Effects of Deslorelin Implants in Dogs | eHow.com (http://www.ehow.com/facts_5667967_side-effects-deslorelin-implants-dogs.html)

Why are you considering this? Did your Vet recommend the shot?

I'm with alty, just get the dog neutered. What's the purpose of putting him through surgery to put an implant in him that appears to be dangerous long term and doesn't last very long...

From what I've read it's not a surgery, just a shot, but the side effects aren't great, like Judy pointed out, and it only last 6 months.

Neutering is a one time deal, and it's done. This implant procedure is still fairly new and not something I'd trust at this point, but that's just my opinion.

I have never heard any thing positive from the implant. I'm with everyone else, why not just neuter? Any why are you considering the implant over the neuter?

My mums dog has the implant. No negative side effects other than shrinking of the testes, and they return to normal once the implant is removed.

There is no surgery involved, it is similar to the way they insert a microchip.

Great results can be seen in lowering a dogs interest in females, some dogs you could even put a b*tch in full heat in front of them and they will ignore her, but the implant is not a contraceptive, it doesn't not stop the production of sperm, only helps stop the dogs interest in "doing to deed".

As for growth, with a 15 month old there is no problem, they have done all their growing and the only thing left is for them to bulk out and gain muscle, something the implant should hev no effect on. It may even help them gain weight as they don't go off their food because a female on your street has come into heat.

They take around a month to see full effect give or take and you can get 6 or 12 month implants.

Shazamataz, I would like to thank you again for your very professional, non biase advise that you always provide. I must say on how shocked I am on your colleagues information, they state they do not know much about it but go onto say that it is dangerous and why neutering is not done, they are providing this sort of information without knowing or asking the facts. They don't stop to think about the benefits; ie; you can see if this is the right choice before deciding on neutering, you can breed later on in life, your dogs health my not be right for surgery... all these factors have not considered. Thank you again for your professional approach.

We are all from different parts of the world, so we all hear/see different things. A year or so ago a dog came into the shelter he had chewed off his toe nails, was missing huge patches of hair, he was scratching at his eyes, the vet looked him over, removed the implant, the dog got healthy, hair grew back, his left his toe nails and eyes alone. That's my experience with the implant. As you can see it was not a good one.

No one hear was trying to be mean, we only wanted to provide you with what information we have found or discovered. Shazzy also lives in Australia, not sure if that makes a difference, but I know our drugs and medications are quite different here in Canada then they are in the States.

I assure you, we were not trying to be mean or rude, we only wanted to help. And of course we all want to know why not neutering, because not ONE of us here help, support or in any way encourage back yard breeding. As you can see we all asked why you were choosing the implant over the surgery, if it were a medical reason as to why your dog could not undergo surgery (in which case he should not be bred), than we all would have racked our brains and dig a little deeper to find an ulterior solution for you and your dog.

Shazamataz, I would like to thank you again for your very professional, non biase advise that you always provide. I must say on how shocked I am on your colleagues information, they state they do not know much about it but go onto say that it is dangerous and why neutering is not done, they are providing this sort of information without knowing or asking the facts. They don't stop to think about the benefits; ie; you can see if this is the right choice before deciding on neutering, you can breed later on in life, your dogs health my not be right for surgery... all these factors have not considered. Thank you again for your professional approach.

The advice I offered was after doing research. I don't know anyone that has had the implant for their dog, but from what I've read there can be negative side effects, just like the birth control pill for humans can have negative side effects.

If you wanted someone to tell you to do it, you should have talked to your vet. If you wanted opinions, which is what we do here, than you take the opinions that you believe apply to you and you make the decision based on that, or you do whatever you want, because we can only give advice.

We base our advice on our experiences or the research we've done. Shazzy is a wonderful dog expert, you're very right, but the rest of us her "colleagues" are no less, and none of us were rude or mean to you, we just didn't tell you what you wanted to hear.

If there is some medical reason that your dog can't be neutered than telling us that would have greatly changed our advice. We can only give advice based on what you tell us, sadly we can't read minds.

Try to keep in mind that we all volunteer here, we do this for free, and we pride ourselves on giving the best advice we can to those that come here. We come here to help. You don't have to agree with our advice, but we do come here every day to help people like you. If you don't want to hear the good and the bad, than don't read those posts that you don't like. If you want all the facts, well that's what we gave you. Pick.

The post I quoted above was uncalled for and rude, but I guess this is the thanks some people get for volunteering their time and knowledge to people that just aren't grateful.

Good luck to you and your dog.