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Old 11-02-2007, 02:40 PM   #12
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So what happens then if it DOES take that long? Our male was 16 months before he got both his, but they did drop in....
I don't know. I just know I just finished my anatomy exam this afternoon and we learned that for dogs, testicles pass through the inguinal canal at 1 week of age and then should be in the scrotum by 6 weeks of age. The most common problem with cryporchid dogs is that the testicles aren't able to ever pass through the inguinal canal and therfor get stuck in the abdomin
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