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- 1). Hold the puppy in your lap on an old towel, and gently roll it onto its side where you can clearly see the belly.
- 2). Raise the hind leg closest to you with one of your hands while softly holding the puppy safely in your lap with the other.
- 3). Look just to the rear of the umbilical cord for a small, skin-covered lump. You are seeing your male puppy's penis and prepuce -- the penis's protective covering.
- 4). Check under the puppy's tail between his legs for the small, soft scrotal sac. It will feel like a tiny, deflated balloon until his testicles drop approximately seven weeks after birth, says veterinarian Jon Rappoport of PetPlace.com.
- 5). Confirm the lack of a penis by finding your female puppy's leaf-shaped vulva between her hind legs. Her vaginal opening rests in the V-shaped section underneath her anus.
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