Zac Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Puzzled - I'll let you know tomorrow as my boy is having his done! - Zac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 It's not done the same way on a dog as on a cat. They go in through the incision, otherwise there would be a hemorrhage if they cut into the parts from the outside. They will probably be swollen for a few days, then will sort of "wither away". Have a look here Puzzledhttp://www.thepetcenter.com/sur/dneut.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMB Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 They only chop them off if you want to eat them. I believe they are very nice fried and added to a white wine sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 And some Fava beans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 They did the same with our dog - despite a certain amount of "withering", two months down the track he still has a long ugly dangling scrotum! I am terrified he will catch it on brambles or even on the towbar when leaping out of car! Good conversation piece when we have visitors though[:D]Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinks Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 He's had a vasectomy and not a full castration! I gather this means that although he will no longer be able to impregate, it won't stop any 'wanderlust'! Think we are going to have to get our 2 yr old border collie properly castrated as he has just recently turned into a wandering bag of hormones which we need to do something about - fortunately we live out in the sticks, but I know there is a bitch (female dog!) up the hill who has not yet been speyed, so he may well be <ahem> 'visiting' ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 No, it's not a vasectomy, it's a castration. They take them out through the incision as mentioned above and on the link I put.Chrissie is yours an older dog, in which case it does seem to dangle a bit, as it probably did before anyway! It should retract to a certain extent with time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Framboise Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Our lad Charley was "done" by the SPA, however it did not stop him thinking he was Russell Brand for two weeks when Harley was in season! Unfortunately because his bits were removed he gave himself a sort of hernia twice and OH had to poke it back wearing yellow marigold gloves - now when he spots marigolds he runs a mile!! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilclarie Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 It could just be the sacks still showing if thats the case they will shrivel to nothing in a few weeks time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yes, ours is an older dog and I was referring only to the sack - unfortunately the more medical term, starting with scr...got bleeped out(!) giving a totally different impression! The castration was done by the SPA and my own (French) vet said it was ridiculous to have left so much, er, material behind. I'm still trying to get a decent photo of him for the Pets in Photography section, but with the grey weather and a naturally solemn expression - him, not me, it's been tricky.Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 We are umming and aahhing about castration too four our 8month old for which the vet says it is not important to get him done but once he has had the taste for females in season it won't ever go away even if he was castrated after.Trouble is,we know we get a lot of money in stud fees if we went along those lines but I didn't buy him for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Puzzled - As stated in previous correspondence I was having my dog castrated last Friday. I checked with the vet after the op to see if his 'bits' were removed totally, to which she answered yes and asked me if I wanted to see them! I politley declined this. The dog has to wear a 'cone' around his neck for 10 days to prevent him licking the affected area, also there were no stitches, just a 3 inch incision which is covered with a hefty plaster. He's only 9 months old and has been full of beans, as if he hadn't been operated on. He's a border collie and it's difficult to keep him quiet, but he's a wonderful dog - Zac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 That is beginning to put me off having my little lad done shortly as he is fastidious just like a cat when it comes to cleaning paws and genital regions. When my big male cat was done,he just had two sutures and a spray on silver antiseptic and that was it and I thought it would be the same for the dog and those cones,have had lots of those over the years,will drive him mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ejc Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Our dog was done this way earlier this year, we were also concerned his bits were still there, but several months one his sac is now empty. He has also settled down and is a very happy chap. It was amuzing to see him when the collar came off still acting as though it was one when it came to turning around in the corridor though.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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