Guest taylorsmom Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I'm sorry, I know this is a serious post but this quote had me laughing so hard I almost wet myself! I can't imagine trying to keep a straight face in front of the doctors. I swear, there is nothing funnier than real life. You can't make this stuff up! Ain't it the truth!!! I know, I am laughing myself--trying to keep a sense of humor about it all is helpful. I just don't understand, though, about scrotal hematoma, I guess. Could there be two distinct swelled areas?? I guess that is possible, since they removed two distinct things. He has absolutely no bruising, it is not hot, and it does not seem to bother him in the slightest--no licking, etc. of the area. <<sigh>> So I guess we wait a month and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burpdog Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Yes, by the end of a month, his change purse should be emptied. Quote Diane & The Senior Gang Burpdog Biscuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racindog Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 New vets. I wouldn't put my dogs life into the hands of somebody that cannot even tell what a pair feels like. You are not a vet. Yet you made the correct diagnosis when you examined him. Why pay and trust somebody that doesn't know as much about dogs as you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevd Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Lordy me. The vet you saw really does need to go and do some more training Quote Deerhounds Darcy, Duffy, Grace & Wellington, Mutts Sprout & Buddy, Lurchers Ned & Jake plus Ella the Westie + cats. Remembering Del, Jessie, Maddison, Flo, Sally, Stanley, Wallace, Radar, Mokka, Oki cat, Tetley, Poppy & Striker. Please visit our web store at http://www.dogsndubs.com for our own range of Greyhound related clothing for humans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sighthounds4me Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 New vets. I wouldn't put my dogs life into the hands of somebody that cannot even tell what a pair feels like. You are not a vet. Yet you made the correct diagnosis when you examined him. Why pay and trust somebody that doesn't know as much about dogs as you do? I COULD NOT AGREE MORE! I would definitely lose confidence in my vet too... Quote Sarah, the human, Henley, and Armani the Borzoi boys, and Brubeck the Deerhound.Always in our hearts, Gunnar, Naples the Greyhounds, Cooper and Manero, the Borzoi, and King-kitty, at the Rainbow Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytNut Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) It sounds like someone got their veterinary license out of a Cracker Jack box. But to play devil's advocate, is it possible that he could have a second, immature set of previously undescended testicles? Edited October 30, 2009 by GreytNut Quote Kristen with Penguin (L the Penguin) Flying Penske x L Alysana Costarring The Fabulous Felines: Squeak, Merlin, Bailey & Mystic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 This is funny!! I wouldn't change vets without going to the vet and actually talking to him/her myself. I have no idea about how big or small that iggy testes are, but I would guess that they come in different sizes. (I've seen enough un-neutered greyhounds to know that some are fairly tiny and some are... well, HUGE!) And honestly, if the little knots stay in the scrotum, I'd have them xrayed, your vets might be right, stranger things have happened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJsM Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I am totally confused reading this thread and obviously need to do more reading about this, but every time I take a male greyhound from our group to get neutered, they STILL have visible "testicles" when they get back. A month to a few months later, they are completely gone (I'm assuming when the testosterone levels go down as a result of the neuter). I definitely need to educate myself on this because I had no idea they took anything out. I always assumed the lack of hormones shrunk the sacs naturally. The only time our vets need to take something out is when the dog is crypt orchid. And that is a non-descended testicle and very much like a spay. Quote ATASCOSITA DIAZ - MY WONDER DOG!Missing our Raisin: 9/9/94 - 7/20/08, our Super Bea: 2003 - 12/16/09, our Howie: 9/17/97 - 4/9/11, our Bull: 8/7/00 - 1/17/13, our Wyatt Earp: 11/22/06 - 12/16/15, and our Cyclone 8/26/05 - 9/12/16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I am totally confused reading this thread and obviously need to do more reading about this, but every time I take a male greyhound from our group to get neutered, they STILL have visible "testicles" when they get back. A month to a few months later, they are completely gone (I'm assuming when the testosterone levels go down as a result of the neuter). I definitely need to educate myself on this because I had no idea they took anything out. I always assumed the lack of hormones shrunk the sacs naturally. The only time our vets need to take something out is when the dog is crypt orchid. And that is a non-descended testicle and very much like a spay. Actually, the vet puts a small cut in each side of the scrotum, (scrotum is the sack in which the testicles reside) and pops the testicle out and severs it and cauterizes the vas deferens (??? is it the same in dogs as it is humans?) and the blood supply. Then they put a suture or three in and the sack or the scrotum in place. Over time the scrotum or sack kind of shrivels up and mostly dissapears. But to neuter an animal, the testes have to be removed or else the dog would remain fertile and able to get a female pregnant. I've seen several of these done (not nearly as many as the vet techs on the board!) and it's pretty quick and very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my3greys Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I am sorry, but I just have to put my warped two cents in At the end of all this mystery and diagnosis,,,buster must be an awfullly happy dog in spite of the humans despair!!! Such attention and on hands analysis!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heehoo Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I would always neuter a male dog. There is a higher risk of testicular cancer and infection, not to mention prostate trouble, in a non-neutered dog. My son's IG wasn't neutered, and developed a badly infected prostate. He is fine now, and neutered! Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scullysmum Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 None Quote <p>"One day I hope to be the person my dog thinks I am"Sadi's Pet Pages Sadi's Greyhound Data PageMulder1/9/95-21/3/04 Scully1/9/95-16/2/05Sadi 7/4/99 - 23/6/13 CroftviewRGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taylorsmom Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 see update in post #1!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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