Brody is a eunuch.
I had intended to wait it out until a year, but there were several reasons to do it now. One of the main ones being, I have a doggie daycare very close to work but they have to be neutered in order to go- and he NEEDS the stimulation! Plus the kids were asking too many questions about what he was doing with his dog bed the other night.
I had intended to ask my boss to do the neuter, because I couldn’t imagine the idea of something going awry and me being too distraught to think straight, but expediency won out over chickening out and I did it. Of all the surgeries we do, this one is pretty idiot proof- it’s one of the simplest procedures. So I sucked it up.
Once he was draped, the surgical field looked like any other surgical field and my mind was in working mode so it didn’t bother me at all. Dentals are worse- because their unconscious face is staring at you, going, why, WHY am I here with a tube in my throat?
He is eating some canned food now, acting very sad and pathetic whenever other people are around but around me acting like nothing happened. Something happened, though. We saved the evidence in a formalin jar. Why, I don’t know. Everyone at work is very interested in seeing Brody’s testicles. Don’t worry, I’m not posting any pictures of them here- I’m weird, but I’m not that weird.
I did, however, take pictures of him before and after his surgery. I’ve never seen a dog so awake completely unable to get his tongue back into his head- I watched him try for a few seconds before feeling sorry for him and sticking it back in his mouth for him.
Awww look at how cute he is with his wittle tongue stuck out there! Blade made sure to get as much sympathy as he could when I had him neutered. He still liked to dominate his bed and various pillows after the fact. I think it was a “Hey Momma look. You did what you did but I can still do what I was doing.”
awww i was hoping to see this jar of formalin with the testes lol
Great job DrV. Tough working on your own animals. My sister still hasn’t forgiven me for handing her the formalin jar with her cat’s units after I neutered him. Why we feel we must save these sometimes, I am not sure. :-p
Wish my vet would have given me my dog’s but that’s because I have a sick desire to give them to people that need them (like my boss or a family member that needs to stand up to someone)
What a sweetie. He looks so cute with his tongue hanging out. Too bad you already printed the calendar – that would have made a great January. I might have kept January up all year if that had been the January photo. 🙂
Cutest. Patient. Ever.
Horse vets have a lot of fun with this. Track tradition is to throw them up on the roof of the stable, for luck. I had one vet do that without even pausing. Snip, snip, toss. My favorite story though is from a friend of mine who gelded his colt, and had an Army buddy ask him for the ‘evidence’. He put them in a ziplock and handed them over. Later he found out his buddy went in to his master sergeants office, tossed them on his desk and said ‘Here you are, the Army has everything else of mine anyway.’ His whole platoon thought it was great. Personally, I think he had delusions of grandeur with pretending a 2 yr old 17 hand colt’s parts were his.
Poor baby! My vet presented me with my Golden’s testicles in a lovely gift box with a note to keep his family jewels somewhere safe. She is also my friend by the way. Weird sense of humor though.
the little tongue sticking out– too much! he really is Such a CUTIE!
glad to hear everything went well on the procedure. it couldn’t have been easy working on your own pet but i’m glad you were able to get in “the zone.”
Oh the poor baby! He is so cute! Especially when he’s looking pathetic with those puppy dog everythings.
This story reminds me of when I worked for an OB/GYN whose artist patient wanted her uterus in a jar for an exhibition she would title “Uterus on a Skateboard”. He refused to give it to her!
Feel better Brode. xoxo