General One of my dogs is having surgery today

[SC MMA MD]

My male Shepherd, Max, has been dealing with anal gland issues for a couple of months. Our vet referred us to a specialist who we saw this morning, and as expected Dr. Allen recommended surgery to remove both anal glands. Max will have that done later today and he should be back home tomorrow. Wife and kids are worried because we lost our first Shepherd a decade ago after surgery to remove colon cancer was complicated by wound dehiscence and sepsis. Fortunately, Dr. Allen feels pretty confident that this is just anal sac disease and not malignancy.

 

[SongExotic2]

"My male Shepherd, Max'


Did you assume your dogs gender!!?

 

[SC MMA MD]

"My male Shepherd, Max'


Did you assume your dogs gender!!?

Negative- he insists on being referred to as male, and is proud of being “intact”. His perferred practice nouns are he/him/good boy.

 

[SongExotic2]

Negative- he insists on being referred to as male, and is proud of being “intact”. His perferred practice nouns are he/him/good boy.

Thankfully I read this just as I was about to burn my dog bra. Hope your guy does well, thems some good looking dogs

 

[Deleted member 1]

I was coming here to relate my stories of my dog having butt surgery. And then I read your dog is having the same.

For weeks afterwards there's a good chance that your dog will have a turtle head poking out.
Let them out regularly and often if they're primarily indoors. If they even look like they might need to go put them out again.

there are horror stories online of people with dogs having incontinence after the surgery. Ours had a little trouble at first and we were so fearful that we now had a dog that would just poop all over the place. That never happened and it got better a few months in.

 

[SongExotic2]

I was coming here to relate my stories of my dog having butt surgery. And then I read your dog is having the same.

For weeks afterwards there's a good chance that your dog will have a turtle head poking out.
Let them out regularly and often if they're primarily indoors. If they even look like they might need to go put them out again.

there are horror stories online of people with dogs having incontinence after the surgery. Ours had a little trouble at first and we were so fearful that we now had a dog that would just poop all over the place. That never happened and it got better a few months in.

Where is @TryHardNobody ?

 

[Deleted member 1]

Where is @TryHardNobody ?

Doggy Jail

 

[SC MMA MD]

I was coming here to relate my stories of my dog having butt surgery. And then I read your dog is having the same.

For weeks afterwards there's a good chance that your dog will have a turtle head poking out.
Let them out regularly and often if they're primarily indoors. If they even look like they might need to go put them out again.

there are horror stories online of people with dogs having incontinence after the surgery. Ours had a little trouble at first and we were so fearful that we now had a dog that would just poop all over the place. That never happened and it got better a few months in.

As I am sure you know, incontinence is a risk of the surgery. The anal sacs are embedded in the anal sphincter, so temporary incontinence is pretty much guaranteed, but Dr. Allan specializes in colorectal and orthopedic surgery so he does anal sacectomies all the time and he said he has never had permanent incontinence as a complication, but it is a risk. I thought the nerves to the sphincter were right near the sacs, but they are further away than I thought. Max is a nervous licker, so the hardest part is going to be keeping him from damaging the site when he is not in the cone of shame.

 

[SongExotic2]

Doggy Jail

Is this confirmed? My guess is jail or dead, so I hope he's in jail. I wanna talk about my butt is all

 

[Deleted member 1]

As I am sure you know, incontinence is a risk of the surgery. The anal sacs are embedded in the anal sphincter, so temporary incontinence is pretty much guaranteed, but Dr. Allan specializes in colorectal and orthopedic surgery so he does anal sacectomies all the time and he said he has never had permanent incontinence as a complication, but it is a risk. I thought the nerves to the sphincter were right near the sacs, but they are further away than I thought. Max is a nervous licker, so the hardest part is going to be keeping him from damaging the site when he is not in the cone of shame.

I paid some dude in a back alley to take care of it with a bottle of whiskey and let him sleep in my garage for 4 nights.

You'll probably have a better outcome.

 

[member 3289]

Best of luck, pal

 

[Tiiimmmaaayyy]

Good luck, Max

 

[Grateful Dude]

Best wishes and good luck to Max. Hope his recovery goes well!

 

[gangsterkathryn]

What cute faces! Good luck to Max. Keep us updated.

 

[Rambo John J]

Where is @TryHardNobody ?

I think he bailed...didn't wanna use ignore and got tired of the same lame jokes about him I think

 

[Simpleman]

As I am sure you know, incontinence is a risk of the surgery. The anal sacs are embedded in the anal sphincter, so temporary incontinence is pretty much guaranteed, but Dr. Allan specializes in colorectal and orthopedic surgery so he does anal sacectomies all the time and he said he has never had permanent incontinence as a complication, but it is a risk. I thought the nerves to the sphincter were right near the sacs, but they are further away than I thought. Max is a nervous licker, so the hardest part is going to be keeping him from damaging the site when he is not in the cone of shame.

My pup wouldnt go for a few days and the vet wouldnt let him leave until he took a shit. They finally let him go home without poopin’ hoping that he would just go at home. The moment he hit they backyard it let loose. Keep that area super clean too. Gag reflex will probably increase after this. Shit is nasty (no pun intended).

 

[SC MMA MD]

Max came through surgery fine. Surgeon said the operation was a 10 on a scale of 1-10 difficulty wise; both sacs were infected, and the right one had burst and formed a big pocket of infection and vascular scar tissue that was difficult to excise. Glad we chose to do surgery today instead of waiting. He comes home tomorrow morning. His sister has been out of sorts today trying to figure out where he is.

 

[gangsterkathryn]

Max came through surgery fine. Surgeon said the operation was a 10 on a scale of 1-10 difficulty wise; both sacs were infected, and the right one had burst and formed a big pocket of infection and vascular scar tissue that was difficult to excise. Glad we chose to do surgery today instead of waiting. He comes home tomorrow morning. His sister has been out of sorts today trying to figure out where he is.

Watching your other pet(s) looking for the other when this happens is heartbreaking. One of our cats was at the vet for over a week when trying to break an infection and my four others and the dog were not okay. I’m glad he pulled through, and am still keeping him in my thoughts.

 

[Jdog93]

Max came through surgery fine. Surgeon said the operation was a 10 on a scale of 1-10 difficulty wise; both sacs were infected, and the right one had burst and formed a big pocket of infection and vascular scar tissue that was difficult to excise. Glad we chose to do surgery today instead of waiting. He comes home tomorrow morning. His sister has been out of sorts today trying to figure out where he is.

Glad he pulled thru.

Hope he recovers fast.
Keep us updated

 

[SC MMA MD]

Watching your other pet(s) looking for the other when this happens is heartbreaking. One of our cats was at the vet for over a week when trying to break an infection and my four others and the dog were not okay. I’m glad he pulled through, and am still keeping him in my thoughts.

They are just like humans- they often act like they can’t stand each other, but as soon as one is “missing” the other does not know what to do with themselves. I call them brother/sister, but they are not really related. They came from separate litters from the same breeder a week apart in age, but we have had them both since 10/11 weeks of age.

 

[gangsterkathryn]

They are just like humans- they often act like they can’t stand each other, but as soon as one is “missing” the other does not know what to do with themselves. I call them brother/sister, but they are not really related. They came from separate litters from the same breeder a week apart in age, but we have had them both since 10/11 weeks of age.

I do the same, even though the two boy cats came way after everyone else. All my pets are siblings.

I love them all.