*this is what was told me about my babies but Pedro's was easy and only one small incision but Chico's was severe so 3 incisions and a hard time. His stitches are intact. * On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > My vet noticed that something was wrong when Desi was a little over 3 > months old. We scheduled his surgery for as soon as I was able to care for > him afterwards. He had quite a few incisions also. About a week later the > lady that bought Desi’s littermate brother met me at my vet’s office…she had > previously been taking the puppy to the breeder’s house for his vaccines. I > wondered why she hadn’t just taken him to a vet, and the puppy therefore had > never had an examination which included his heart, respiratory, or the > others things that are checked. > > Well, when I bring my two, he will listen to their heart and their lungs > and palpate here and there….this day with Desi’s littermate brother, he went > right for the groin. He felt and felt and then said that he is almost > positive that he had the same condition. He said that the gene from the > father is passed to every male puppy. When I asked if I should tell the > breeder, he said she would know because the father would have one > undescended testicle also. Well, I never saw his father, and when I told > her that I would like to get a picture of Desi with his parents, she said > that she gave his father to a friend who used to breed German Shepards. So > she was going to set up a visit, but ‘just the luck’ or ‘just in time’ the > friend moved and couldn’t keep the sire and sold him on ebay….you DO NOT > sell a breeding male on Ebay! Then I said that was OK, I wanted to get a > picture of Desi with his mother…and when I went to the breeder so she could > see how big he is (over 9 lbs and no fat) the husband told me that the lady > who bought his mother moved away also! My vet said that the only other way > that the puppies would have this condition was if the mother and father were > too closely related…maybe that is what happened also…I will never know, but > I am happy that my vet caught this early before it choked off something > inside of him or developed into a ‘big ugly cancer’ as my vet said. > > I know it is so sad when your little ones are all cut up, but Desi really > recuperated very fast (he had his dewclaws removed at the same time). > > Take care of yourself, too! > > Joan > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *ann banks > *Sent:* Sunday, February 06, 2011 5:51 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Chihuahuas] babies > > > > > > *Yes, both had this condition but Chico's was severe* > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Did he have cryptorchidism? Desi had that, and he had three of four > incisions on his belly to be able to get the free floating testicle. > > Give them both hugs and tummy tickles (carefully, though!) for me. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *ann banks > *Sent:* Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:29 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Chihuahuas] babies > > > > > > *Chico and Pedro are now at home and sleeping a lot--just want to stay in > bed. Chico was cut in 3 places on his little tummy. And both weighed 4 1/2 > pounds each. I am so glad to have them home.* > > *Thanks everyone for all the good thoughts.* > > *Ann > * > -- > > > > > -- > > Ann > > > > > -- Ann
