A side effect of Castration?

28/03/2008 by Arielle.

I still fully support all male dogs being castrated. We have had 3 cases of prostatic cancer in the practice I work in in the last few weeks. These could have all been prevented with routine castration or removal of both testicles.Harry came in this morning. His responsible owner had booked him in for castration 3 days ago. He is a young Lhasa Apso who is carried everywhere at home and came in looking very sorry for himself.

His owner was obviously very concerned as he seemed unable to walk. He shuffled his bottom along and just sat down.

He had had a bout of diarrhoea after the operation. I checked his wound and it looked clean and healthy and he was on a good dose of Rimadyl painkillers.

The clue to his discomfort came when I lifted his tail to take his temperature. Poor Harry had a clump of faeces matting the long Lhasa fur around his bottom into a tight knot. Once this was cut away and I placed him on the floor, he had a little shake and his waterfall tail popped up over his back again. What relief for us all.

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