Our sweet little foster Dachshund "Sprite" came out of surgeries this week. Because he was neglected, he hadn't see a veterinarian in the last 4 years) and he hadn't been neutered, he had surgeries. Oddly, the vet said that she could only find one testicle in him, and spent 1 1/2 hours looking for the other one that wasn't there. Hide the ball is a weird game for a dog to play. :) He also had 7 teeth removed that came right out when pulled. The doctor said that there were some that were really rotted (which gave him horrendous breath). The antibiotics and teeth pulling cleaned up his breath tremendously! - It is SO IMPORTANT to brush your dog's teeth, even just a couple of days a week, and give him dental chews. (Our Weimaraner is 6 and never had to have her teeth cleaned and has great breath as a result of brushing and dental chews, so it works!). Sprite also had a fatty lump on his throat about the size of a quarter that had to be removed and biopsied. In addition, he had a small growth on his lip removed (our Dachshund, Franklin had the same thing).
So, Sprite is sleeping a lot and is chock-full of pain killers and antibiotics. He's also on a soft food diet for the next 2 weeks as his mouth heals.
We have been carrying him upstairs in his little bed whenever we watch TV. We're keeping a close eye on him as he recovers from all his stitches.
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