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Hello, everyone!
This post is partially a question and partially a rant.
We took our labrador, Fisher, to get neutered on Monday. After his surgery, the vet- long story short- told us that he couldn't find anything, meaning that the surgery was pointless. Weird, but whatever. He told us that Fisher would be depressed for up to the next 72 hours, and to give him pain meds x amount of times a day.
We called the vet this morning, and he told us that he couldn't find anything because our dog was to "morbidly obese" and that he took out a lump of what might have been fat and threw it away. (he told us this two days after the surgery on the phone, mind you.) Firstly, he never said that Fisher was overweight at all before, and why would you throw a lump of something away without telling us?!
We called another vet whom we have gone to before, who- also long story short- agreed to see if he still needs to get neutered and neuter him for a cheaper price (bless that vet!)
Fisher has been severely depressed and anxious for the past 3 days, which I've heard is normal. However, he won't poop, he's peed once (on his bed, which he hasn't done since he was a puppy) and is extremely lethargic (only gets up a few times a day to sprint as fast as he can to a new spot to lay down, his tail between his legs the whole time) and drinking and eating very, very little. We may take him into the vet (not the vet who "fixed" him, the other vet) today since he has not gone to the bathroom hardly at all, per their recommendation.
Has anybody's dog gone through this? Is this behavior normal? Will it ever end? I feel so bad for him... He's whining and panting non-stop, and he is awake all night. I'm currently writing this at 2:24 a.m. on the couch while he cries and pants on the floor.
This post is partially a question and partially a rant.
We took our labrador, Fisher, to get neutered on Monday. After his surgery, the vet- long story short- told us that he couldn't find anything, meaning that the surgery was pointless. Weird, but whatever. He told us that Fisher would be depressed for up to the next 72 hours, and to give him pain meds x amount of times a day.
We called the vet this morning, and he told us that he couldn't find anything because our dog was to "morbidly obese" and that he took out a lump of what might have been fat and threw it away. (he told us this two days after the surgery on the phone, mind you.) Firstly, he never said that Fisher was overweight at all before, and why would you throw a lump of something away without telling us?!
We called another vet whom we have gone to before, who- also long story short- agreed to see if he still needs to get neutered and neuter him for a cheaper price (bless that vet!)
Fisher has been severely depressed and anxious for the past 3 days, which I've heard is normal. However, he won't poop, he's peed once (on his bed, which he hasn't done since he was a puppy) and is extremely lethargic (only gets up a few times a day to sprint as fast as he can to a new spot to lay down, his tail between his legs the whole time) and drinking and eating very, very little. We may take him into the vet (not the vet who "fixed" him, the other vet) today since he has not gone to the bathroom hardly at all, per their recommendation.
Has anybody's dog gone through this? Is this behavior normal? Will it ever end? I feel so bad for him... He's whining and panting non-stop, and he is awake all night. I'm currently writing this at 2:24 a.m. on the couch while he cries and pants on the floor.