The Deed is Done... Finally!

[Heidi & Milton]

As of last Wednesday, Milton is officially neutered, and what an ordeal it was.  After our poor experience with the SPCA (who never returned my phone call!), we decided to go to our routine veterinarian who we know and trust.  This is probably what we should have done in the first place instead of trying to cut costs.  Oh well, you live and you learn!  We won't make the same mistake with our next pup.

Milton was dropped off bright and early, to welcoming arms, at the vet's office, and his operation took about one hour to complete.  Three incisions were made, and the search for the missing testicle was on!  It took a while, but it was finally located next to his bladder, which is very unusual.  For good measure, Milton spent the night at the vet, and he was placed on liquid pain medication for that evening and five nights subsequent.  After his little sleepover, Milt was pretty happy to see his Daddy when he picked him up, especially because he thought Jeff might remove that dreadful cone!  We know the cone is necessary, but it sure makes our goldendoodle look silly, and he crashes into everything.

In case you are curious, the grand neuter total rang in at $455, including the actual operation, anesthesia, pain medication, cone, overnight stay, etc.  It was pricey, but this amount bought a great deal of relief for us knowing that Milt's wayward body part was discovered and could no longer develop into cancer.  Now the recovery for this operation is a bit longer because Milton had the three incisions rather than the normal one.  Our vet is encouraging us to leave the cone on for 10 - 14 days, no full inclusion daycare during this time, and no bath!  We will see how long that lasts.

We are just thrilled to have our happy, healthy boy...

Zonked out

Milton is still the Milton doing Milton like things.  The cone, and the neutering, have not changed much!

To read more about Milton the Goldendoodle please visit www.goldilocksandherdoodle.com

[DJ & Chance]

Hope the little guy is feeling better by now.

My pup Chance finally had a "missing" testicle drop at 16 weeks.  I did a little dance of joy knowing that his neutering at 8 months would be easier on him as a result.

[Barbara B., Sasha & Oliver]

Awwwww.... poor Milt..... he will be feeling better tomorrow. They seem to bounce back real quick. My Oliver wore the cone for about 2 hours, I took it off and he did not even look at his surgery site so I never put the cone back on. You may want to try it... if Milt starts licking then I would put it back on but if he does not then leave it off when you are with him.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Glad Milton is no longer "missing his part" well technically I guess he is missing two now, ha ha, and glad he sailed through with flying colors. Good luck with the cone...he seems pretty "chill" about it.

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

Wishing Milt a very quick recovery.  Glad the vet found and removed the wondering body part.

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

So glad the Milt is fine and you can put this behind you!

[Ginny Nightingale]

Those aren't bruises, right? It is the antiseptic lotion isn't it? He looks so cute in this picture! Glad it is over but that is the most expensive neutering I have ever heard of! Yikes! You probably don't know the story of the cat neutering that took place in my kitchen last Christmas--I wrote about it on DK at that time--my daughter is a vet and neutered an adult stray cat for me (he never left our yard after that and is a big LOVEBUG now). She anaesthetized him and did the surgery on our kitchen counter in about 35 minutes--it was pretty easy, but he didn't have a wandering testes either.....LOL!

[Amy, Cubbie & Ollie]

you should consider getting a soft cone.  We use Contech Procone with Ollie to keep him from chewing his paws.  It is a lot more comfortable for him than a traditional plastic cone

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

Watch out for the cone while baking Christmas cookies LOL

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

So glad it is finally over for you guys....Poor little Milton, his little tummy looks so bruised up!  Bailey Doodle sends kisses his way for a speedy recovery and a few kisses for his mom and dad too!

[Becka]

So happy to hear that this has ended well and the Milt is doing fine. It's almost like he got neutered and spayed!