Have any of your dogs had a peroneal hernia? Jax has had trouble defecating for several months, but would always have at least one BM per day. Of late, he has been straining harder without luck, we walk a few steps, squats, nothing. His mood and temperament has not changed, has been in good spirits, eats well and has high energy. The red flag was when he refused food recently and no bm for two days. I immediately had him checked by our vet. I requested an x-ray, thinking there might be a blockage. He thought he could have worms. I said I was doubtful for several reasons. Hasn't had worms since i brought him home from the breeder as a four month old pup. He prescribed Panacur, but didn't change the behavior.
Returned two weeks late and demanded an x-ray, x-ray showed impacted feces. He manually removed the feces and thought that was the problem. The x-ray did not show any blockage. Few days later, still straining to defecate, returned and thought might be his prostate, Cut to the chase, is having surgery today, as well as neutering since the vast majority of these peroneal hernias are intact males.
Would love to hear if anyone's sheltie has had this surgery and if it was successful, any recurrence? I am sitting here very concerned about the hernia surgery and the neutering at this age and potential complications. We opted not to neuter this sheltie after reading so many negatives and issues with neutering; unfortunately, this is common in unneutered dogs.
Jax is our fourth sheltie and the previous three were neutered and had wonderful dispositions; however, while Jax was a dream as a puppy, as he matured, he was, and still is, inconsistent with behavior around other dogs. He definitely has his favorites and dogs he would devour, given the chance! We never experienced this with our previous shelties so this has been a challenge for my husband and me. When we walk, i always cross the street if we see another dog to avoid any potential issues. He will bark and try to run after the dog. He also seems to be unliked by dogs who have never met him and they become aggressive with him (at a distance) and Jackson, many times will ignore them. We never know what to expect, so he is always on a short leash. So my question is, how likely is it that this aggression will change after neutering? I have read conflicting reports but nothing specific to the sheltie. Otherwise, he is a great dog, loyal, smart and loves to retrieve the ball for hours - honestly, he would rather fetch than eat sometimes!
We thought we were welcoming another wonderful, sweet Sheltie into our life, but it has turned into a challenging situation at times. There is not a human Jax doesn't love, and he shows it. He is all over people. Our previous Shelties got along with every dog. We never had to worry about avoiding other dogs. I would never put Jax in doggie daycare as many friends do. He is too erratic with his behavior. I might add, with each Sheltie, I learned so much about breeders, genetic testing of the sire and dam, etc. and choose this wonderful, responsible breeder, who does all the testing, and provides the new owner wiht a "book" of everything and proof from the tests, OFA certification results, VWD (and more) vet visits, etc. I know, being a mom, kids are different and not all dogs are going to share the temperament of the sire or dam. The take on their own personalities that I think are developed in utero!!
I love this dog and he has so many good qualities, he is just so different that his predecessors and constantly keeps us on our toes. We always joke we are too old to have this highly active, Jekyll-hyde disposition.
Another concern is he shows some jealousy with our grandchildren and when they visit. Just the other day, he growled at one of them because they were too close to him while he was sitting next to me. THis really upset me and my job is to protect those grandchildren. Most of the times he tolerates the grands well, but with the holiday upon us, I am very concerned that this could happen again, or worse, he might snap at them.
Sorry for this long post, would appreciate any comments or thoughts on the surgery and the incident with his growling at our grandchild, who is two years old. Thank you, everyone, for reading this.
Returned two weeks late and demanded an x-ray, x-ray showed impacted feces. He manually removed the feces and thought that was the problem. The x-ray did not show any blockage. Few days later, still straining to defecate, returned and thought might be his prostate, Cut to the chase, is having surgery today, as well as neutering since the vast majority of these peroneal hernias are intact males.
Would love to hear if anyone's sheltie has had this surgery and if it was successful, any recurrence? I am sitting here very concerned about the hernia surgery and the neutering at this age and potential complications. We opted not to neuter this sheltie after reading so many negatives and issues with neutering; unfortunately, this is common in unneutered dogs.
Jax is our fourth sheltie and the previous three were neutered and had wonderful dispositions; however, while Jax was a dream as a puppy, as he matured, he was, and still is, inconsistent with behavior around other dogs. He definitely has his favorites and dogs he would devour, given the chance! We never experienced this with our previous shelties so this has been a challenge for my husband and me. When we walk, i always cross the street if we see another dog to avoid any potential issues. He will bark and try to run after the dog. He also seems to be unliked by dogs who have never met him and they become aggressive with him (at a distance) and Jackson, many times will ignore them. We never know what to expect, so he is always on a short leash. So my question is, how likely is it that this aggression will change after neutering? I have read conflicting reports but nothing specific to the sheltie. Otherwise, he is a great dog, loyal, smart and loves to retrieve the ball for hours - honestly, he would rather fetch than eat sometimes!
We thought we were welcoming another wonderful, sweet Sheltie into our life, but it has turned into a challenging situation at times. There is not a human Jax doesn't love, and he shows it. He is all over people. Our previous Shelties got along with every dog. We never had to worry about avoiding other dogs. I would never put Jax in doggie daycare as many friends do. He is too erratic with his behavior. I might add, with each Sheltie, I learned so much about breeders, genetic testing of the sire and dam, etc. and choose this wonderful, responsible breeder, who does all the testing, and provides the new owner wiht a "book" of everything and proof from the tests, OFA certification results, VWD (and more) vet visits, etc. I know, being a mom, kids are different and not all dogs are going to share the temperament of the sire or dam. The take on their own personalities that I think are developed in utero!!
I love this dog and he has so many good qualities, he is just so different that his predecessors and constantly keeps us on our toes. We always joke we are too old to have this highly active, Jekyll-hyde disposition.Another concern is he shows some jealousy with our grandchildren and when they visit. Just the other day, he growled at one of them because they were too close to him while he was sitting next to me. THis really upset me and my job is to protect those grandchildren. Most of the times he tolerates the grands well, but with the holiday upon us, I am very concerned that this could happen again, or worse, he might snap at them.
Sorry for this long post, would appreciate any comments or thoughts on the surgery and the incident with his growling at our grandchild, who is two years old. Thank you, everyone, for reading this.
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