Castration woes

[GSD Woman]

Rudy was castrated last Friday. He had benign prostatic hyperplasia, whew. I'm having a heck of a time keeping him from licking his scrotum. The inflatable collar started to leak Monday while I was at work. The hard e-collars I had were slightly too small. I had to use the hard cone backed up by his buckle collar with pool noodle bumpers. Today a client donated a collar that her Berner had worn and I brought it home for Rudy. We may have success. One of the doctor's at work kept laughing at the situation. He said of course Rudy got around the cones. He's a very smart dog. The swelling in his scrotum is starting to go down, I have him on high doses of trazadone and gabapentin and that is helping with the licking and I'm icing his scrotum. Poor Rudy and poor me.

 

[Parrotperson]

oh! poor both of you. hope it gets better soon. Its devils own work when they get round a collar.

 

[CorvusCorax]

My middle one occasionally gets sore paws/makes them worse by licking and has worked out if he bashes the giant, expensive lampshade against the wall or the kennel hard enough, it will break ?

 

[Bellasophia]

As well as the cone..
Get a pair of child’s knickers on him..if you can sew ,put in some thick padding so he can’t get into the pants..
I hope he’s back on track soon..I dread going through this,but know it’s probably around the corner with a 9 yr intact male,who has had his first prostate issues last year..( treated as I mentioned with chemical castration tablets)..I’m probably going to make this update in a few months.

 

[GSD Woman]

He had managed to lick his scrotum when the inflatable cone failed while I was at work. Today when I got home his scrotum looked a mess. I took him into work and we had to sedate him. It turns out he has a huge hotspot and I had to clip and clean it. He's starting antibiotics and has genticin spray too. Fortunately the bigger cone that was donated to work yesterday seems to be keeping him away from his scrotum.
Amazon did send me a replacement inflatable as well as crediting my account. I won't trust that cone though. Hard cone or bust.

 

[Moobli]

How is he now?

 

[GSD Woman]

Moobli,

Sorry to be so late with this update but we all know how life gets in the way of things.

He's much better. His cone of shame came off yesterday and he is able to run around and do things besides drive me crazy. He has 2 more days of antibiotics but he doesn't mind taking them hidden in peanut butter.

Thank you for asking.

 

[Clodagh]

I have never had an inflatable cone work.
I am glad he’s on the mend.

 

[Moobli]

Glad to hear he’s much improved. Thanks for the update.

 

[GSD Woman]

Clodagh, this is the last time I'll trust one. Amazon sent me a new one free`one. I haven't attempted to inflate it.
Rudy is on my poop list right now. He managed to break my laptop this morning. And, I have to wait until Tuesday to actually get hold of the right department at Dell. At least my laptop is still under warranty.

 

[Clodagh]

Was he trying to google!? ?

 

[GSD Woman]

Was he trying to google!? ?

Only if it was how to piss off your owner in one easy step.
And thanks for making me laugh.

 

[splashgirl45]

glad he is feeling better....you must be relieved

 

[GSD Woman]

splashgirl45, I am even though I'm ready to kill him.

 

[splashgirl45]

i know the feeling, one of my terriers is a free spirit and frequently tests the boundaries..

 

[Nasicus]

Mums dog is long in the body and very flexible. When he had his bits done, he ended up in a mahooosive lampshade, enough to pick up satellite I reckon, AND had to wear a baskerville muzzle with the tongue guard in it to stop him from bending himself into a pretzel and licking his bits. He figured out that if his pushed the end of the collar against something, it would scoot down his deceptively long neck, past his rolls of loose skin (not fat, we joke he's a small dog wearing a big dogs skin) and he could just about reach his now missing coinpurse. Hence the baskerville muzzle to foil him at the very end!

All that to say, maybe try a Baskerville? Unless he's the type to rub the muzzle against the wound when he realizes he can't lick it of course.
We used this one, with the remiveable extra guard that slots in (ignore the front image, seems they mixed it up):
https://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/baskerville-classic-dog-muzzle

 

[GSD Woman]

Sounds like Rudy received tips on getting around the cone from your mum's dog.?
Dell jerked me around on the warranty. ?. It's cheaper to buy a new laptop than to pay Dell so I have a new one on the way.