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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  This is excellent advise. We had a Yorkie come through rescue for this very reason and he had to have surgery twice because of the delay in having it done. He is fine now but it was very scary for awhile.
To be on the safeside I would make an appointment for a 2nd opinion from one of these recommended surgeon's as this is not something you should be self diagnosing on a website. Everyone has good intentions and might be right but I wouldn't want to gamble on something like this. |
Thank you. You are definitely right. My first concern was getting him to stop the behavior if I could, to make sure he did not do damage and to make sure that I was doing everything I could possible do to avoid surgery. But after reading your post, I realize that I need to stop listening to just my vet and and seek another opinion, whether he has stopped the behavior or not.
I took him to the vet a few weeks ago and the Dr. said that there was not any damage done yet but he was still really pushing the surgery. He never goes into great specifics about it though which is slightly unnerving. There are only so many questions I can ask about something that I really don't know much about.
Would it be odd or rude to ask for a referral to a specialist if my Dr. seems so confident that he is the one that should be doing the procedure? I would never not do what was best for Ralphie just because I don't want to offend my vet, but I would still feel a little weird asking? Is this something that is pretty standard to ask?
I found a few vets in the Miami area from the ACVS website but they all require a referral. So really I guess I have no choice but to ask my vet.