A few Questions about Neutering
 

First off I'd like to express my appreciation to all the knowledgeable posters on this board that have given me and my girlfriend tips and advice without knowing it ;)

My little guy (Finnigan) is getting neutered tomorrow and my girlfriend is seems to be very upset over this whole situation. I know it's a common procedure and we shouldn't have any trouble but I can't seem to convince her of this.

The main problem is that Finnigan was suppose to get neutered 2 months ago (He's 12 months old now) but he only had one descended testicle and the Vet told us to wait another until he's a year old. Were not really sure if his other testicle has indeed dropped yet (If it has it's much smaller than the other, would that be normal?) but were thinking even if it hasn't he really should be neutered this time around. He's a year old now and we have been told if the other one hasn't dropped yet it may never, would this be right? Anyways, if this is the case how bad will the neutering be for him? I know it will be more invasive and his recovery time may be take a little longer but is there any other information I should know?

Also, I've read information saying that by all means you should somehow restrict your yorkie from jumping after surgery. My little guy could be confused for being a Frog and jumps constantly, any advice how I might restrict his jumping after surgery?

Any advice would be appreciated,
Thanks! :dogprints

Welcome to YT!! I am interested in some of these questions myself as parker's haven't descended at all and he is approaching 6 months. I think that most will say is at a year if they haven't already they aren't and its much better for the dogs health to do it if they are still up there. They have a higher risk of cancer if you don't do it or wait longer.

Neutering a male with a retained testicle is similar to a spay for a girl because they have to go into the abdomen. Your boys will be no worse off than if they were girls and got spayed. Undescended testicles put the dog at a thirteen times greater rate of developing testicular cancer. I would go with what your vet says on this. They've seen it before and will see it again.:)

I sympathize with your girlfriend. All surgery has risks. The best way to try and eliminate those risks is by doing preop bloodwork, using an IV catheter, doing surgery on a heated table and using the correct kind of anesthesia.

I totally agree and the anesthesia you want to make sure the vet is using is Isoflorane. I believe there is a newer one out but I have not used it.