Sadly, I think she's serious....

[draggonlaady]

Had a lovely conversation today with a woman who apparently purchased a small purebred dog with intention of breeding him. Unfortunately, he has a retained testicle, which the woman knows is hereditary--she specifically told me that she doesn't want to breed him and have the pups have the same problem.
The she turned around and asked if there was a surgery I could do to move the testicle down into the scrotum, or if I could "palpitate" it down.
Seems the vet clinic up the highway told her no. So she called me, and also the clinic further north, just in case we knew how to do that. I explained that there is no surgery to move the testicle and still have it functional, and even if I could do such a thing, it wouldn't change his genetics--his pups would still have a high risk of also being cryptorchid.
(Hello! have you noticed that your children were not born with your scars?!)
When I told her that, she asked how much it would cost to neuter him, but she didn't want to make an appointment yet, 'cuz she's still waiting for the other clinic to call her back. As if Dr. G is going to magically be able to fix the dog's messed up genetics? Yeah...

Comments

[evil-egg.livejournal.com]

Sounds to me like the puppy's not the one who needs their DNA feckled about

[sphynx-again.livejournal.com]

That's ok, at our local vet clinic someone came in once with an AmStaff bitch they wanted to breed. But one ear didn't fold quite right, so they wanted the ear cut and stitched so it would match the other ear. THEN they could breed her.