The NOT so free dog

OK, when you go and get a dog through rescue, there are certain unknowns, and you take that risk along with the rewards of rescuing a dog and bringing him home. We consider ourselves very lucky to have gotten Duke, he is a great boy...he just came with more equipment than we bargained for!

Duke is a pretty beefy boy..no doubt. (he has pictures on a previous post several weeks ago) He has a couple bad habits with visitors at our house..he seems a bit too lovey dovey..if you get my drift. Sniffs every tree, and pees on each and every one.

Our vet says...I have a weird feeling that he hasn't really been neutered...perhaps an undescended testicle. WOW...ok, that thought never occurred to me, but whatever..you're the Doc. So we do a blood test... They measured his testosterone, and a normal neutered dog would come in around 50, a dog that has not been neutered, around 1000. Duke's levels were at 10,000!!

Doc couldn't believe it, and called the lab to re-run the test...double, triple check, and confer with the Internal med specialist.... Yes, we are sure...those are his numbers.

Now, he will have surgery on Thursday or Friday and the Doc and his wife Mrs. Doc, will go in and look for the elusive cohones. If we don't get them, they will more than likely become cancerous, and will lead to more problems and expenses later, so we'll take care of it now.

I am so glad we found this vet, he is amazing...how he could meet Duke and on the first day peg him as basically a juiced up hound...truly brilliant..way to go Dr. Moritz!!

More to follow as this saga continues!