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8251Dangerous Rottweiler.
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OPERATING ON DANGEROUS DOGS
"The eyes are still blinking by itself,
as if the dog is getting up!" Nurse Ann warned. In deep general anaesthesia, the
dog's sclera or eye white is seen but not the cornea and iris. This is because the eyeball
rotates downwards or vertically. When you touch the eye lashes with your fingers, the eyes
do not blink.
Now, these eyelids blink automatically. A higher dose of the halothane gas managed to
subdue the dog intermittently during surgery for 15 minutes. When the gas was reduced to
the normal 2%, the blinking commenced again, causing Nurse Ann to sweat.
It was like operating on a wolf or tiger. They bite suddenly even when tranquilised. This
was an unusual anaesthetic case. Dogs don't blink automatically during deep anaesthesia.
This dog seemed to know what was going on. 2 big swollen ovaries of around 3/4-inch in
diameter and 2 womb tubes of 3/4-inch diameter and 8 inches long, fragile and full of
thick sticky pus were removed.
Dr Chua had his ankle snapped by a Rottweiler who was displeased with being vaccinated. It
was not muzzled and it was a big-headed big jawed type. Once bitten, twice shy?
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"Last 2 stitches!" The operating table was shaking as the big dog started to
move. "Cut the four strings holding the dog down".
The Rottweiler just got up from the operating table. "Where is the muzzle?"
Panic was evident as Nurse Ann was worried about being bitten. There was a continuous
episode of bleeding from the stitched area. The tongue was pale in colour. Would the dog
die? Should it be operated at all?
The operation was necessary as there was extensive bacterial infection of the birth tubes
and antibiotics would resolve the problem for the short term before the vaginal purulent
discharge would recur.
The bleeding from the surgical site stopped after a while. The dog went home and lived to
a ripe old age.
Pyometra was the diagnosis. It meant that the uterine tubes were infected with
bacteria, leading to a yellowish sticky vaginal discharge. Had the bitch been
spayed, there would be no pyometra. But not all unspayed bitches suffer from
pyometra. The owner just had to be alert to any abnormal discharges in bitches
especially, after 5 years of age.
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Rottweiler - Pyometra
click directly on photos below to view bigger photos.
Photo 1: At home, 20 days before surgery. The complaint was that
the 9-year old Rottweiler bitch was not eating for a few days. Emaciated with spinal bones
seen. It was given antibiotics for 10 days and the appetite returned. It needed to
gain weight and health before anaesthesia and surgery to minimize risks of death during or
after surgery.
Photo 2: Tranquilised and prepared for surgery - sticky crescent of mucus
from the vaginal discharge seen on right hock too.
Photo 3: At home, 7 days after surgery, ready to pounce on the vet
despite sprained right hind limb. Has put on weight.
Diagnosis: Open pyometra - a bacterial infection of the womb in older
female dogs & and right hind sprained muscles. The cause could be the sudden jumping
at every dog passing by, slippery wet tiled floor, loud midnight thunder 2 days ago.
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
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update:
Rottweilers are classified as "Dangerous Dogs" in Singapore in 2001.
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