I decided to get Perry desexed at the age of 11 months or thereabouts, I didn't see any advantages in waiting longer (and got some advice from good sources that waiting longer might result in him becoming aggressive). Now I'm about two days from taking the cone off (I think - currently on hold with Lort Smith at this point, two callers ahead of me in the queue, the automated message gives you the option of a callback but I'm like nah because they never do call back lol) so I feel I'm almost ready to deal with the bruising experience. He had a bruising experience of actual bruising, it's been emotionally bruising for me.
When I first got him from the vets after the surgery he kept pulling the cone off his head and I thought this won't do so I hastened to Habitat and got him another 'buster collar' as they call them, but after a couple of days he wasn't looking good and was obviously very distressed and uncomfortable, so I took him back to the vet, and they said the other collar was too soft/short so he'd probably been worrying at his scar, and he might even need further surgery. I didn't care about the money so much as what I'd landed him in, but I think ultimately it transpired it wasn't that he had done that much damage to himself - he was sitting in the garden a lot and he had dirt on him which they interpreted as dead skin or bruising. I don't know really the extent of the damage, if any, but ultimately what happened was he got another big plastic collar to put on. Here he is, with it on. He actually doesn't seem to notice it anymore which is strange but I am happy about that. He is completely fine now - it's 12 days since he had the actual surgery - and I am probably projecting but I think he might even be a little better temperamentally. I guess the real proof of that will be when I take him to the dog park and see if he gets in any fights. He may.
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