Vet has mentioned surgery on my dear little dog

[kid]

I am very worried about the thought of my dog needing to be sedated for surgery after what happened to my previous puppy (He died on the operating table at 7 months old)

My current dog has Lip Fold Pyoderma for the 2nd time. He is 16 months old so the vet isn't overly worried about it at the moment. He has had 3 antiobiotic injections to treat it so far. The vet said if T gets it twice a year, thats no problem but it starts happening more frequently, we may need to consider surgery.

Even though its just a possibility at the moment, I am so worried about it. How can I agree to let my dog have a GA? The last time I did, he never came home again and it truely did break my heart. Even though that dreadful day happened 17 months ago (exactly 17 months ago tomorrow), I have never really got over it. Admitedly I don't cry constantly anymore but I am still very sad that he is no longer and he was cheated out of life because I thought I was doing the right thing by getting him neutered.

I need to ensure my dog doesn't end up requiring surgery, that would be the best thing I think, but how?

kid, so sorry only just seen this, I can totally understand how upsetting you are finding this. I have no idea how to prevent it happening, but the chances of it happening again cnt be high, try not to worry now, it is nly a possibility in the future.

Oh no kid, what a worry.

Seeing as it is something that may need to be done in the future I would try not to worry too much for now. But I know that is impossible.

When we had our cocker spaniel (who died 16 months ago just before his 5th birthday, also cheated out of life ) I was a member of the Cockers Online forum. As cockers also frequently suffer from lip fold pyoderma the suggestion was to frequently bathe the lipfolds in a hibiscrub solution. Perhaps worth reading up on?

Thanks dita I shouldn't worry just yet as the vet said its only a possibility. I explained my concerns about the GA and the vet assured me that their first intention is to do no harm to my dog. He knows all about moby and I know he wouldn't want anything to happen to teddy.
There was only a 1 in 1000 chance of moby dying but he did. I just can't bear the thought of him being operated on. If it comes to it, I'd have to stay at the vets while he was operated on. I'd be in such a state, so would my DC

Anyway, I'm going to stop worrying as it may not even happen.

Thanks blnn, definitely worth reading up on
Your dog must have died quite soon after moby. He died on 27th May, horrible, horrible day it was.

13th of June for us. Horrible Horrible Day. He would have been 5 the following day. So at least we had him with us for nearly 5 years.

To lose Moby so very young is just heartbreaking.

yeah, he was only 7 months old when he died. He'd been with us since 7 weeks (so around 5 months) but it felt like we'd had him forever.

Still, I guess the only positive thing to come of his death is we got Teddy who is simply an excellently behaved dog. Moby was in the process of slowly destroying my house but I loved him too much to care! Teddy has had a few attempts, we have a few small holes in the wall to show for teddys presence.
Also, I was led to believe (by the horrible vet) that Moby probably had some sort of heart disease so he would have died young anyway. I don't know if that was true, but if it was, at least we were spared witnessing that.

how horrible for you to be coping with his death instead of celebrating his birthday. I don't think it really matters if we spend months or years with our pets. It still hurts just as much when they pass away.