Sheltie Gathering Jan 2012! Juliet third dog from the left!

It’s all gooooood! Mother says that though it’s been only a month since my neuter procedure she has seen some improvement in my behaviour. Don’t know what she’s talking about. I’m already an angel!

Pffftt. You gave Mother hell! I see her huddled in the corner, rocking herself and eating her hair while she mumbles “Romeo.. Mark.. Hump.. Noooo”. *giggles*

You’re making things up.

It’s true! I swear on rainbows and unicorns! She said she felt like she was fighting you all the time. It was so exhausting for her! And she worried about her relationship with you, but of course I reminded her she still had ME!

Well things have changed. Mother said I didn’t bother anyone or try to hump any dog (even my girlfriends!) the whole time we were at the recent Sheltie gathering! And no time outs for bad behaviour. And she said when I came bounding towards her from the other end of the dog run when she called for me, she wanted to drop to her knees and cry out in joy. *beams* Oh oh and at home, I don’t mark over your pee anymore! *double beams*

Whatever. I still rock more.

[Photos of R&J at the January 2012 Sheltie Gathering organized by SGShelties.com courtesy of Nicole, Thian Yong and ???! THANKS!

Ball picture further below! Apologies for the yellow tone. Bad lighting!]

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Balls look shrivelled, definitely feels like empty saggy pouches.

Wound has healed over completely! Sutures absorbed!

[Other ball updates: 48 hours after surgery ; 60 hours after surgery ; 5 days after surgery ; 1 week after surgery]

Juliet with her devil eyes and mischievous face, up to no good. But what exactly is she doing?

Gouging out the eyes of a reindeer! Poor Mr Rudolph!

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One week on, Romeo’s suture wound has just about healed completely and his balls are returning to its original colour. They are also less swollen! Woooooottt!

Day 7

[Other ball updates: 48 hours after surgery ; 60 hours after surgery ; 5 days after surgery ; 1 month after surgery]

I LOVE BALLS!

You may not want to proclaim that so loudly, Juliet.

Mumsy makes ball chasing fun! She fills the ball with treats and when I catch it and bring it back, I GETS ‘EM.

Yes. Mother, in her bid to distract me and get us to be more toy oriented, has been dissecting little tennis balls and putting food in the hole.

Then she draws eyes above the opening so it looks like a smiley face! So cute! I love balls! WHEEEEE!

These are the balls Mother is using. They are small and cost her less than S$10 for a pack of 3! (There is one missing from the picture, yes. How observant.)

Mother wants to put this picture in her hand-modelling portfolio

Poke scissor into ball and make a small cut

Tadah! Looks like a mouth right? You can draw two eyes above it!

Put food in the opening! Use small treats that are fairly firm. Squishy ones (including those that turn squishy with saliva) can be hard to get out.

Haha! You missed the ball that last time Juliet!

And again! HAHA!

You were distracting me! Well at least I caught it in the end! Hmpf!

You were such a baby the first few days that Mumsy had to get painkillers (Rimadyl) from the vet for you on the 3rd day!

I’m ignoring you. ANYway, Mother took more pictures of my balls of course. If you really must, you can check them out below. Sigh.

Eeeewwww….

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Day 3

Day 4

Day 4 again

Day 5

Romeo’s feeling muuuuch better now. He’s not trying to run away from his own butt anymore and is no longer using the e-collar. He does lick his bits a little but not excessively so I’ve left him be. He’s no longer being carried up the stairs, and he’s trying to play with Juliet who is more than happy to oblige! I’ve been intervening and keeping that to a minimum though!

The suture wound looks good and clean. No sign of infection! It is healing well. Phew!

His “balls” are less swollen too and have gone a purpley red tinge. I guess his body is slowly reabsorbing the ball that collected there! The bruising around his penis has also subsided alot.

Yay finally getting some much needed uninterrupted sleep!

[Other ball updates: 48 hours after surgery ; 60 hours after surgery ; 1 week after surgery ; 1 month after surgery]

Teehee!

So. Not. Funny.

Almost 60 hours in (from the time of surgery) and his balls are starting to look like this (in colour and everything):

A rambutan (click to find out what the heck it is)

What the..

It is predicted by Mumsy that they will soon look like this (again, in colour and shrivelly-ness):

A raisin

According to sources, a bruise goes through a rainbow of colours before it heals.

1st and 2nd day – bright red!

3rd to 5th day – purpley, black

6th to 7th day – green (ugh)

8th to 9th day – yellowy brown

2-3 weeks – back to normal!

Looks like Romeo has a loooong way to go!

*groan*

Oh! Actual picture of Romeo’s rambutan is below.

Look at your own risk! *shudder!*

Daddy says Romeo is a porn star, what with all these pictures of his private parts on the internet! Heehee!

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Icing the bruised balls seems to help. Because it was tender to the touch, I got Romeo to sit on a cloth covered pack of frozen peas instead, and he does that willingly. He must really like it. Doesn’t want to get up. Tried a towel rinsed in warm water, but that was not as well received!

He is sleeping soundly now for periods longer than 30 minutes. I hope this means we both get a decent night’s sleep! Fingers crossed!

[Other ball updates: 48 hours after surgery ; 5 days after surgery ; 1 week after surgery ; 1 month after surgery]

Rest in peace ballsies!

[Romeo was neutered on 27 December 2011.]

If you want to see a picture of what his “down there” looks like now, after 48 hours from time of surgery, keep going and read the rest of this post.

If not, STOP HERE. DO NOT SCROLL DOWN ANY FURTHER.

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Ample warning has been given – if you proceed further, you shall be responsible for all nightmares and trauma you might get from seeing the picture. If you are chaste and haven’t seen balls before, now may not be a good time. If you are male and squirmish, you might not want to look either!

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Last chance!!

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Alrighty then..

For anyone who is interested, for whatever reason (because you are pervy or just curious), here’s a picture of my well hung boy’s “down there” area 48 hours after the surgery. The suture wound is looking good and clean, but there is some bruising (apparently common, especially with older dogs since they have more blood vessels in the balls).

For educational purposes – The incision (small 2cm one in Romeo’s case) was made at the base of the schlong and the gonads are pushed out of the ball sacs through the cut and removed and all the left over bits are tied off. Romeo was stitched up with dissolving stitches so no need to return to have them removed.

Romeo is feeling some pain because he sometimes acts like he is trying to run away from his own backside, before realizing he can’t, then sitting down abruptly, then lying down to try and lick at the area.

He has on a Kong Cloud collar to try and prevent that. Can’t say that it works very well in this case because my boy is abit of a contortionist and can bend in weird ways to reach his balls despite the collar. I have a backup clear plastic Elizabethan collar (e-collar) for times when I have to leave the house or leave him with anyone that is as observant as an earthworm.

Earthworms are blind.. getit??

Anyway, Romeo is eating and drinking well. Barks and is generally acting as he usually does save that he’s a bit more restless probably due to the discomfort and soreness he’s feeling in his scrotal area. A couple more days and I’m hoping the pain will subside and he’ll be more himself.

Interesting thing I observed so far – he tried to mark over Juliet’s freshly peed spot, but instead of leaving just a wee bit of pee (as he used to), he let out a whole damn puddle, like he couldn’t hold it back? I’m sure the surgery affected his peeing control to some extent. Shall see if that  changes as he gets better.

Oh, also, Juliet has been such a good sister! She has been leaving Romeo alone and hasn’t gone to annoy him like she usually does. She only tried once to chew his head, but backed off and didn’t try again when I told her not to. Good girl Juju!
[Other ball updates: 60 hours after surgery ; 5 days after surgery ; 1 week after surgery ; 1 month after surgery]

Well we kinda did!

No we were only outside! By the giant logo globe thing!

Close enough!

We were at (the outside of) Universal Studios!

Mother took us to Sentosa for a swim then decided to explore parts of Sentosa by foot.

And of course she took lotsa pictures of meeeee!

Of us you mean.

You just happen to be there.

Uh huh.

Lotsa people stopped Mumsy to play with me and take my photo too!

Of US!

Yea whatever. *sticks tongue out*

Should we be concerned that our photos might be on the Facebook pages of some random tourist out there?

Some water feature thingy made with mosaic tiles. Pretty!

The fish are taking revenge

Romeo: HAHA There are 4 piggies, including Juliet!

I’m not yet old like my brother! Double WHEEEEE!!

This year for Christmas Mumsy didn’t get any new Christmas costumes and props. *sad face*

Yea we had to reuse our old stuff. But she did take a heck of a lotta photos! She even got someone with a professional camera, lights and all to do a photoshoot!

That was fun! I love being a model. *preens*

Uh huh.

Bambi wasn’t spared either. *giggles*

I loved the great big dinner where we got loads of awesome presents and delicious food!

Nyahneenyahneebooboo I had more turkey than yooouuuu!

Grandma feeding us Christmas treats!

Christmas photoshoot at Botanic Gardens (Trees of the Word light up)

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