Inguinal hernia in a puppy

[Ashbunny]

Hi all! We had put a deposit down our second frenchie... we are already in love with her.. but it was just discovered that she has an inguinal hernia... she's only 7 weeks and we still have 3 weeks until we get her, the breeders vet wasn't concerned and said it's an easy fix during her spay but obviously she is way too young for that so they are letting us decide if we want to go through with getting her. Has anyone gone through this? Is your dog fine now?

She is not physically ill and is still an active happy puppy. it's hard since we are already attached emotional to her

 

[turbodave]

Why not have them fix it now instead of waiting for the spay. Wouldn't want to take the chance on the hernia strangulating.


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[Semachiah]

We have a new puppy with the same thing. The Doc advised the same as yours has stated. He also stated it is not a problem as long as it doesn't get any bigger (Worse). Every couple of weeks we take a look specifically at it to insure that we are keeping an eye on it & that it is not getting any worse. The Doc says he prefers to wait so as not to expose her to an extra surgery which is not really needed at this time & especially not to have to put her under anesthesia, which is the most dangerous part of a surgery.

If you intend on breeding, you may want to get a different one as it is an hereditary issue & you don't really want to continue passing it down the line.

 

[Ashbunny]

They wanted to but their vet was more worried about putting such a young frenchie under anesthesia then with the hernia itself.

 

[Ashbunny]

We have a new puppy with the same thing. The Doc advised the same as yours has stated. He also stated it is not a problem as long as it doesn't get any bigger (Worse). Every couple of weeks we take a look specifically at it to insure that we are keeping an eye on it & that it is not getting any worse. The Doc says he prefers to wait so as not to expose her to an extra surgery which is not really needed at this time & especially not to have to put her under anesthesia, which is the most dangerous part of a surgery.

If you intend on breeding, you may want to get a different one as it is an hereditary issue & you don't really want to continue passing it down the line.

Have you had any issues with your puppy so far?

 

[davidh]

As long as it is small, meaning it is no bigger than a pencil eraser, and I figure it is, since the vet isn't concerned about it, I would just wait and do it when you spay. Sometimes if the hernia is small enough, it may fix itself. Once they are fixed, you usually never have a problem with it again. We have had English Bulldogs with them, and have never had problems.