No not him, this is a real special one!
You may have noticed a young lad on the crosses page of the Rescue Centre who has been there a few months now, his name is Sonny. He had a poor start to life, living in a cellar before being rescued by a very kind lady who was having problems finding a rescue who would take him, probably due to his parentage - Staffie x rottweiller. As soon as I heard about him and saw his face I knew I had to help him so offered to take him into my kennel (I have 3 kennels, 1 is BIN's 2 are my own). Little did I know the journey we were starting off on!
He arrived on the back seat of a car sitting on the knees of Lisa and Mandy, they had met the kind lady rescuer at the services and shared their seat with him for a good few miles. After being in a cellar for so long his odour wasn't pleasant, no doubt they were both pleased when they got back home to bath and change!!
Weeks went by and no one showed any interest in this little lad, he settled in well but worried me to start with because he wouldn't sleep in the bed area of his kennel, he preferred to take his bedding into the run, it is covered but obviously not as warm and cosy. I am sure it was because he was just so happy to be outside and not in his cellar. I put a thick rubber mat over the concrete to insulate it and made sure he had plenty of bedding and he was fine.
Weeks turned into months and Sonny became friends with my rescued American Bulldog Rhubi, they became virtually inseperable, so I thought it would be wise to get the 'snip' done as I am waiting for the right time to have Rhubi spayed.
2 weeks ago Sonny went to the vets to be castrated, he had only 1 testicle in the sac but the vet didn't foresee any major problems locating the other one, although did warn us that it may be a bigger operation than normal.
Later that afternoon we rang to see how he was getting on and the vet said that despite all their efforts they hadn't managed to find the missing testicle and the op had been longer than they would have liked because of this and he had more incisions than usual, due to this he had to stay overnight. The next day we collected him and were told that in 2 months time they would check his testosterone level and if it indicated that there was still another testicle they would have to take him in to look for it again, if it wasn't removed it could cause further problems later.
Sonny wasn't himself for several days and he remained in the house where I could keep a closer eye on him, he didn't touch the wounds at all he was really good in that aspect, but the swelling didn't go down. We took him back after a week and the vet thought the internal stitches must have split and caused a hernia, so we booked him in for the following day to have him opened up again and restitched.
The next day off we went again and as usual were told to ring at 2pm to see how he was doing. At 12.30pm the phone rang and a voice said 'don't panic, it's nothing to worry about but its the vet here', she then went on to say that while she had him on the table she thought she may as well just have another look for the missing testicle, but that she didn't find it but found something else instead! My first thought was they had left something in there from the previous op, but she said that what she saw really shocked her and she thought she was seeing things! There was an ovary, a cervix and a uterus, so Sonny is an hermaphrodite!! Something that is not seen often in dogs.
So 2 weeks after being castrated Sonny was spayed!
From the outside he looks like any normal male dog and it came as quite a shock to find out how special he is. He is now a celebrity at our vets, but he hasn't let the fame go to his head, he is still the same lovable little lad!
He will be available to sign pictures at the Fun Day!!
