I really hope you can help with this. On thursday we took our dogs to be neutered, one was absolutely fine no problem. My dog, Monkey, has changed completely - he was biting at his stitches at the vet so they gave him a collar - which caused him stress so we took it off.
Monkey is just over 6 months and a shih tzu, he used to be off a nervous disposition but through walks and socialisation he seemed a lot more like his outgoing brother who we also own.
Monkey apparently had both testicles moved so his was to be the simple straightforward operation.
Friday morning we asked for some painkillers as he seemed to be in pain.
Anyway in spite of these painkillers friday night, he would suddenly start flying round the room yelping as if in great pain. He is off his food and will only drink tea - not water which is always available to him.
We described his symptoms to the vet on Saturday morning - basically he is panting, stressed, he won't move from one position, he will not pay attention to anything (not even his brother) and has very shallow breathing. Rather than go outside or ask to, he stays in the same spot and passes water or a stool and only moves out of it, if it is the hard stuff.
The vet could find nothing wrong with him but gave us some more painkillers and some anti-biotics just in case there was anything further wrong with him but these didnt seem to relief anything.
He still pants, has shallow breathing and cries. Today, he went to the vets again and they gave me a calming spray (tryptophan) and some cream because he has been licking what was a nicely healing wound.
I tried to put his lead on this evening in an attempt to take him for a walk but he screamed and cried so much we gave up. To get him to move to his food bowl my husband picked him up and he was still screaming. Please can you offer any advice.... he doesn't want his toys, doesn't want his favourite treat and shakes.
His screaming isn't just a warning telling us not to do something it is a full hysterical outburst that really is almost deafening.
At the moment he is lying in bed and I have been able to get his attention with some cheese but he won't actually move for it. He won't drink water but I have managed to get him to drink some tea (previously which was always a favourite) and some lactol which I thought I would try to improve his mood.
Please can you suggest anything that we can do to improve his condition - we have considered taking him to a different vets to get a second opinion. People have suggested that there could be something wrong with the stitches but the 3 vets that we have seen since at the same practice insist that nothing is wrong. I just want my lovely dog back