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He needs to be neutered because he’s 8, apparently like 95% of unneutered dogs end up with enlarged prostrates from being intact and Lou is one of them, it’s been causing prepuce infections too… so tomorrow he goes under the knife 😭 getting his teeth cleaned too for good measure

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It should be more minimal since he’s 8 but I do expect him to become even lazier, he’s the biggest couch potato I’ve ever met so I’m not looking forward to the metabolism slow down mostly, either way, still better than prostate problems or cancer 😞

Yeah he should have a good few years left in him so defiantly worth it to for the quality of life.

I guess you just gonna have to do more of the hyping up and excitement for walks lol.