tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post1062673586700821461..comments2024-03-03T13:36:10.569-05:00Comments on The Dog Zombie: The curse of the missing uteruses, part threeThe Dog Zombiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-22496883022979854332014-01-23T09:00:38.482-05:002014-01-23T09:00:38.482-05:00Uterus unicornis (the awesome name for "singl...Uterus unicornis (the awesome name for "single horn uterus") is much less common in dogs than cats. I've only seen it once in a dog, and in that case I would actually have called it a hypoplastic (undersized) uterine horn, not an actually missing one. It's so rare that I called the head of that clinic over and she enthusiastically took photos for her students.<br /><br />Anyways, I have not had a more experienced vet declare to me that "even if they are missing a horn, they always have the ovary!" in dogs as I have in cats. It isn't necessarily the same mechanism so dogs could theoretically be different. But in practice it doesn't really matter -- you must hunt for the ovary no matter what! Even a tiny little ovary can release hormones, which would case your dog to cycle, which a) is annoying and b) can lead to pyometra of the remaining bits of the uterine body ("uterine stump pyometra"), which is obviously a bad thing.<br /><br />Glad your Morkie's spay was successful. Sounds like a kind of terrifying dog to put under anesthesia! Good for you for taking such good care of her :)The Dog Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-88958435894545724832012-05-11T20:31:46.600-04:002012-05-11T20:31:46.600-04:00I have just had my kittens spayed and one of them ...I have just had my kittens spayed and one of them only had one horn and half a uterus and one ovary. She was cut in two places, the normal place for spaying and along the bottem of her stomach for an exploratary operation to look for the other ovary but the vet couldn't find it so we don't know if she will go on heat or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-72608750716183340932011-08-22T13:20:01.391-04:002011-08-22T13:20:01.391-04:00Always, 100% of the time is an overstatement about...Always, 100% of the time is an overstatement about having two ovaries. Most of the time, but not always!<br /><br />Spay/neuter VeterinarianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com