Recovery From Pyometra-Good News! - Page 1

Any of you breeders out there have a bitch successfully recover from pyo, without being spayed?

I'd like to hear from you, as to what treatment was used. A friend's dog is in the ICU at Guelph University right now, being treated for pyo. She just turned 2 a short time ago, and my friend REALLY is hoping to have at least one litter from her. 

Edit: see last post for update!! 

A friend of mine has a non GSD bitch almost die with Pyo. She went on antibiotics for quite some time and ended up having a healthy litter a couple years later rest. They also used a fertility specialist instead of a regular vet.

I have done it on one bitch!  Very Very expensive though!  The best vet to use for this is a large animal vet as they will have the ludilase (sp?) on hand for the large animals where the small animal vets don't keep it....then there is the expense of high power antibiotics!  For me, that was the most expensive part!  Need to breed them on their next heat though to get the hormones back in balance!

Vickie
www.PowerHausKennels.com

My friend's dog is at the university veterinary clinic, which treats both large and small animals. It was the only place treatment was available.

And yes, they've already told her she should breed her on the next heat.  Here's hoping her hip evaluation turns out okay! (It was just submitted a couple of weeks ago.)

Well, I wish her all the luck, then.

Vickie
www.PowerHausKennels.com

Yes I was successful in a way. I did not have to spay the young bitch and she has very regular heat cycles. The veterinarian involved wanted to breed her on her next heat cycle but I had not yet examined her hips. Her hips passed as O.F.A. "Good" but she has O.F.A. Level 1 elbows and a slight hook to her tail. I will eventually have her fixed.

We used a strong oral antibiotic and gave her a morning injection of a drug that induces labour. Following the injection we would take her on a fast three-mile walk in order to use her other muscles to help her push out the infected tissues when she urinated. We made the injection each morning for about ten (10) days if my memory is correct. I do not remember the name of either the antibiotic or the substance injected.

Best Regards,
Bob-O

It was most likely a type of prostaglandin, which is used to induce labour in pregnant women as well as animals. And I don't envy anyone who needs it. The contractions hurt like hell, and it can also cause diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

I believe the veterinary college is going to try her on something that's not quite so harsh. They say she's feeling perkier today, after being on intravenous hydration and antibiotics overnight, so they are going ahead with the hormone treatment.

Thank you, Bob-O and Vicky for sharing your experiences. If any other posters have experience with this, I'd love to hear it. She's so YOUNG!  Just turned two, just had x-rays done for Penn hip, results not back yet. It will be a terrible disappointment to my friend if she has to be spayed.

Sunsilver, you say that she had her hips x-rayed a few weeks a go, Would she have been on heat or just off at the time of  the x-ray and anesthetic.

A few years ago I had a young bitch develop an open Pyometra 4 or 5 weeks post  x-ray when on heat. She was treated but we were unable to cure and she was desexed. That darn bitch had the best  x-ray results I have ever had 1 : 0.

Not sure of the time frame re. x-rays and her last heat. As a matter of fact, I may be confused, and it may be her male she just had x-rayed, not the female. 

 I know her last heat was early, 4 months instead of 6. Now the pyometra has developed 6 weeks post heat, which is exactly what I've read in some of the other websites that discuss pyo!

Sorry to hear about your bitch!

I contacted a friend that does serious breeding and he said tha Pyo is scary but can be treated and the bitch can be successfully bred if you stay on top of it. First signs of Pyo in a young bitch they usually uses Batryl but not good during breeding. It is important to do culture to find out what is causing the infection. Maybe consider putting the bitch on tetricyclin ?? during next heat if any sign of irritation. I hope this helps but it is second hand information.