Should I Buy A Puppy With An Inguinal Hernia

A hernia in the navel area is called an umbilical hernia.

Should i buy a puppy with an inguinal hernia. If you absolutely must breed your puppy then you should not buy this one. The official guideline is that any breeding dogs that produce puppies with inguinal or umbilical hernias simply should not be bred from again due to the fact this problem is 90 hereditory dr. Ingunial as well as umbilical hernias are due 90 of the time to a genetic defect. Edwards veterinarian inguinal hernia complications in dogs.

Either way if correctly repaired it should cause no future problems but i would get a statement from the breeder to that effect just in case your puppy needs a second. With an inguinal hernia any organs that protrude are put back in place with stitches or a muscle graft repairing the hernia. The protrusion is the puppy s belly button. Posted by biscotti at 6 16 am on february 17 2008 i can t speak to the issues about breeding but i do suggest that if you re not planning to have the hernia repaired surgically by a vet then you should not buy the puppy.

Usually this type of hernias gradually decrease in size and disappear completely by 6 months of. The umbillical hernia is very common and your puppy will be fine if it was correctly fixed but inguinal hernias are more uncommon and much more difficult to correctly repair. Umbilical hernias occur rather frequently in puppies at around 2 weeks of age. Inguinal hernias are more common in female puppies and dogs.

Most puppies experience no complications and hernia recurrence is rare.