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He’s Had Work Done Editor’s Note
Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales from the canine world
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Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic, Neuticles can help convince owners to have dogs fixed
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He’s Had Work Done Editor’s Note
Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales from the canine world
A Day in the Life of Greenleaf Pest Control Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy
Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic, Neuticles can help convince owners to have dogs fixed
Create a Canine Cameo Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes
He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russell is handy around the house
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He’s Had Work Done Editor’s Note
Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales from the canine world
A Day in the Life of Greenleaf Pest Control Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy
Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic, Neuticles can help convince owners to have dogs fixed
Create a Canine Cameo Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes
He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russell is handy around the house
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He’s Had Work Done Editor’s Note
Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales from the canine world
A Day in the Life of Greenleaf Pest Control Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy
Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic, Neuticles can help convince owners to have dogs fixed
Create a Canine Cameo Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes
He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russell is handy around the house
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Doberman Pinscher Duke's before- and after- shots with ear implants. BRYCE CROUSORE
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Kevin Parker’s male Bullmastiff is two- He’s Had Work Done and-a half years old and hasn’t been Editor’s Note neutered. Parker and his wife had considered breeding Rooney, but then he Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales from the canine world started acting aggressively toward a customer at the couple’s locksmith shop A Day in the Life of Greenleaf Pest Controlin Palm Beach County, Florida, where he Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy spends his days. Perhaps it was time to tame the testosterone, Parker thought. Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic, Neuticles can help convinceBut castration wasn’t an easy sell. owners to have dogs fixed “For my male sense of pride I didn’t Create a Canine Cameo want a dog with no nuts,” said Parker, Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes acknowledging that he was against neutering for “all the stereotypical male He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russell is handy around the reasons.” But while surfing the web, he house came across a solution: silicone spheres About Us that replace natural testicles. They look Who's in our pack authentic enough to fool any manliness- Macho mutt. The inventor of Neuticles, Gregg Miller, plays with his dog Winston, a assessing human and may even deceive satisfied customer. ADAM VOGLER Resources More on topics in this issue canine suitors. The product that saved appearance of their dogs. Plastic surgery the day? Neuticles. — which encompasses any procedure in These days, there are more ways than which the shape of an anatomic structure ever for owners to change the physical is altered — ranges from testicular
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Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic, Neuticles can help convince owners to have dogs fixed
Create a Canine Cameo Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes
He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russell is handy around the house
About Us Who's in our pack A new package. Replacement testicles improve a neutered dog's appearance and can promote healing. MIKE CHALOUPKA / Resources IMAGES WEST PHOTO More on topics in this issue implants and tail trims to face lifts and nose jobs. While some of these procedures have medical motives, others
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are based on breed standards so old that He’s Had Work Done they make Lassie and Benji look cutting Editor’s Note edge. Still others are performed simply because the owner wants their pet to Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales from the canine world look a certain way. Dogs, of course, don’t care how they A Day in the Life of Greenleaf Pest Controllook. So how much freedom should Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy owners enjoy when it comes to putting their shepherds and shih tzus through Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic, Neuticles can help convinceinherently risky surgeries simply for owners to have dogs fixed aesthetics or convenience? The argument Create a Canine Cameo for Neuticles is that they persuade Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes reluctant owners such as Parker to move forward with neutering — which not only He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russell is handy around the helps control overpopulation but benefits house the dog’s health. About Us Parker concedes that Rooney probably Who's in our pack doesn’t need the pair of mail-order balls Repair kit. PermaStay implants restore ear perkiness to broken or floppy ears. MIKE that are scheduled to be implanted later CHALOUPKA / IMAGES WEST PHOTO Resources More on topics in this issue this fall. “There’s no real reason to have them except for those of us who have a said, “and to make sure he’s prideful. I little bit of disposable income,” Parker wanted to know I could hold my head said, “and to make sure he’s prideful. I high when people saw my dog.”
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Flavia Delmastro, DVM, who owns organization has endorsed testicular only chilled Dasani water. But Miller also He’s Had WorkFulton Done Animal Hospital just south of implants as long as they’re inserted at claims that the implants are not just for Editor’s Note Baltimore, said she has implanted the same time as the neutering. humans’ peace of mind. “If my dog lost Neuticles a half dozen times since 2003 Neuticles founder Gregg Miller, a his eye or his tail, he’d know,” Miller said. Ahead of the Pack The week’s talesand from hasn’t the canine run world into any complications. former ad man who was vehemently “Why wouldn’t he know if a familiar body She’s found that they can help a dog’s opposed to traditional neutering before part were missing? Dogs aren’t stupid.” A Day in the Liferecovery of Greenleaf immediately Pest Control after surgery he invented the product in 1995, runs the Miller said much of his time these days Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy because the implants fill the sac that company out of his home outside Kansas is spent judging the size of testicles. would otherwise be empty, preventing City, Missouri. “It’s become our culture to While he has a size chart on his website Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic,swelling. Neuticles can help convince have everything cut off and to accept (where one can also find Neuticles t- owners to have dogs fixed Delmastro, who breeds Rottweilers with emasculation of our pet,” Miller said. shirts and hoodies), he still consults with Create a Canineher Cameo husband — and implanted Neuticles “Neuticles deviates from that.” most customers on the phone. Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes in her pup Bruno — recommends that To date, Miller said more than 450,000 “Everybody wants a bigger one than dogs be full-grown before Neuticles are dogs have been “Neuticled” at thousands the dog already had,” he said. “You’d be He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russellimplanted. is handy Sometimes around the that’s as old as of veterinary clinics. The implants range amazed at the people who want to put house three for larger breeds. She said it’s in price from $109 to $599 a pair, extra-large testicles on a small dog. It’s About Us usually the husbands — including her depending on the size and the type of inhumane, and I won’t allow it.” But Who's in our pack own — who want the implants for the materials used. He said customers tend certain breeds do have testicles that are dog. “But if that’s what you need to do to to be what he calls “extreme pet owners” disproportionate to their size. Boxers and Resources More on topics inconvince this issue people to neuter,” she said, of purebred dogs, of which he is one. His pit bulls are notoriously under-endowed, “then I think it’s a good idea.” The boxer Winston, for example, has his own Miller said, compared to other breeds of American Society for the Prevention of La-Z-Boy, his own bedroom and drinks the same weight, while an 18-pound Jack Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) agrees: The only chilled Dasani water. But Miller also Russell Terrier would be fitted with the
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the same weight, while an 18-pound Jack and fluroplastic materials, “makes the But the AKC and the individual breed He’s Had WorkRussell Done Terrier would be fitted with the dog look the way he’s supposed to look.” clubs don’t have many other Editor’s Note same size Neuticles as a breed four times Of course, the way a dog is “supposed” organizations in their corner on this its weight. to look is often a matter of opinion, subject matter. Both practices are Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales fromMore the recently, canine world Miller developed two fashion — or tradition. Once upon a time, controversial and are not generally purely cosmetic products (with no benefit there were grounds for cutting a dog’s taught in veterinary schools. Not only is it A Day in the Lifeto ofsociety, Greenleaf as Pestcould Control be reasoned with tail or ears—including health reasons, mutilation (a term used by the U.K.’s Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy Neuticles): an eye implant that gives according to the American Kennel Society Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons) but one-eyed Fido a convex bulge rather than (AKC). A rat terrier, for instance, would there is concern that the practices may Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic,an unsightly Neuticles can depression help convince at the site of his have his tail docked to prevent the affect socialization because dogs’ ears owners to have dogs fixed sewn-shut eyelid; and PermaStay, which infection that could ensue from inevitable and tails are part of their body language Create a Canineis Cameotargeted at owners whose dogs’ ear rat bites. The procedures might have also — and who knows what those waggling Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes cropping was unsuccessful. While some prevented workplace injuries for sport extremities are actually saying? The owners might find the one-straight, one- fighting or hunting dogs. These days ASPCA, Humane Society Veterinary He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russellfloppy is lookhandy endearing around the on Great Danes, however, the vast majority of dogs are Medical Association (HSVMA), American house Dobermans or German Shepherds, Miller not encountering such perilous Veterinary Medical Association and many About Us said it infuriates others — especially if environments. Yet according to the AKC, European countries oppose these Who's in our pack they’ve paid thousands of dollars for a there are still more than 70 breeds whose cosmetic surgical procedures. As far back dog with papers, lineage and the standard requires cropping ears or as the 1930s, the ASPCA awarded a prize Resources More on topics inarchetypical this issue look of its breed. “It drives docking tails. These procedures, an AKC at the Westminster dog show for the best the owner crazy, because one ear is up, spokeswoman said, are acceptable dog competing in its natural state, yet and one’s down,” he said. The surgical practices and are “not cosmetic.” belonging to a breed that was implant, made from FDA-approved mesh traditionally cropped or docked. More
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traditionally cropped or docked. More occur in puppyhood. Beyond the inherent common among pit bulls, originating from He’s Had Workrecently, Done the HSVMA ran a photo contest pain associated with removing part of the the idea that his opponent wouldn’t be Editor’s Note to promote dogs with natural tails and body, surgery always carries risks: able to grab onto his ears in a fight, and ears. complications from anesthesia, infection leaving the dog with almost no ear. Ahead of the Pack The week’s tales “Afrom lot the of canine people world will say, ‘Oh, what’s an and blood loss. Occasionally, dogs who When front dewclaws are removed, ear flap.’ Or they think a tail is just have undergone these procedures have a dogs may be less agile, because they A Day in the decorative,”Life of Greenleaf said Pest Barbara Control Hodges, DVM, a lifetime of chronic pain or behavioral often depend on that claw to grip the Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy consultant for the HSVMA. “Well, tails issues. Hodges has seen dogs who ground when turning. Murray said dogs help a dog balance, and both ears and constantly chew at the remnant of their with that claw removed have a tendency Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic,tails areNeuticles very can important help convince means of tail — long after it’s healed — which could to develop arthritis of the wrists or have owners to have dogs fixed communication. When I walk into an be indicative of the phantom pain problems with balance. Rear dewclaws Create a Canineexam Cameo room to see a patient, I often look commonly experienced by amputees. are less functional and may be removed Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes at the body language. If parts of their “The docking is talked abut as a non- for safety reasons. body are missing, I have less serious procedure, but they are Perhaps the most notorious of the He Does Windows Jesse the Jackinformation.” Russell is handy around the amputations,” she said. “The tail happens convenience surgeries is devocalization, house Louise Murray, DVM, vice president of to be a continuation of the spinal cord. in which the dog’s vocal cords are About Us the ASPCA’s Bergh Memorial Animal There are vertebrae and nerves in there.” removed because the owner is bothered Who's in our pack Hospital, agreed that a dog without a tail After ears — among a dog’s most by the animal’s barking. Last year, has trouble communicating. “It’s like if sensitive parts — are cropped, some Massachusetts became the first state to Resources More on topicsyou in this didn’t issue have a mouth,” she said. “Are canines become “head shy” and don’t ban the surgery. Anyone who cuts or you smiling, frowning? The dogs have no want their head or ears touched. Battle- removes an animal’s vocal cords for non- way to say, ‘I come in peace.’” cropping is a severe form of cropping medical purposes may be fined up to Ear-cropping and tail-docking typically common among pit bulls, originating from $2,500 and sentenced to up to five years
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in prison. what to expect. “Even when owners say it breeds like bulldogs and pugs, years of He’s Had Work DoneWhile many oppose plastic surgery doesn’t bother them to see the pictures breeding for a desired look has caused Editor’s Note performed solely for cosmetic reasons, of other pets, when it’s their pet, it’s numerous hereditary problems. They are there are few reservations about these something different,” he said. “So we do often born with narrow nasal passages Ahead of the Pack The week’s talesprocedures from the canine for world medical or therapeutic everything to make the pets as and an elongated soft palette that create purposes. The medical community aesthetically pleasing as we can.” But a compressed breathing apparatus — A Day in the Lifewouldn’t of Greenleaf think Pest twice Control about removing part Lewis said the cosmetic issue is hardly a think about inhaling through a straw your Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy of a tail if, for instance, it’s hosting a problem for the patients. “These dogs are whole life. The negative pressure in the malignant tumor. amazing at how well they can bounce dog’s airway can eventually cause Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic,John Neuticles Lewis, can DVM, help convince assistant professor of back from a surgery — aesthetically and problems for his voice box and trachea. owners to have dogs fixed dentistry and oral surgery at the physically.” So veterinarians perform what we call Create a CanineUniversity Cameo of Pennsylvania School of Sometimes the very features we love in rhinoplasty or a nose job, in which the Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes Veterinary Medicine, said he often does our pups can cause problems. Droopy dog’s nasal openings are widened. At the facial reconstruction in dogs that have eyes (or entropion and ectropion, if same time, surgery can correct the He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russellhad oral is handy or facial around cancers. the When he has you’re a vet) are genetic conditions for elongated soft palate and remove some house to remove the lower jaw because a tumor certain breeds, especially bloodhounds, deep facial folds if they are causing About Us is invading the adjacent soft tissue, he bulldogs and Shar Peis. Surgery pulls the infections. Lewis suggests owners with Who's in our pack reconstructs the corner of the lips to try inward or outward-folding eyelid back to these breeds have their dogs evaluated to provide support for the tongue, so it a normal position if there are during their first year to assess whether Resources More on topics indoesn’t this issue protrude. complications such as conjunctivitis, or preventative surgery is prudent. Lewis said he prepares owners for their the eyelashes rub against and scratch the And on the topic of surgery to prevent dog’s appearance after an oral tumor is cornea. future ailments, how about Neuticles? removed by showing them pictures of Among the short-nosed and flat-faced The first Neuticles Dr. Delmastro
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implanted were in a Dachshund named He’s Had WorkMario, Done in 2003. “He was already 11 years Editor’s Note old and never neutered,” she said. “The older they get, the more chance for them Ahead of the Pack The week’s talesto from get the cancer canine ofworld the prostate or cancer of the testicles. Not neutering them is A Day in the Lifeplaying of Greenleaf Russian Pest Roulette.” Control Bed bugs keep detection dogs busy So the Dachshund was neutered, and moments later, voila! He was endowed Pet Plastic Surgery: Nuts to You More than cosmetic,with Neuticles faux testicles. can help convince And whether a owners to have dogs fixed potential cancer was averted or Create a Caninemachismo Cameo (hound’s or human’s) begat Easy vintage-inspired dog silhouettes longevity, one thing is certain: Eight years later, Mario and his Neuticles are He Does Windows Jesse the Jack Russellstill going is handy strong. around ■the house
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