Hi
My 12 year old had blood in his pee, took him to the vet and she believes his prostrate is enlarged and she recommends lopping his nuts off .
Has anyone had a dog with an enlarged prostrate gland and been through something similar ?

Can't help with actual blood in the pee but had a 12 yead old dog some years back who was slow moving, hunched up, shuffling about and in pain, went to vet who imediately said enlarged prostate and neuter etc. ....... Took dog to Chiropracter who sorted out his back, dog then happily trotted out and jumped up into crate in car :-)  Chiro who was also qualified vet also said show me a 12 yr med/large dog who doesn't have some degree of prostate enlargement

How much do you trust your vet, if not then get a 2nd opinion.

I’d get a second opinion, what tests have they done? I know that they can be enlarged due to infection, and if not a too severe infection antibiotics can clear it or IV.

I took my 2 year old papillon to the vet with a similar thing a couple of weeks ago - blood coming from his penis.

Vet said most likely UTI, 10 day course of antibiotics.

She said if he was no better after antibiotics they’d check prostate (but that was unlikely due to his age) and X-ray for bladder stones. But it cleared up with meds so obviously just an infection.

Yes, with our then 3/4 year old. First noticed spotting on the floor, examination with our vet, antibiotics given. Spotting continued, so decided to  check daily with urine sticks, which confirmed blood was present more often than not & stones were discussed. He was rescued by us at 18 months in an appalling state, & naively put his marking down to being entire, urine analysis showed no infection. Ended up at a Urologist, CT scan showed a very enlarged prostate to a degree that is was bouncing around on his chest floor, covered in cysts, & enlarged lymph glands in left hind leg. He was sadly castrated, did inquire regarding chemical castration but advice was that it could initially help but more than likely would only delay the outcome. He was castrated & after some months another scan revealed prostate was much reduced & back to it's normal position, cysts had healed & also shrunk right back, lymph glands were back to normal & no blood in urine.

Ypozane is normally brilliant for sorting this without castration.

Six years ago one of my dogs had a similar problem. I opened a thread here and got some useful advice
https://forum.champdogs.co.uk/topic_show.pl?tid=147442

I thought I’d updated the thread, or made a new one, after my boy had been examined by his favourite vet, but can’t now find it.

It turned out that he had struvite crystals forming in his bladder, and as they moved through his urinary tract the sharp edges of the crystals cut him, hence the blood. It could be worth having your dog’s urine checked for crystals or other irritants before resorting to the knife.

Just thought I would update.
My dog had a scan and the vet explained the large prostrate and the cyst.
He is now on ypozane to chemically castrate him; he has a grade 3 heart murmur so wouldn’t survive surgery.
He’s also on antibiotics; we have another follow up appointment next week but he is so much brighter so hopefully he is responding.
Thanks to those who offered advice.
It’s such a worry when they are I’ll isn’t it?
Good job I got savings put aside to pay the vets bill .

>He is now on ypozane to chemically castrate him

I don't know if you're a woman of child-bearing age, but if you are I'm sure your vet warned you of the dangers if you come into contact with this medication, and to wear disposable gloves every time you administer it.

The datasheet says " In female laboratory animals, osaterone acetate caused serious adverse effects on reproductive functions. Therefore, women of child-bearing age should avoid contact with, or wear disposable gloves, when administering the product."

Oh I didn’t know that but thankfully my child bearing days are over!