Gus: a dog mourning his testicles

Little 2 year old Gus is our most recent foster dog. He came from a shelter in central California and because it's a rural area, there are very few adopters. Unfortunately there are a bunch of dogs waiting to be adopted in the facility - over 50 puppies and some crates kennels with 5 dogs per crate area. Gus had been here for about 3 weeks and was about to be put to sleep. The California state adoption coordinator drove 3 hours from Sacramento to pick up Gus and 5 other dogs. Only Gus and two of the other dogs were healthy enough to be flown to their foster homes when she arrived (the shelter had rampant kennel cough). These lucky three were pulled from the shelter, brought back to Sacremento for vetting and then put on a plane to Seattle the very next morning where they have all gone to open foster homes.

Gus is only a little over 9 pounds, a ribsy little guy, who was, well lets just say well hung for a dog his size. Frodo was so astonished by tiny Gus' "accoutrements" that he wouldn't stop sniffing them in astonishment (he was relieved of his at 7 months and had no idea they could reach such grand proportions.) Yesterday these gloriously large appendages where sent to the chopping block aka veterinary clinic and now a very irratated and somewhat lighter weight Gus has rejoined us at home.

He's definitely a bit of a drama queen. When my son and I picked him up at the vet (and for the rest of the evening) Gus refused to look at me and when we were home he stayed as far away from me as possible. This went on until bed time. He apparently forgot to be angry with me overnight. When we picked him up at the vet's we heard this loud yowling. We were sure that some dog must be in serious pain, but it had been Gus, protesting when they put a cone on him. He has to be held with the utmost care or he whimpers, and yet he managed to jump up on the back of the couch without any complaints. The incision site looks fine and he is otherwise walking around and acting normal for a just-neutered dog. He's just a bit more sensitive to pain, it seems. Otherwise he's just your average, quiet, laid back dog.