A 7-year-old Miniature Schnauzer survives pyometra surgery Pt 1
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 19/03/2015

Mar 18, 2015. Passing dirty brown vaginal discharge. Lethargic and hypothermic. This dog was not fit for surgery to remove the infected uterus.

My standard operating procedure was to give the dog IV drips and antibiotics for 2 days. She was then operated and has a good chance of recovery. The video showed the swollen uterus filled with toxic pus. 
A sick dog with below normal temperature should not be operated immediately as she would die on the op table. In this dog, her temperature was 37.9 and she was lethargic. 

Spay your female dog young to prevent pyometra during older age. This 2nd week of March 2015 saw at least 4 pyometra cases. One 5-year-old Chihuahua died after surgery as she had a perforated womb before surgery, having a history of licking her private parts every day for several weeks.