Well that's positive news Jen. I sure hope the vet is right and it will dissolve and surgery won't be needed.

As for feeling his bladder I would think it would be kind of obvious if it's really full. I had to express my RB poodle when he became very ill. It was very easy to find and express and boy did Pepper look ever greatful. I had to do it for him several days before we finally had to put him down and I felt like a pro at it. My vet said Pepper had the equivilant to prostate cancer because I never had him neutered. Well he had been my vet all 11 years of Pepper's life, why didn't he recommend it???? BTW, this was back in 1992 way before I knew better.