Molly's first season wasn't actually too bad - not much mess - but I'm very glad to be able to take her out on off-lead walks again. First thing we went out with the local dog-minder & her two friends, so a dozen dogs between us (including an entire male who showed no interest in Molly, confirming it's all over) and Molly was so pleased to be in doggie company again. Then later we went round the forest alone and I was relieved that she recalled every time, even from some dogs we met. During her season I've been taking her for on-lead walks and using an extendible lead (not on pavements I hasten to add) and I've actually found all sorts of places on the South Downs where no-one seems to go - mostly I think because there's no easy parking nearby. But I do think she's looking a bit tubby as she hasn't been able to really run. Next thing will be getting her spayed and I'm thinking of changing vets as mine seems extremely expensive - £350 for a normal spay plus an extra £120 if I want keyhole surgery. be interested to hear what other people have paid.
Re: Season's over - hooray! I paid £202.97 in April when Molly was done at seven months. This covered a pre-OP check, the operation, and two further check ups after it was done. My Vet keeps them overnight so they have better access to pain relief. I thought about keyhole, but my Vet doesn't do it. I didn't want to travel just in case there were any problems. Her recovery was so quick and total that I find it hard to imagine keyhole being significantly quicker. I live in the Thames Valley and it is a fairly affluent area (if that gives you a yardstick to measure cost by) I can only describe it as a non-event. She was he usual bouncy self when I picked her up the next day. The 'keep you dog quiet' was a challenge to say the least. Two days after the OP I was told to take her for a walk, in the words of my Vet 'if you don't that one will be bouncing of the ceiling as well as the walls'. She had no external stitches as they closed the wound with super glue. I was surprised how long it took for her belly hair to grow back.
Re: Season's over - hooray! I paid £180 for standard (few weeks ago), i'm based in the North East. It covered the Op, stitches being removed and a consult/course of anti-biotics when she had a reaction to the internal stiches - basically anything related to any post-op issues was free because it was resulting from the surgery.
Re: Season's over - hooray! I paid about £170 for Millie, but then it would be more for a large dog as the GA is more expensive, a larger dose , I think our Vet would charge about £225 ish for a Lab . Good to hear that the season is over and that normal service has resumed
Re: Season's over - hooray! Hi Joy, We had Kailey spayed back in July and the total was close to $500 which I guess is around 297 pounds if the google conversion is correct. That was for a long list of pre-op blood work, surgery, pain relief etc. I didn't save the entire itemized list though. The hardest thing was keeping her quiet for the first week. They said the first three days are the most important so that she wouldn't tear any internal stitches. They gave a sedative but that really didn't quiet her too much. We had to keep the older dog downstairs to prevent rough play and Kailey had so much pent up energy she was a super barking brat. It was great to get her out on walks again. I am glad I spayed Kailey right away as with Dee-Nee our 12 year old dog I didn't because, like you mentioned it wasn't as big of a mess as I thought it would be. I am paying for that mistake now as she has mammary tumors. I guess there is a 50% chance they are cancer or not, but due to her age and also kidney issues no surgery. biorus
Re: Season's over - hooray! Can't recall the cost, but Lady didn't have keyhole and the only advice was to stop her jumping for 48hrs. She seemed fine apart from when she first came home same day when she looked pretty sorry for herself and then again the next day after she ate a tennis ball resulting in an emergency night call-out to the vet that cost significantly more then the spaying. And then of course there was the pooing out of the tennis ball the next day, but I don't think that will form a part of your dog's treatment. ;D
Re: Season's over - hooray! I looked up my vet's fees for spaying a bitch between 20 - 40kg and the price was (incl VAT) £184.20
Re: Season's over - hooray! £350 does seem a lot; I paid £190 for normal surgery just over a year ago and our vet has a reputation as being on the expensive side. As others have said the worst bit was entertaining a bouncy dog during the recovery period. Alice
Re: Season's over - hooray! I think I'm going to contact the vets again - I wonder if the person I spoke to made a mistake about the price. My dog before last was a bitch and I had her spayed with no problems. I've only been thinking about the option of having just the ovaries removed as one vet told me that it reduced the chance of spay incontinence. Hope not! My Molly had to have her stomach shaved for a scan way back in May ad there is still a ridge / line. One layer of hair has grown back but not the top coat.
Re: Season's over - hooray! Think I paid about £380 for Penny to have a keyhole Spey. It was £270 (I think) for a traditional Spey. With that though we got two free post op checks, free metacam and buster collar. It is expensive but a lot of it is to do with the size of your dog because of the amount of medication they need and the kennel space in the surgery. My mum just had her 3kg yorkie speyed and that was less than £180 for a traditional midline Spey, with one post op check, medication and buster collar.
