Koda was spayed yesterday and everything went well however the challenging part is trying to keep her calm for two weeks. The first night she was still loopy from her meds and basically just wanted to sleep. Today she started to bounce back and wanted to do more but I limited her to just going out to use the bathroom and laying or sitting outside of her crate with chew toys when she wasn't napping in her crate. It was working really well until some of my brothers stopped by unannounced to bring over some treats and see how she was doing. She was in a room with the door shut and started to jump towards the door and run around and refused to go in her crate. It was a little unnerving as the vet said not to let her do any of that for two weeks. Obviously I am going to try to limit visitors for the next two weeks, but does anyone have any advice on what we can do over the next two weeks. I know it will go by quickly but right now it seems like an eternity. Koda is a typical over exuberant lab puppy with way too much energy for her own good. We usually swim, walk, play fetch, tug a war, and play chase during the day but we won't be able to do any of that for close to two weeks. What did everyone else on here do to manage the two weeks post spay?
Molly had a traditional spay and a mammary lump removed at the same time, but my vet advised we could go for walks but just to keep her on the lead -so walking, not running. Mind you, Molly was nearly 2 years old when she went through it, so calm lead walks were obviously easier than with a puppy.
I took mine for lead walk several times a day. The vet I used to walk with, let her dog off the lead on the 4th day! I don't think you need to keep her so confined and quiet for two weeks, ten days is the usual advice. When I was spayed the stitches were taken out after five days and having been used to dogs' stitches being taken out after ten days, I was quite sure my guts would drop on the floor, they didn't
I did the same as @Stacia several shorter on lead walks, gradually lengthening them as the days went on , I did let Nelly off lead on the 10th day , I guess a lot depends on the dog and how calm they are ! The time will soon fly by , best to stay on the safe side but without being too paranoid !
Thanks for the replies everyone! I never actually got to speak to the vet but the vet tech told me to only let her outside to go to the bathroom and even while she is inside for those 14 days to keep her on leash. Because of that we have been trapped in a room for nearly two days trying to entertain ourselves. We've worked on easy tricks, played find it with treats hidden under blankets, hidden under cups, balled up in paper towels, under boxes and have gone through too many chews to count, but mostly food oriented activities. I'll add in a few short 5 minute walks on lead outdoors for now so we can at least get outside and mix things up a few times throughout the days.
I’d check with the vet. I’ve never heard of anyone having to keep their girl on as restricted exercise as that after spaying.
