Hello all! Can't believe we are already to this point but Larks is getting her spay next week! The vet has already warned me that she will need a week to recover with very little activity but I'm just wondering how you all handled that! She has so much energy and I just can imagine her not being able to play fetch or anything for an entire week. I think we both might go crazy.
Willow was unusual in that she was very low for days afterwards. It didn't bother her at all that she was restricted to short lead walks only.
Quinn was pretty out of it the week post-spay. It took 2 days for the anesthetic to wear off...she had a few accidents and walked into walls the first night and following day. I slept on the floor with her the first night because she kept getting up to get to the door. Once she bounced back we went on short walks, lifted her into the car and took car rides, and hung out by the lake with kongs/chews. She was pretty chill while on the pain meds and she had no interest in her stitches at all, so we only used the cone once when we had to leave her for a couple hours before her post op appt to check her stitches.
Two days later my German Shorthaired Pointer was as lively as anything! I didn't keep her on the lead for ten days, probably seven. I used to walk with a vet who has a Labrador and she confessed in letting her dog off the lead at 4 days!
Haha, hopefully she doesn't bounces back too quickly for me. I'm kind of a stickler for rules but I can't even imagine 10 days of only leash walks.
Harley was quite subdued for at least 5 days after her spay. She was happy to plod around in the garden, we didn't even start lead walks until day 4 after her spay and kept the walks short. Edited to add: we did buy a few puzzle games to keep her mind occupied.
It was definitely lead walks only (and only in the garden for the first couple of days) for my two, with lots of crate time with Kongs, etc. Tuppence would have been bouncing around as usual if she'd had total freedom! Luckily neither had to wear a buster collar and didn't lick the wound, so it was 'just' a case of keeping them quietly occupied!
Winnie was over it the next day and you would have never have known! Fortunately she never bothered her stitches so no cone of shame needed. We didn't stick to the lead walking but intervened if she got too excited or we spotted potential zoomies approaching!
We kept Cooper on a low dose of sedatives for about a week to slow her down some. She was 15 months old, and normally hell on wheels. We did not use the cone but we did have one of the inflatable collars available but didn't need it.
Seems they're all different. Belle had a complicated spay, but was right as rain 24 hours later, after the anaesthetic had worn off. It was tough keeping her on lead walks for a week and restricting her activity. Really tough. She didn't bother her stitches though, no cone needed.
Molly recovered quickly and as there was always someone with her we didn't bother with a cone. I walked her on lead for I think a week or might have been 10 days as instructed by the vet, but I went to places where we wouldn't meet other dogs and so used an extending lead. Molly was nearly 2 years old so fairly calm with walking by then.
Lilly had a bit of a subdued first 24 hours, didn't need a cone, and after a couple of days was back to normal. I can't remember on lead walks being for very long so I am guessing wouldn't have been more than a week for sure. She cruised through it to be honest.
Good luck - and Im sure they inwardly laugh when they stay 'keep them quiet for a week'. Yeah right like thats going to happen!!! Anyway today is two weeks for us. First night she was still doped up by the anesthetic - keen for food but otherwise just put her in the puppy playpen. 2am the next morning she was feeling fine again and thats when the hell week began. Going outside was on lead - yes had to be insistant on that. First two mornings all hell broke loose so you have to confine them and if you have kongs and put peanut butter and other food in then freeze this will often take the edge off (it kept ours entertained for 30 minutes during the 'witching hour'. Our also got very narky as no playing chasy no clam shell pool, no playing too much with the older dog, no jumping, no anything. Because there were still times of rushing about before I laid down the law she did get lumps under the skin alongside her stitches - one day of being calm and it did improve and still there a little but a lot better. Cone of shame for 9 days - they said 10 but she was using it as a weapon after a few days and the wound was healing well. During that 10 days it was only very short walks like she had when she was first allowed out after vaccinations and yes we had quite a few tantis due to excess energy and no way to burn it. Remember frozen kongs are the best thing - dont worry about too much peanut butter etc a few days of it isnt going to overdo it 10 days afterwards she did have a couple of accidents in the house over a couple of days - google tells me this is likely to be from internal swelling as she's been ok since but we have got her outside more often just in case. And today she went back to the vet as one of the dissolving stitches didnt dissolve like the rest so they pulled it out - wasnt keen on having a small loop against her skin. Today she got her clam pool back - very excited and happy puppy when that got filled up and she could play in it.
Annie had Laparoscopic spay surgery and you wouldn't of known that she had anything done to her by next day. She never needed a cone and only need walking on the lead for 5 days. She was her normal self in the house.
