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Sorry for the length... I like to ramble a lot :hammer:
Molly and Annie were BOTH spayed last Friday morning.
I picked them up that afternoon and was not given pain medication for them or anything of that matter.
They told me that the stitches are dissolvable and there was not need for a follow up, unless there is an emergency.
I've never had dissolvable stitches on my other dogs, so I don't necessarily know if it speeds up or slows down the healing process, or if it even affects it at all...
I don't really like the fact that they don't get a follow up after the spay either. I like to know that everything is going as planned! Ugh!
But ANYWAY,
I was always administered pain medication with my others... and that has limited their activity for the first week, and after that they were fine.
The first day we picked them up, they were still loopy from the anesthesia, so they slept until the next morning.
Well, they woke up the next morning like nothing EVER happened!
For the first 3 days I had them on STRICT crate rest, with bones and their Kongs filled all the way. That actually entertained them for a while.
Now they are SO full of energy, they THRASH around in their crates!
I'm scared they're going to hurt themselves or bust the incision open.
I don't know what else to do at this point!
Then this morning we let them out to use the bathroom, and they had a HUGE case of the ZOOMIES!
I mean, to the point where we had to DRAG them inside because they would not stop, lol.
We've been practicing obedience, but that doesn't get rid of the built up energy!
The vet told me not to take them on walks for up to two or three weeks.
Molly and Annie are use to going on daily walks/runs, so they are losing their minds!
Is two - three weeks necessary?
Will a walk around the block really affect anything?
We also have Dog Day Afternoon Sunday, which we are wanting to take them along. Would you consider that too soon being they were spayed last Friday?
Molly and Annie were BOTH spayed last Friday morning.
I picked them up that afternoon and was not given pain medication for them or anything of that matter.
They told me that the stitches are dissolvable and there was not need for a follow up, unless there is an emergency.
I've never had dissolvable stitches on my other dogs, so I don't necessarily know if it speeds up or slows down the healing process, or if it even affects it at all...
I don't really like the fact that they don't get a follow up after the spay either. I like to know that everything is going as planned! Ugh!
But ANYWAY,
I was always administered pain medication with my others... and that has limited their activity for the first week, and after that they were fine.
The first day we picked them up, they were still loopy from the anesthesia, so they slept until the next morning.
Well, they woke up the next morning like nothing EVER happened!
For the first 3 days I had them on STRICT crate rest, with bones and their Kongs filled all the way. That actually entertained them for a while.
Now they are SO full of energy, they THRASH around in their crates!
I'm scared they're going to hurt themselves or bust the incision open.
I don't know what else to do at this point!
Then this morning we let them out to use the bathroom, and they had a HUGE case of the ZOOMIES!
I mean, to the point where we had to DRAG them inside because they would not stop, lol.
We've been practicing obedience, but that doesn't get rid of the built up energy!
The vet told me not to take them on walks for up to two or three weeks.
Molly and Annie are use to going on daily walks/runs, so they are losing their minds!
Is two - three weeks necessary?
Will a walk around the block really affect anything?
We also have Dog Day Afternoon Sunday, which we are wanting to take them along. Would you consider that too soon being they were spayed last Friday?