Re: after spaying activity. . .

On Aug 5, 1:13 pm, FurPaw <furrealpaw...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Paul E. Schoen wrote:
I may have been "lucky" with "Lucky" during her post-spay period.

You can say that again. Your treatment of her put her at high
risk of post-op complications.


Yeah, and I hope no one ever takes his advice as good.

My trainer suggested that cutting back or eliminating the pain medication
might help keep her less active, so she would feel any pain and
automatically restrict her movements.

Your trainer sounds pretty sadistic to me. Have YOU tried
cutting back on your post-op pain meds, so that the pain informs
you when you're trying to do too much? Please do try it the next
time you have abdominal surgery, and then think back to the
consequences this treatment had for your dog.

I know the last time I had abdominal surgery I was out of commission
for a week and a half AND on weight restrictions for 3 months after
the surgery. I took every pill the doctor would give me.


I think some vets are more cautious than others, and it also probably
depends on the size of the incision, the type of sutures, and the general
size and health of the dog.

IME the 10-14 day restriction is standard, on printed post-op
forms that the vets hand out for every spay patient (e.g., for
the typical healthy young dogs who are spayed). If the dog has
health problems, the vet will increase the restrictions.

My experience as well. I would never advise any one to go against the
advice of their Vet, regardless of if I have had success in the past.
(which I haven't because I listen to the Vet)


> I was also told that I should monitor her

temperature daily, looking for anything over a dog's normal 101-102. I did
not feel comfortable about sticking a probe in her ***, so I skipped this
precaution

Get over it. You are responsible for monitoring the health of
the dogs in your care. If you can't do what's necessary, you
shouldn't take on the responsibility. At some time in the future
Muttley may have an illness that requires you to monitor his
temperature, or clean up his puke or diarrhea, or give him an
injection. Will you refuse to take on these less-than-fun jobs
because you're not comfortable?

My money is on yes, because everyone knows PES only does what PES
wants.


Nick

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