Ok so what am I supposed to do with loony dog who has been spayed?

[rogersmellyonthetelly]

She had the op Monday, Monday night she was traumatised, yesterday she was ok but a bit quiet. Today she is her usual daft self and is bouncing off the walls. Literally. She is wearing the cone of shame but has no idea/doesn't care if it hits something and bounces off, she thinks it's fun. She spent half an hour this afternoon running up the stairs until the bucket thing caught on the bottom of the next step and bounced her back down. Clearly this was the last word in entertainment, I took the bucket off in desperation.
She isn't supposed to be jumping around, racing up and down the stairs after her ball and wrestling the squeaky toy! I took the toy off her and she grabbed a slipper to kill so I gave her the toy back. She just will not calm down and is running round the house like loon.

You could do some training on desirable quiet behaviours like stay, leave it, in your bed etc

Finally she is in her basket, destroying a piece of paper. Normally I would remove it, but if she wants to take her frustration out on a sheet of blank a4 she can knock herself out with it for me. As long as she isn't threatening to rupture her stitches that's just fine!

maybe some gentle training, a lead walk somewhere new, a frozen stuffed kong to keep her busy?

This is the part that I am not looking forward to when I get my bitch spayed. It is bad enough when she is in season.

At least tomorrow is the last day of wearing the bucket. Vet saw her today and how she was bouncing off the walls even on a lead, he didn't seem worried and said this is often the case with Staffies which are generally a very tough breed, they don't seem to feel the pain and are very high energy at this age.