Spaying a bitch - exercising etc afterwards?

[Freddiebump]

Hi all :) I'm just after a bit of advice really as it's been about 15 years since I last had a bitch spayed and my memory is a bit hazy!

My girl is a poodle x border collie, 4 years old and VERY energetic and slightly loopy! She's currently not spayed and this is something I need to get sorted. Now, we live in a house with no garden as such; there's a cobbled hard standing area outside the front for parking, but she's very fussy about where she toilets and flatly refuses to pee on anything other than grass. Which isn't usually a problem as we walk 3 or 4 times a day (live in a rural area so plenty of open spaces). However, it's enough of a pain when she's in season as it's like a military procedure to walk her away from other dogs, plus she won't do her business on a lead!!

Which is obviously going to be fun when I get her spayed! I know the vets recommend no exercise at all for a couple of days, then gentle walks on the lead for a week or so but I'm going to struggle with this due to the no garden/dog refusing to toilet on the lead thing so just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and what you did? I have a couple of weeks off work over summer which coincides with the middle of er cycle, so this would be an ideal time to get her booked in, but I'm worrying about the aftermath!

[anchovies]

Only things I can think of is trying a long line or similar and buying some rolls of turf to put at the front!

[ClaireBunting]

I think her own pain will be her guide as to how far she can walk.

Is she light enough for you to lift her into the car?

When my dog (cocker spaniel) was spayed, she was fine by the next day. She could go out and do her usual pottering around.

[Flatbread]

Mine was woozy for a day and fine afterwards. She ran if she was up to it and rested when she was tired.

Vet told us to put an old tshirt on her to protect the stitches. We watched her and since she didn't lick herself a lot down there, we just let her be.

[horseylady]

We were allowed to lead walk (daft curly was chasing her tail the following day!!). Just be careful. I know it's hard but seriously burst stitches are horrific, a massive infection and internal bleed risk and while it's nice for your dog to go back to it's normal routine, it will recover faster if kept contained for a few days.

We just walked ours down the street and back then kept her quietly amused.

My dog trainer had no choice to collar and crate hers after bursting her stitches, my friends dog burst hers three times and eventually had to stay in the vets!!

[Freddiebump]

Thanks for the replies :) the roll of turf idea isn't a bad one as that might work! It's putting me off getting her done because I know it's going to be a pain afterwards! She's an awkward little bugger sometimes; we stayed on a farm in Cornwall once and she didn't wee for 3 days because she didn't like the look of any of the thousands of acres of grass around us!!

[PeriPathetic]

My girl never, ever went to the toilet anywhere near the house, including the garden. She was spayed a couple of months ago and she was more than happy to 'go' in the garden while she was recovering as it meant not walking far. She had a protective vest on the entire time which made her very quiet for a couple of weeks. Once it came off, she was back to normal.