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Neutering Recovery

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Noisette247 · 01/09/2023 22:20

I have a 5kg cavapoo who was neutered today. We have been given instructions from the vet to not allow jumping, no exercise etc. Unfortunately we done away with our crate a few months ago as he sleeps in the bed with us now (he started off great in his crate but after 7 months barked the house down at night).

Tonight he has jumped on the bed, and back off again. Unfortunately I just wasn’t quick enough to stop him from doing it. If he’s managed to do this 12 hours post surgery, I have a feeling it’s going to be a nightmare stopping him from jumping and having zoomies etc for the next two weeks.

Does anyone have any advice please?

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mrsanflowerpot · 01/09/2023 22:41

We are on day 3 for our 6kg cockapoo. No advice just lots of empathy!! We've mainly spent time with him with us sitting on the floor trying to encourage him to stop kangaroo-ing all over the place. We have his 4 day check tomorrow and dreading being told off

PieonaBarm · 01/09/2023 22:47

You won't get told off. They all do it. Come home with a cone on their head looking the saddest they've ever been with big sad eyes, and within a couple of hours are bouncing around like nothing ever happened wondering why you're shouting at them and thinking WTF is this monstrosity on my head. Dogs are stupid. But lovely.

andrainwillmaketheflowersgrow · 02/09/2023 00:01

We just let ours behave normally at home - he was absolutely fine within 24 hours!

Coffeeallday · 02/09/2023 00:29

Mine is 2 weeks and 2 days post surgery today. I didn’t walk him until today but in the garden he’s been jumping and running exactly how the vet advised he should not be.

Especially the first few days I kept him confined to the kitchen. This way he wasn’t going upstairs -apart from only at bedtime. I didn’t allow him in the living room for a good week so he couldn’t jump off and on the sofas.

m some days he was so crazy I was worried about his recovery and tied him in the house or outside. I tried typing him to myself like when he was a baby but he’s 35kg now. We never got told off and he’s healed perfectly. I felt really guilty the times I’d tie him up for 20 mins but it really helped him cmdown. I’d keep his bed and toys at the spot and he learned to just lay and relax.

Removed the cone on day two. He didn’t lick the area once. I did have the pet suit ready in case.

Riverlee · 02/09/2023 07:39

My lab had his op yesterday. He’s been very subdued, crying a lot. He has jumped onto the sofa a couple of times. Needless to say, we got a sleepless night, keeping an eye on him. Normally he sleeps in the crate but he wouldn’t settle so dh and I took turns to keep an eye on him, sleeping on the sofas (us, not the dog).

We were told to have short walks around the garden, then ten minute walks after a day or two.

Dh and I have spent a fortune on toys, new chews etc to keep him occupied.

Riverlee · 02/09/2023 08:07

Typically, since writing the above, RiverPup has jumped on the sofa twice!

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Noisette247 · 02/09/2023 08:10

Thank you everyone, your replies are reassuring.

We had a pretty sleepless night, he kept trying to lick his wound. We woke up every time and would stop him from doing so. We could tell at one point he wanted up on the bed so we picked him up and he’s been here ever since.

Anyone who’s dog was jumping on the sofa or bed, did it affect the healing of their wound? If he was jumping on the bed last night, it’s going to be impossible to fully stop him from doing it for a further 13 days!!

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NonMiDispiace · 02/09/2023 08:12

Mine was trying to jump on the sofa within 24 hours, we blocked it poff so she jumped over the back of an armchair instead 🫣!
No harm done but trying to restrict a lively 15 month old dog who’s used to walking upto 4 hours at a time wasn’t fun. 5 minutes of gentle lead walking 4 times a day must have be tortuous for her!

crazyBadger · 02/09/2023 08:22

Mine hates being caged... when I picked him up I found him lying across 2 vet nurses getting all the scritchs he was so happy he didn't want to come home.

He had a onsie which stopped him getting to his stitches but was happily launching himself about the house from day 1 despite our best efforts.

andrainwillmaketheflowersgrow · 02/09/2023 09:10

Anyone who’s dog was jumping on the sofa or bed, did it affect the healing of their wound?

It made absolutely no difference.

Our aftercare instructions were much less strict than the ones people are posting on there though - I've never heard of stopping walks for 14 days or using a onesie after a basic neuter surgery.

He was sent home with nothing apart from painkillers and instructions not to let him off the lead until he'd had his 10 day check.

He didn't wear a cone or a onesie and just jumped up on the bed as normal. He licked the wound occasionally but it didn't seem to bother him otherwise. After 24h he was out for a short lead walk and after 48h he was back to normal.

Riverlee · 02/09/2023 10:09

A onesie is instead of the cone of shame. We were told that he may not need either if he wasn’t a licker (he is).

andrainwillmaketheflowersgrow · 02/09/2023 10:40

Riverlee · 02/09/2023 10:09

A onesie is instead of the cone of shame. We were told that he may not need either if he wasn’t a licker (he is).

I appreciate that, it's just that I've never thought of either as being necessary for such a basic, minimally invasive surgery like a male neuter.

doggybootcamp · 02/09/2023 13:00

Our 15 month old was spayed almost three weeks ago. She's a collie and very active so it's been impossible to keep her rested. We're still only walking her on lead but can't stop her jumping on furniture. Vet said after ten days that it was clear she hadn't tested enough as her incision was swollen. After a check a week later they were happy to remove the onesie but only lead walking for another two weeks as it's still swollen and there's a risk it could become herniated.
She's currently doing zoomies around the lounge 🙈

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Noisette247 · 02/09/2023 13:58

Had him back at the vets this morning as he had a bit of bruising when he left yesterday and they asked me to send a picture this morning. They said whilst the bruising looks bad, he is ok and his wound is also fine.

I told the vet that he had jumped up and down off the bed once and jumped on to the sofa and she said it isn’t anything to be too worried about. She said it’s more worrying for female dogs as their wound is bigger.

Hes wearing a medical onesie and he has an inflatable collar arriving today from Amazon so hopefully that helps to stop him from attempting to lick the wound area

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Girliefriendlikespuppies · 06/09/2023 21:10

It took a week for my dog to recover but he is a baby when it comes to pain!

The first night was awful as he was clearly in pain but the vet told us not to give him more painkillers until the morning, he also hated the onsie but needed it on as was constantly trying to lick when it came off.

I did take him on short walks as he doesn't like toileting in the garden and the nurse said he was a bit swollen at the check up so was probably over doing it.

It was a rubbish week but now a year on I'm so pleased he's had it done. Much calmer, less bothered about other dogs, no humping etc.

TiredEyesAndFatiguedTyres · 07/09/2023 08:16

You've already had good advice but mine used a onesie and it was perfect.

He also jumped onto the bed/sofa. All I tried to do was limit it as much as possible. A bit late for you now but that included taking a temporary mattress down onto the lounge floor on the first night and he slept on that with me.

I then placed footstools around in such a way he could use those to step onto to get onto the sofa.

At nights he jumped on the bed (though if he were just 5kg I'd have lifted him) and he had to stay there all night. No getting on and off like he normally does.

All was well.

Riverlee · 07/09/2023 09:10

We ended up needing two onesies , as a couple of times he wee’d (weeed?) whilst wearing it.

Newpeep · 07/09/2023 09:24

Our last dog was back to normal the evening of the surgery! We were advised lead walks for two weeks and try to keep calm at home. We couldn't 😂She was fine.

Our pup is being neutered hopefully around the end of the year and when discussing it with the vet he just said lead walks from 24 hours after the surgery and just try to take it easy. Ours is like a mountain goat (terrier) and spends her life leaping around like a lunatic so I doubt we'll manage it. She is crate trained now but unless we have issues we'll just keep an eye on her.

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