Spay - what to expect

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My DD is being spayed on Thursday - hopefully by keyhole but she's quite small for a spaniel so they won't know until they start.

I'm beside myself and Ive already cancelled it once. I won't do that because I know it's important but can you tell me what to expect and any tips to help her recover. She's had two seasons.

Thanks

Maybe a bit whiny and sleepy in the first 24 hours. Then usually pretty much back to normal after that. Biggest problem is keeping them calm or a bit.

We had one of those body things instead of the dreaded cone.

As a Jack Russell she was under 11inches high when she was spayed, but she had one season.
She was absolutely fine.

If she’s allowed on the furniture restrict access to avoid her jumping up - we built a cushion ramp up to our dog’s favourite chair.
A post-surgery suit is better than a surgical collar.

I had my (also small) cocker lap spayed last summer. She was sleepy and sad coming out of the vets at 4pm, went to bed when we got home, and by the time of her usual evening walk, at about 7pm, was genuinely full of beans again. She was spayed on a Monday and had lead walks twice a day until her vet checkup on the Saturday, when she was cleared for normal walks, but in herself she was properly ready by the morning after. It was amazing how quickly she sprung back. The challenge, much more than anything else, was keeping her calm.

I kept her little spay suit on for walks and when she was alone in the house/at night so she couldn't lick her wound, and took it off when I was with her and could observe, but she didn't bother with it at all. It was more of a drama when the suit itself got wet on a walk as I then had to leave it off overnight to dry.

Don't get yourself worked up – she will be absolutely fine, and if you've got lovely vets, which I'm sure you have, they'll take super care of her. The thing I was most worried about was my girl being in vet kennels/crate post-op as she isn't crate trained and I didn't want her to be stressed. But even that was fine, apparently. It's a good thing to do, and I don't regret it for a second, though it did cost a fortune.

Thank you all for your replies - I feel slightly calmer now! She's going to miss going to doggy daycare so much!!! She hasn't been in a crate for about 18 months but I can fence off her bed area whilst giving her a bit of space. She loves being on my bed and sofa so we'll have to stop that u til she's cleared for jumping!

Off to look for a little post op suit!

If she’s really jumpy usually they may give you some medication to help sedate her.

She’ll be fine though! It’s such a routine procedure the vet could probably do it in their sleep with one hand tied behind their back 😊

Had my lab done by keyhole. Was a bit whiney the evening after it was done. Next day was pretty much back to normal.

Think I was more affected by the whole thing tbh 🤣🤣 complete bag of nerves

Glad I'm not alone - I keep telling her that I'll look after her and it's for the best!!!!! My daughter just looks at me the way only a teenager can....