Good wishes & prayers please
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Good luck with your nerves durring this. :D
I swore after Zaire's Spay that I wouldn't get another female puppy, but would rescue an already spayed female. It was so much more traumatic for me than for her…. I had thought I was a bundle of nerves with Charlie when I had him fixed, but nothing like having to go through it with Zaire. It's one of the things that having a male dog is easier on your psyche. I am sure she will do fine. Zaire handled herself durring the recovery much better than I handled myself. :P
We will keep your little girl in our thoughts durring her recovery.
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It always is worse on us, she'll be fine. I hope she doesn't go into heat before Friday.
I always hate walking out of the vets office without them and I'm just as nuts be it a spay or a neuter…but they've always been fine. The hardest part is keeping them settled down for the required time afterwards. -
I am definitely most worried about keeping her calm for two weeks, especially with another young basenji & two cats in the house to play with.
I had a scare when I got home today. Some red dye from a shoe (my favorite shoe ever grrr) got onto a blanket she was laying on, and I thought for sure she had gone into heat. It took me a moment to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, but we're still safe another day. -
Well, as someone who is currently keeping a dog calm for the next 7-10 days. The first few days are the easiest, they are still kind of sore and willing to believe you when you say, "really, you want take your 100th nap today." After that they pretty much look at you and go, "Nope, you can take another nap but I am ready to make my quota in destruction."
So my advice, if your dog likes Kongs, buy several and make a big batch of Kong stuffing.
Canned Pumpkin and dry kibble in equal parts, and then a couple of spoonfuls of canned food for flavor. Stuff the Kongs then freeze.
These tasty treats are lower cal than the same amount of plain dog food, and can take over an hour to empty fully. This is great for keeping a bored dog occupied and can be given for breakfast,lunch, and dinner and since it is lower cal the extra meal shouldn't be a problem.
Petedge has a good price on Kongs if you have to stock up, http://www.petedge.com
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Lola girl is done with her surgery and will be visiting with us for the evening. She's rockin' the Ecollar. She was pretty high energy for just having been spayed. She wagged her tail for us a couple times when we picked her up…yay!
She's in the guest room relaxing in her crate with a piece of Carrie's clothing. She didn't take too long to settle down.
Carrie will be by later tonight to pick her up and I'm sure Lola will be one happy girl to see Mama!
Edit: She loves the kong!
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I am glad she is enjoying the Kong. They are such great things and mine love a frozen stuffed Kong. I am thinking I will send all my puppies home with Kongs this year and recipes for stuffing them.
TC doesn't "get" Kongs and usually gives up before making too much head way in unstuffing them. This has made keeping her entertained post OP very difficult.
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Thank you for all of the advice, well wishes & prayers. We are very very fortunate to have such a sweet friend in mauigirl. She not only cooked me breakfast Friday & let me borrow her Zip to make me feel better about leaving Lola in a stranger's hands, she battled rush hour traffic to pick up my baby since I had to be at work unexpectedly. I couldn't get out of work & over to pick Lola up until 2am, but I found her safe & sound. She was very very happy to see me, and adorable in her large e-collar. She came home & instantly jumped on the bed (grrr).
She slept well, and has just been a little subdued this evening as her morning pain meds have worn off. You were all right… I was overly worried for nothing. The hardest part is keeping her still.
Funny story... I was in a rush this morning to get to work, and didn't make time to reassemble her crate from her stay at mauigirl's. I put a blanket in the bathroom floor & closed her in with her e-collar on. Came home 4 hours later, opened the bathroom door & she rushes out, minus e-collar. She chewed through one of the loops on the collar & through two loops of string used to tie it on to her neck. She has decided she will not wear an e-collar. We're watching her closely, and so far she hasn't messed with her incision so hopefully we won't need to go buy another one. Didn't even last one morning...:rolleyes:
