Chomper is out of surgery

Chomper went in for his neuter today. He is out of surgery and doing fine - whew! It's so easy to tell other people not to worry about these things, but it's different when it's your own baby. And he's not even my dog!

He decided to start barking this morning at 4:30am and was still going strong at 6am when my alarm went off. I waited for a lull and then let him out. That's his only drawback - he wants me to be with him at night, and then Nala freaks out if I leave the bedroom. I tried him in my son's room where he slept like a baby the first night, but he freaks out in the crate ever since then. He likes his crate in the living room just fine, but he wants me with him! I am going to try to rearrange my bedroom so there's room for him in there when he gets back. Hopefully that will solve the problem. Either that or I will have to clone myself...

 

Awww poor baby. I remember when my dog came home from being neutered, he was all drugged up and misoriented... I thought they broke my dog I was only like 11 years old so I wasn't sure what happened to him and thought he was going to stay groggy forever lol

 

Hehehe...THREE crates in your bedroom? I'm still grappling with the idea of two medium ones, and aren't your dogs' crates kinda big? BTW, do you use the plastic or wire crates?

Yeah, I worried all day about Zoey under anesthesia. I didn't have time to mentally prepare, but I did withhold her breakfast this morning. I think she was more upset about that than she was about the abcess rupturing lol.

 

Yeah, I felt so bad not feeding him breakfast when the other dogs got to eat. Then the tech at the vet said she'd hold him while I filled out a form and when I turned around he was gone! They already had him back in the kennels and I never got to tell him goodbye. I hope he isn't too lonely tonight. I worry that he thinks I gave him away or something.

My dogs are both in 36" wire crates. They are stacked.




Chomper's crate is actually a 42" crate that someone gave me. It is old and narrower than the 42" crates they sell today. I think I can get it next to my bed. Nala's was there for months, so I could stick my fingers in the bars when we went to bed. I just have to clean up the stuff I keep piling on the floor, LOL.

 

That's a cool set up. And they look happy!

 

They love their crates at night. Try to put Nala in during the day, though, and you will have a struggle on your hands that ends with her eating her bed, LOL. Bonnie would rather sleep in bed with us, but my husband won't allow it. :|

The bedroom has a nice little alcove where the crates are that is perfect. We did have a dresser there, but we weren't really using it for much so we moved it out.

 

Errrr, anything I can put on his incision to stop him from licking at it? I bet it's itchy. He's probably licking it right now in his crate. They didn't give me an E-collar and I hate to freak him out with one. He doesn't seem to be chewing on it - just licking. But it still looked really nice this morning.

Nala never even noticed when she was spayed. She was done at 14 weeks. They say it is easier on them when done early - I wonder if that's always true.

Oh, and I had to run back in to the vet and ask if I should keep him quiet and they said yes. I have been gating him off from the other dogs, and they all look at me with those sad, sad eyes. At least he stays calm, though. We never could get Nala to stay calm after her surgery.

Anyway, how long do we have to keep him quiet?

 

Hi Jamiya, wow, things move on so fast around here when you don't visit for a couple of weeks!

Anyhoot, congrats on your new addition.
I was told to keep Floob 'quiet' for 10 days. I paniced thinking I had no chance, and I didn't have I can tell you!
I just walked him on his leash the whole time and gave him plenty to chew at.
I'd seriously do it for aslong as possible if I were you. Floob's friend Alfie had the snip 2 months ago and is only just healed properly. His dad bought him up the field after 3 days saying he needed a run, but he got an infection and the wound just wouldn't heal. I know infections can get in just walking, but I just don't beleive Alfie was strong enough to fight one off. They need to gain strength again, and to build themselves up after surgery just like us. Unlike us, they don't know what's good for them :mrgreen:

Good luck!

 

Poor guy. I have him either ex-penned in the family room or tethered to the kitchen table, depending on where the people are. But he wants to play with the other doggies so badly! I feel like I am treating him like a second class citizen since my dogs get to "go free" but it's for his own good!

I hope it continues to heal nicely. I worry about him licking at it.

 

Haha!! He had these strange looking lumps when I checked the incision, but I just found a diagram of male dog anatomy and now I know what that was. LMAO.

Isn't it amazing what you learn about things you never wanted to know when you have to?