Olivia is having trouble with the surgery aftercare plan she is supposed to be following. On August 12th, she headed out early with Mom to be spayed. She was so excited to go somewhere, only to find out it was not really a fun outing.
Her surgery went really well, and she came back home just a few hours after coming out of surgery. Deciding to have her spayed now was something Mom planned and discussed with our vet over several months. Because of what happened to me with my phantom pregnancy last summer, Mom decided to go ahead and spay Olivia after one heat cycle. None of us want to run the risk of her having a phantom pregnancy.
The day after surgery, Olivia was tired and slept a lot, but then she started feeling good. Being on pain meds makes it rough keeping her from going wild! The first seven days, dogs need to refrain from running, jumping, climbing stairs etc. How could we keep Olivia still? The puppy playpen we reviewed earlier this year has saved us! Mom put it up in the living room for Olivia to hang out in safely.
When Mom can keep an eye on Olivia, she is allowed out to roam around, but the stairs have a gate so she can’t go up them. She was pretty good about it all until about day six. Olivia likes to hang out with her toys, or chew on an antler, but after too many days of that, she was ready to get her wild pants back on.
As of yesterday, she is starting to go on longer walks and is not in her playpen as much. Unfortunately, she needs to refrain from running and wild play for another six days. Thankfully, she has nose work class to keep her brain busy, and we all have nose work trials this weekend so time will pass a bit faster.
The incision has been amazing, so small, never swollen or red, healing perfectly. We are super thankful everything has gone so well with her surgery. Our vet really did a great job! Now if we can all survive a few more days before the wild pants get dusted off and put on, life will get back to normal!
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that are super good news, we hope it will heal up that way and you can enjoy all the good things and running around too :O) hugs to you and lots of potp…
Good for you, Olivia … just keep on keeping on!
It’s hard to keep a girl like me down!
More people should have that play pen for after surgery confinement. Glad she able to do a little more.
Mom feels better about me having more space, but nothing that I can hurt myself on.
Just a few more days and you will be as good as new
I’m already doing more, but no racing and wrestling until next Wednesday, then look out!
Good Luck!!! keeping her quiet is going to be hard!! I am an old lady and when I had my ACL surgery — I ran through the yard because a squirrel went by! Mom was stunned and learned her lesson — we all have our wild pants with us no matter what our age!!! Great photos, Olivia is really a cutie pie. Have. good day. your friend Lilly
Thank you. I have taken off after the cat or tried to wrestle with Madison, but Mom keeps me in check most of the time. It’s hard to be boring, right Lilly?
So glad all went well with Olivia’s spay surgery! I can well imagine how difficult it must be to keep her from putting on those wild pants! Even with her hip dysplasia, Ducky still wants to run the fence line with her friends next door!
We don’t worry about injuries like humans do, and that is hard, but thankfully, I’m healing really well.
Olivia looks so very sad in all the pictures. I will be excited when she can put on her wild pants again and PLAY and run free! xOXO, Sparkle
She has been pretty sad the past week, but since yesterday she is happier because she can go on walks and got to go to school last night. She will love going to her nose work trial this weekend for sure.
After surgery is so hard on everyone – best to you sweet girl!
Mom says most of her girls have been really hard to keep quiet.
So very thankful that all went so well! Have a splendid day!
We are all glad it is over and I am healing so well. It is a basic procedure, but things can always go wrong.
The hardest part about the surgicals is staying calm. It is so SO hard. Keep up the good work, Olivia!
It is really too much for me to not jump and run. It makes me very sad, but I can see the finish line now.
Only a few more days!
Which kind of seems like years.
It’s so hard to keep them from running all over the place, but that’s what need doing. I know you’ve got this. Soon things will be back to normal.
Have a fabulous day. Scritches to the pups and gentle healing hugs to Olivia. ♥
I’ve got more freedom now, but I still am not allowed to play chase and wrestle, or jump around and that is tough.
SO thankful that all went well. Yes, she definitely looks drugged, but that too will pass.
Mom wants to get me drugged for the coming days so I won’t be such a paw full of energy!
Good luck keeping those wild pants on a hanger a few more days. It’s wonderful to know her surgery went so well, i wish her a continued healthy and speedy recovery (but not speedy running quite yet).
It’s hard trying to be slow and boring, but Mom keeps a pretty good eye on me.
We are so happy things went smoothly, hoping the next six days speed by!!
Mom says the weekend will be easy because of our sports, but then I still have two more days.
We’re so glad her surgery went well. We can imagine everyone is ready for her to be back to full action!
Going for walks together is fun now, but I am always trying to wrestle while we are walking because I love to play.
Glad to hear she’s recovering well. Hopefully the time will go quickly and the normal wildness can flourish once again.
It’s a tough time for all of us, but only a few more days and we can be normal again.
Poor baby. It is no fun but certainly for the best. You’ll be running around and playing in no time.
I am surviving and am almost back to 100% activity now.