WhitneyPicking Your Dog Up From The Vet After Surgery
November 14th 2008 01:33
Whether you had to leave your dog overnight for his surgery or you had to leave him overnight, you want to follow a few pretty simple rules. I mean, yea I know that you are going to be happy to see your dog and your dog is going to be happy to see you, but you don’t want to over stimulate the dog right after surgery.
You don’t want to make a big scene. Just walk in, tell the receptionist that you’re there to pick up your dog, and she’ll have you seated in the waiting room or a private room. If your dog had major surgery or something out of the norm- I.E. something other than a routine spay or neuter- typically, the vet will bring you to a private room so that he can talk to you.
When they bring the dog to you, just stay seating and let the dog come to you. Even though you may want to get on the floor and just rub and kiss all over the dog, refrain as much as possible.
Pet the dog, but try to make sure that the dog stays on the floor and you stay in the chair or standing, while talking to the vet.
If you get down and love all over the dog, the dog could get overly excited and bust a stitch, whether internal or external, and you don’t want this to happen.
After talking to the vet and you’re dismissed for the day, you want to put the dog in a kennel to ride home. Try a dog seat belt, but depending on where the surgery was done and the stitches placed, you don’t want to put pressure on the area. You also don’t want the dog running around your car either, leaving the kennel as the best place to let your dog ride home.
When you get home, try to keep the dog calm. Try to keep any other dogs away from the dog that had the surgery, and try to keep everyone in the house from plain rough-housing and loving all over the dog. Remember that you want to keep the dog as calm as you can. The more loving and baby talk that the dog receives more than likely the more hyped-up he will get.
And, trust me I know that this can be hard, especially if you have other dogs because they’ll all want to play, and of course everyone in the house will want to love and dote on the dog coming home.
Another thought is to keep the dog in the house, if it’s a primarily outdoor dog. You don’t want to get the stitches infected by the dog rolling around in the dirt.
Basically, as you can see keep the dog calm… At least until the stitches heal or are removed. You don’t want to further the injury during the healing process. And, depending on the extent of the surgery, you may want to consider keeping the dog in the kennel when not being walked on short lead outside.
You don’t want to make a big scene. Just walk in, tell the receptionist that you’re there to pick up your dog, and she’ll have you seated in the waiting room or a private room. If your dog had major surgery or something out of the norm- I.E. something other than a routine spay or neuter- typically, the vet will bring you to a private room so that he can talk to you.
When they bring the dog to you, just stay seating and let the dog come to you. Even though you may want to get on the floor and just rub and kiss all over the dog, refrain as much as possible.
Pet the dog, but try to make sure that the dog stays on the floor and you stay in the chair or standing, while talking to the vet.
If you get down and love all over the dog, the dog could get overly excited and bust a stitch, whether internal or external, and you don’t want this to happen.
After talking to the vet and you’re dismissed for the day, you want to put the dog in a kennel to ride home. Try a dog seat belt, but depending on where the surgery was done and the stitches placed, you don’t want to put pressure on the area. You also don’t want the dog running around your car either, leaving the kennel as the best place to let your dog ride home.
When you get home, try to keep the dog calm. Try to keep any other dogs away from the dog that had the surgery, and try to keep everyone in the house from plain rough-housing and loving all over the dog. Remember that you want to keep the dog as calm as you can. The more loving and baby talk that the dog receives more than likely the more hyped-up he will get.
And, trust me I know that this can be hard, especially if you have other dogs because they’ll all want to play, and of course everyone in the house will want to love and dote on the dog coming home.
Another thought is to keep the dog in the house, if it’s a primarily outdoor dog. You don’t want to get the stitches infected by the dog rolling around in the dirt.
Basically, as you can see keep the dog calm… At least until the stitches heal or are removed. You don’t want to further the injury during the healing process. And, depending on the extent of the surgery, you may want to consider keeping the dog in the kennel when not being walked on short lead outside.
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Comment by Mountain Fog
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I have just been through dramas with our dear pug dog, 15 years old, and had to leave her so they could do some tests, like take blood from her neck... when she was handed back to me, as I held her in my arms, she turned to glare at me with terribly annoyed and hurt eyes!!!
I think they scared and hurt her.
Amazing dog our Stella.
cheers
fog