Rest Time After Desexing

[Tali]

Hi all

Jess is just coming up to 6 months old, and I'm going to get her desexed in the next week or so. Just wondering, how long does a girl take to get over the op? I have a crate I can confine her in, but am trying to schedule the op so we'll be home to look after her for the next couple of days. Is this long enough for her to start getting back to normal, or would she take much longer?

Can't remember how long Tali took - so long ago now!

[shellbyville]

Hi, I think your dog will need confining at least for the first 4 - 5 days with just toilet break walks and to stretch her legs every 2 hours or so, on a lead and then keeping her quiet and not too much exercise until she gets her stitches removed which is usually about 10 days. I guess it depends if you have other dogs and whether she plays a lot with them and how active she is normally. If she is a pretty sedate dog and you have no others you could probably just monitor her exercise by keeping her in the house etc after the first few days of rest. The vet usually tells you to keep them pretty quiet with little exercise for a week.

My last bitch I had desexed was a very lively dog and we have other dogs, so she was confined with very little exercise just a short walk for toilet breaks and a few other walks on a lead through the day until I took her stitches out 12 days later. Her wound healed really well with no lumps or bumps.

Others might have more knowledge though.