crate rest after spay
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You can take her for walks, do mental games with her, work on some of the skills you are learning in class (I'm assuming you are in classes with her). Puppies get fatigued by mental exercise as well as physical, so now would be the perfect time to work on some of that stuff!  There's no reason she can't learn to settle down when you want her to, as long as you understand she's young, and mix it up with some (approved) activity. The longer she is crated, the more crazy she will be when you let her out.....It's good she is quiet when crated, but I'm afraid if she spends too much time in there, she's going to rebel (think explode) and you will lose that nice crate behavior as well.  |
| I'm having to crate rest my 14 week old puppy at the moment so I understand your frustration. He's been crated for 2.5 weeks now and has a further 4 weeks to go, which is slowly (or quickly!) driving me insane. Positive being it isn't driving him quite so mad, so I really wouldn't worry about crating her for long periods - just make sure she has lot of toys to occupy her - you can rotate them so she doesn't get too bored. How long were you advised to rest Khloe? how old is she? When we spayed our bitch at about 14 months old (she's now 3) she was pretty good at regulating her own activity indoors and we just made sure she was walked on lead only for a week or two and she was fine with that. |
| Thanks for the advice/encouragement. She has actually done really well this morning and I have had her out since 6am. She is resting and not acting too crazy. I will start her back on her walks if that is a safe thing to do. Our vet just said for the first 2-3 days to make sure she rested and the only place that was possible was in her crate. So glad to hear that walks are okay. |
First thing my Irish Wolf did after surgery : As I opened the car door to open the gate, Clancy squeaked past me, jumped the 5 foot fence to get into the yard.  So much for resting. I quickly checked the inscision, all ok, got her inside the house. She was still "drunk" from the drungs, walked sideways to her "sweet spot" (not too drunk to jump the fence though) and slept the rest of the day and night. Next day she was back to her tricks of running the UPS truck along the fence. Nice gentle walks and mental exercises as mentioned above for 48 hours, great. Turn her over frequently and check the inscision. If there is no unusual swelling, bulges or obvious tears.......she's doing fine. Dogs don't have the mental issues we have with surgery. They may have a little pain, but to most dogs......that's no big deal and surely not something to complain about. |
For those having to crate rest their dogs for long periods of time...Is it possible to put them on a short leash, let them out of the crate but have them stay/settle on a mat or something with a chew toy while you watch tv without them getting crazy ro roam? This way they are not confined to the crate getting them ( and you  ) crazy but they are still resting? Just a thought...  |
| Good luck with the crating/keeping them still. We had a wonderful sheepie (ThePas) with all sorts of medical issues. We were supposed to keep him still/crate him after each surgery. He never once co-operated. We did our best, but he outsmarted us each and every time, and still did well. I second the idea of doing mental activities. One time, when Theeps had his knees scoped, it actually did slow him down (he threw up any and all pain pills, so he survived scoping, a TPLO, and OCD lesion surgery, and several other "lesser" operations without them...he was an amazing and tough little guy) so we played a bunch of quiet games. He laid still on the bed, and I made sure he stayed there, while we quietly played things like choose the treat hand, bite the toy I wiggled under the blanket, etc. He learned shake a paw (while laying down) and other things, too. The quiet, one on one time is one of my favourite memories of him now that he's gone. A kong filled with treats will usually amuse a dog who is sitting down or needs to stay in one place. I would think gentle, controlled walks would also be just fine at this point. You could always call your vet and check in just to be sure. |
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