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Originally Posted by mishmash ...does anyone have any helpful ideas or tips for making it easier and more comfortable for my rottie once he's home from vets after the two procedures?? |
Biggest piece of advice--Don't fuss over your dog. He'll be fine.
Our current foster (5 yo +/-) was neutered this past summer. (My vet permits owners to be in operations, if they wish, so I stayed.)
Soon after Sailor came to, I walked him, staggering outside, where he took a pee, then staggered to the car. I helped him into the back seat where he slept all the way home.
When we got home I woke him up and asked him if he wanted to get out of the car. He didn't, so I put the car in the garage and left him there to sleep it off. I checked on him from time to time and after a couple of hours he was awake enough to get out of the car. We took a walk around the yard where he marked, then we went into the house. He went into his crate and back to sleep.
I can't remember if he ate dinner, but I do remember he was as right as rain the next morning and ate breakfast as he always did.
His scrotum swelled up but that eventually subsided. I walked him on a leash to control his running around.
For the first few days he didn't lick his incision, but as it started to heal, he did, so on went the E collar.
Sailor sailed thru his surgery and recovered nicely. I pulled out the stitches.