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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m feeling nervous about my pup’s surgery tomorrow. Please tell me all will be well! And if you have any tips for how to help her afterward, please share them. I know this is 100% the best thing, but still. Poor little thing![/quote]

She’ll be fine!  It’s very routine and we’ll be over and done with quickly. [b] Your vet is a better source of advice than other posters regarding the age of the dog - obviously make sure you trust your vet, but it’s still typical to have this surgery done on puppies v adult dogs.
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I got my pup from the shelter when she was about 11 weeks old- and they had her up for adoption and available to meet the day after her spay surgery.  Not good, and honestly contributed to me picking her. She was so young and vulnerable I hated the idea of the family of screaming brats that were also looking at dogs taking her home ... I did the paperwork and paid the fees to have her taken out of the available pups but had her kept overnight so I could get a smaller crate etc (I had not planned on a puppy, and not that day, but very glad I got her!) .

The shelter gave no after care instructions and didn’t have her in an e-collar; I did take her to my vet 3 days post op for a check up and was told she should have been in the collar for the first few days after surgery, she should have been restricted to minimize activity, and I couldn’t bathe her for 2 weeks to allow the incision to heal.

I was lucky - she never messed with her incision although I put a collar on her at night the first 2-3 nights just in case.  I had her in her crate a lot but she wanted to be active and play- by the first night she was home there was a small bump near her incision; it wasn’t red or infected looking but was concerning.  The vet said it was from her post surgery activity & was basically fluid under the skin.  I had to keep an eye on it - took ages to go away but never grew or looked worse.  Something to watch for, and I recommend the e-collar & just watch her when it’s off.  Mine slept in her crate from day 1 at home with me but that first night I was awake watching her most of the night.  She cried a lot the first couple days but she was in a new house after the shelter and came there as a stray someone found so hard to say if she was in pain or just adjusting.  I got her a puppy Kong toy and some other puppy safe toys but she wasn’t interested in anything for a few days.  I also made sure the room her crate was in was super warm and I slept with a small clean blanket that I put in her crate before her first night so she had a slightly familiar scent.

General TLC and I’m sure she’ll be mostly over it quickly! Good luck[/quote]

Disagree. I am a scientist and my husband has an MD, and it's pretty typical that information based on recent research studies trickles down VERY slowly to practicing medical professionals, whether it's in human medicine or vet medicine. Not the fault of the doctors or vets, they are busy caring for their patients! This means that if you read the primary research literature, or have access to reputable sources who explain it to you, you ABSOLUTELY CAN be better informed than your vet or doctor.

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