Hi All,

My Beautiful Lab/Staffie croos is due to be spade tomorrow. Im not at all worried about the procedure but the effect on her recovery.

She has the face of a Staffie and the body of a lab, i dont know how to put this but she is a very "bouncy" dog and when she wags her tails she wobbles all over with exitement! (Very cute).

Im worried once the drowsiness wears off she is going to cause some damage to the wound.

Im not sure how big the wound will be as this is my first female dog!

Any advice would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks Guys.

Just for the record it's 'spayed' not spade
The vet will most likely give her a collar to wear so she can't get at her wound. It will be a bit sore for her so that should temper her natural bounciness. She will heal fast though and if she manages to pop a stitch or two ask your vet for advice as it will depend how healed up she is (they might need to pop another stitch or two in)

Also, it really is like pin-hole surgery. It isn't a massive wound, although it will need stitches of course. Try not to worry and try and keep her as calm as possible. Dogs aren't stupid (although one of mine is !!) and they know that jumping around hurts ... so they won't jump around for a while.

She will probably feel quite groggy for a couple of days anyway. Just try and keep her as quite as possible. Arnica from your chemist is great to give dogs to limit bruising to a minimum. I'm sure she'll be fine and in a few days, will be back to her normal self.

Cheers Guys

Spade lol!!

My girl was very bouncy too and she was fine after her op. She will probably be a bit quiet for a few days anyway, by then the wound will be healing nicely. My girl was done years ago and it was very neat and tidy.

I was warned my male dog would be drowsy after his castration, they were wrong! He bounced out of the vets lol.

Couldn't even tell he had anything done!!!

My girls bounced back fine by the next day. The wound isn't that big and they act like nothing ever happened!! I had a job keeping mine from jumping around everywhere afterwards.

They will come home drowsy so just let her sleep it off. And btw you're doing the best thing for her. The list of things that they can get in later life due to not being spayed is long and it will benefit her in the long run.

How did it go OP? Hope everything went well for your girl

I used to have a lab/staffie she used to have one staffie ear n the other was like a lab!
When she got spayed we thought she was goin to calm down a bit but she didn't, after the op she whimpered all night it was horrible I ended up sitting up with her all night (they're like babies aren't they!) I hope yours wasn't like that.

Hope all went well!

I've just had 3 dogs spayed (2 Pugs and a French Bulldog) It all went perfectly, and the dogs are as bouncy and as happy as ever. You wouldn't even have known they've just had their bollocks cut off.

Don't fret. It's harder on us Mummies and Daddies, than our babies

Depending on the vet It could be a single cut along the belly area or 2 small incisions -one either side. I have had dogs done both ways & none were really affected at all. If its done on the sides the 2 shaved areas are obviously more visible than when done on the belly.

Don't assume it'll be calm. My cat bounced out of the crate, ran around in a panic and burst her stitches when she jumped on the bunker. Back to vets, wound stapled and a loan of a puppy crate to stop her jumping. The bugger managed to get the lampshade off and bit out her staples overnight. Back to vets again...I've had cats and dogs all my days and never had this happen!
All this cost an additional £80 to sort out.

Hi Guys,

sorry for not replying! Its been a busy weekend. My little girl is absolutly fine, very groggy when we bought her home but the next morning she was like a spring chicken, to the point where we are having to be careful that she doesnt split her stitches (She jumped over the stairgate we have!!!!). As for the would she hasnt even bothered with it, the only time we have put the buster collar on her is when we are out of the house. Back to the vets on Friday but i think she will be fine!. As for my other dog (jack russel male) he has taken little interest in it so we havnt had to seperate them at all! We are all extremly relieved!
Last edited by BYRON POWELL : 12-03-2012 at 10:19