I knew Lucy hated being confined, so we practiced quite a bit with her playpen. All dog and cat owners should practice some crate training. Sooner or later they break a toe, need their teeth cleaned or have a medical reason for confinement. It is good to have crate experience before pets need medical confinement. I was happy to have Lucy's playpen objections out of the way before she came home with stitches yesterday. But the first night back from surgery was still terrible.
Lucy, like all dogs, hates the E-collar. It took one entire day and night of agitation before she accepted the collar was here to stay. A great deal of effort was spent by making sure she didn't slam her head into something during her protests. I really wish we had tried some practice sessions wearing the cone. She tried overnight to head-butt the plastic collar off of her head. And I was up, too, telling her to, "Cut it out. You have stitches!"
Lucy, like all dogs, hates the E-collar. It took one entire day and night of agitation before she accepted the collar was here to stay. A great deal of effort was spent by making sure she didn't slam her head into something during her protests. I really wish we had tried some practice sessions wearing the cone. She tried overnight to head-butt the plastic collar off of her head. And I was up, too, telling her to, "Cut it out. You have stitches!"
Lucy is taking a bunch of medicine for the next week or so. I have a pill organizer to help keep me straight, and to avoid the, "Did I already give you your morning pain pill?" guesswork. If I gave the the pill, it will not be in the caddy. In addition to her pills, she takes three different eye drops, on three different schedules. To keep my drop schedule straight, I put Post-Its on the fridge. There is one Post-It for each dose given during the day. The left side shows Post-Its for drops which still need to be administered. The right is where I put the Post-Its for drops that have been administered. I don't want to fiddle with learning a bunch of medication names. So the bottles are labeled 4x, 1x and 2x which correspond to the number of times that med needs to be given that day.
Lastly, For animals and peoples, when you undergo anesthesia, your gut takes a while before it gets back on track. It wakes up more slowly than other systems of the body. For the next few days, Lucy is eating meat based baby food and boiled rice while her digestive system recovers. Which she loves, too.
Lastly, For animals and peoples, when you undergo anesthesia, your gut takes a while before it gets back on track. It wakes up more slowly than other systems of the body. For the next few days, Lucy is eating meat based baby food and boiled rice while her digestive system recovers. Which she loves, too.