castration, reassurance please?

[arrabella]

Hi, I know I am worrying ridiculously, but Cosmo is having his op on Thursday. He has focal seizures, so we thought this was the best safeguard for all the female doggies  he may meet that might be in season. (we dont want any  little Cosmo's with seizures), added to which, cushions, coats and dressing gowns hold a very strong attraction for him. I  know the lady dogs shouldnt go upstairs or jump up onto sofas after their ops, does this apply to the boys too?  I've seen pics of dogs with T Shirts on, does this work by the shirts getting in the way of them licking or are boxers better? Sorry if these are silly questions, but I'm really worried about the aneasthetic, infections and changes in his personality, cos we love him to bits. He's nearly fourteen months.

[Archie bean]

I know it's hard but don't worry everything will be fine. Archie was done last month and no special clothes were required, just lead walks until the stitches came out. Archie turned out to be allergic to the internal stitches which was a problem for a while but he's totally back to his pre-op normal self now. Just keep an eye on the wound and make sure it is nice and clean and doesn't get licked or nibbled  Cosmo will be back to himself before you can blink.

Archie still  his towel when I dry him though!!

[cangrejo]

Hi, Cosmo will be fine. With mine Charlie didn't bother with his stitches at all. Dexter tried to get at them, during the day I kept an eye on him and put a little t-shirt on him backwards at night so he wouldn't have a crafty go while I was asleep.  He might be a bit grizzly when he comes home for the first night, but that is the effects from the anasthetic, after a good nights sleep both of mine were back to their normal selves.

It didn't change either if their personalities (Dexter is still bonkers  ). Charlie's coat went slightly thicker, but Dexter's hasn't changed at all.

[Pauline T]

Charlie was a bit vocal after his op but nothing more. Her was fine after a good night sleep. We were lucky he was good and left the stiches alone.
No changes at all in Charlie personality and character after the op. His coat did change tho, it became much thicker.

He still loves the girls amd flirt with his girlfriends..... just no attempts at humping any more.

[fenby]

Hi we had Harvey done about 2 weeks ago, he was a little bit distressed the first night but did settle and sleep, it took about 2 days for him to be his normal self, he was quite bruised in the nether regions but was a good boy and left his stitches alone! Don't know about his coat yet but am hoping it won't change. 

[PennyB]

Speak to your vet practice as well for reassurance re some of your questions

To be honest my vet practice never gives out 'buckets' for any dogs that have just been neutered and I never put t-shirts or anything else on any dogs here after the op (I've taken many a foster dog to my vets for neutering - of girls and boys). A lot of the time you can stop them form touching their stitches in the same way you tell them to stop doing most things - with a firm 'no' or that 'ah ah' noise (which works best with my lot!) and after a while if they had been interested they stop.

[arrabella]

Thanks for your replies ,I do feel a little more reassured now, but I'll be very glad when tomorrow is over and we have him back again!