Spay question - How long before she can run?

[Tommy Coyote]

I had Tommy spayed last Tuesday. She really had kind of a rough couple of days where she really hurt. The vet sent her home with Rimadyl and then I went back and got her some other pain stuff. She's 4-1/2 and it was harder on her than on a younger dog.

 

I have kept her really quiet until this morning. It's been one week.

 

When will it be safe for her to get out and run?

 

The vet had said to keep her pretty quiet for about 4 days and we are well past that but she really runs hard. I went on line and a couple of sites said to keep them quiet for 10-14 days.

 

She is supposed to get her stitches out in 10-14 days.

[bcnewe2]

 

I had Dew spayed last year, she was 5ish. She was rough for about 24 hours then did her thing with out much running for about 5 days. Took stitches out about 8-9 days. She wasn't going at the stitches but every where else was flame red driving her crazy. Her incision looked great...go figure.

 

I feel if the incision is healed over on the out side then you are good to go. You can pretty much tell if it's sealed and not going to open if running.

 

Or that's how it's been for us.

Dew ended up having a reaction to the anesthesia and losing most of her hair. She had to go on a week of steroids to get it under control. All she did was itch and more then 3/4 of her hair fell out. Took forever to grow back in.

 

Almost wish she'd of stayed that way (hairless not itchy) she's back to full coat now...muddy mess all the time!

 

Hope Tommy heals quickly!

[Jim Kling]

why not ask your vet?

[Liz P]

The incision is actually at its weakest midway through the recommended 10 to 14 down time. Better to keep her quite for a full 2 weeks.

[Gideon's girl]

The incision on the outside is only about 1/3 of the issue. The abdominal wall is much more important to consider. Go the entire 2 weeks.

[Tommy Coyote]

OK. We will wait another few days. She is really acting like herself today - wanting to go out and playing. It's good to have her not feeling bad.

[RichardH]

I was being overprotective, but I didn't let my young dog go bounce around and run until 3 weeks after the procedure. I was more worried about the internal layers than the outside ones. She was glued on the outside, so stitches didn't have to come out and the vet follow up was good at 4 days in. I had her off drugs in 3 days.

 

-Rich

[Tommy Coyote]

This is day 11 and Tommy is getting impossible to keep inside. She feels wonderful and she's letting me know it. I've let her outside for short periods when there wasn't anything to bark at.

 

I'll get her stitches out Monday - day 14.

[Kelleybean]

I also erred on the side of caution. I kept Asa on leash or inside for 3 weeks.

[Tommy Coyote]

Got stiches out. Vet says everything looks great and she is good to go.

 

Thank goodness. Trying to keep her quiet is impossible.