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My Chloe going to be spayed today. Is it worse than neutering?
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 592870" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Another little trick I learned ... only works with smaller dogs though. If they want to pull and bite on their stitches, you may be able to avoid making them wear the dreaded "cone of shame". If you can find a pair of baby "onesies" that will fit on the dog, they serve the same purpose. They can't get at the stitches to pull at them, PLUS they will look extremely cute in them and you get to laugh at them while they're wearing them! They will hate you for making them wear it but they would hate the cone more. It gets worse a few days later as it starts to itch as the incision is healing. Funny story - several years ago my Katy (my chubbiest Boston) had to have surgery to remove her back pair of mammary glands. It was pretty extensive surgery with two big incisions. Rather than put her in a cone, I measured her and went to the Dollar Store childrens section. They don't make onesies big enough to fit her. The only thing they had that would completely cover her was a size 2T bright yellow ruffle-butt sunsuit! I bought the thing, brought it home and put it on her. I still have pictures of her wearing her little sunsuit, glaring at me with laser beams of pure hatred coming from her eyes! We finally made a deal - she would agree not to bite at her stitches if I would agree not to put the sunsuit on her. If she ever did start to bite at her stitches again, all I had to do was to pick up the dreaded yellow sunsuit, wave it in the air, and say, "Do you see this?" ... and she would stop immediately! Funny but it does work and it's a lot more comfortable for them than the cone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 592870, member: 1883"] Another little trick I learned ... only works with smaller dogs though. If they want to pull and bite on their stitches, you may be able to avoid making them wear the dreaded "cone of shame". If you can find a pair of baby "onesies" that will fit on the dog, they serve the same purpose. They can't get at the stitches to pull at them, PLUS they will look extremely cute in them and you get to laugh at them while they're wearing them! They will hate you for making them wear it but they would hate the cone more. It gets worse a few days later as it starts to itch as the incision is healing. Funny story - several years ago my Katy (my chubbiest Boston) had to have surgery to remove her back pair of mammary glands. It was pretty extensive surgery with two big incisions. Rather than put her in a cone, I measured her and went to the Dollar Store childrens section. They don't make onesies big enough to fit her. The only thing they had that would completely cover her was a size 2T bright yellow ruffle-butt sunsuit! I bought the thing, brought it home and put it on her. I still have pictures of her wearing her little sunsuit, glaring at me with laser beams of pure hatred coming from her eyes! We finally made a deal - she would agree not to bite at her stitches if I would agree not to put the sunsuit on her. If she ever did start to bite at her stitches again, all I had to do was to pick up the dreaded yellow sunsuit, wave it in the air, and say, "Do you see this?" ... and she would stop immediately! Funny but it does work and it's a lot more comfortable for them than the cone. [/QUOTE]
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