nutor and spaying my dogs?

Question

Im going to get my dogs nutored and spayed (i have a male and female dog) when i lived at my parents house we made a shirt that covers the stitches on our dog when she got fixed so when she was in the house she diddnt have to have the cone on and still wouldnt lick her stitches. well imma do that with my dog now, but when i put them outside for when i go to work i will put the cone on her head so if she has to potty she wont potty on the shirt. well since i have 2 dogs will the other one try to lick her stitches and try to rip em out? they dont stay outside for TOO long jus till my husband comes home lik 1-2 hours, but thats still long enough for him to lick her stitches. is there a way i can keep him from doing that? without haveing to keep one of them in the house? because there not completly house broken yet.

Answer 1

I had my dog spayed this summer, and she didn't bother her stitches at all, and wouldn't have allowed the others to bother them either..She is a small dog, who lives in the house with several large dogs...they were all mildly interested in her incision, but sure couldn't or wouldn't have licked the stiches..

Answer 2

Bitter apple is a good idea; I wouldn't use Listerine because I'm pretty sure it WOULD hurt. Would you put Listerine on your own stitches?

Since it's so short a time, maybe one could stay in a neighbor's yard until your husband comes home? Ask around; somebody might be willing to do that, or even let them stay in their house supervised.

Even though they're not completely housebroken, you can keep one in the house. Get a travel crate (relatively inexpensive; if you can afford a dog you can afford one) and put the dog in it while you're gone. Crate training is a good idea anyway. Put a sheet or towel in the bottom and if there's an accident, just throw it in the wash. If you have a tarp or something similar, it's even easier. Cover the bathroom floor with it, leave food and water, and shut the door. He might scratch the door and drink from the toilet, but that's better than having his stitches ripped out.

You could also get some temporary fencing to make a pen for one in the yard if you're not willing to get a crate or keep one in the bathroom. The best option would be finding a neighbor to look after one or both during those 1-2 hours.

But anyway, thank you for having your dogs altered. That's millions of unwanted puppies prevented.

Answer 3

If your dogs are old enuf to be spayed/neutered, then they are old enuf to manage a couple of hours in a crate until your husband comes home. I would suggest going this route if you can. Better for the dogs all around anyway. I just had our Border Collie puppy spayed a couple weeks ago, and she never messed with her stitches at all. Not all dogs do, so you may not need to worry about it or use the cone to prevent it. This varies from dog to dog, but I've not heard often of dogs really messing with the stitches really.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

They will most likely lick each others stitches. My vet suggested bitter apple but my Dal loved the flavor(ICK!), his next suggestion was good old fashioned Listerine he liked that too but the rest of the dogs didn't.

You just spray it right on the incision, it doesn't hurt them but makes the stitches taste nasty.

Answer 6

the male dog shouldn't try to lick or chew the sutures of your female...that usually only happens with mama dogs chewing on their pups...as in tail dock sutures. he'll be too busy nosing around with his own surgical site anyway. he may sniff at her sutures, but i doubt he'll bother them, and she prob wouldn't let him either. hope this was helpful.