Operations & The Cone-of-shame

Some vets keep dogs over night after an operation and some don't. Well, I found one that doesn't keep dogs after operations and I wish he had. Had my kid spayed yesterday and I didn't figure in that she would be a handful afterwords. Well, she wasn't even interested in a nap. She started to lick where the stitches are at, so we headed off to the pet store to get an e-collar. Well, in my process to get it on her, she was fighting me so bad, she pulled one of her stitches loose. So, I had to carry her back inside to the in-store vet and the vet glued her closed and I asked them to put the e-collar on her. She wasn't happy, but she's figuring it out. She's finding the corners the hard way and that she can't sneak outside. My karma for laughing last night was discovering that I couldn't get her harness off. I later very carefully slid it off down the body. So, before you pick who will fix your pooch, find out if they keep them over night or not. If they don't have everything ready, including an e-collar. I would even ask the vet who did the operation to put it on for you to avoid an 911 situation and when they bring out your kid, try hard not to laugh too hard.