Zach is under the knife - cone question? UPDATE

Zach is getting neutered today, joining the ranks of the peter pan dogs. Zoey and Gracie are very thankful - the best thanksgiving present I could have given them!!!

It has been almost 7 years since Bruno's surgery so my memory is dim. Those of you who have been through this before - did you need a cone? My vet leaves it up to owner's discretion. I am going to get him enough pain meds for 36 hours should he need it, and I will be home with him across the holiday w/e for all but a few hours on Thanksgiving.

Zach has not been much of a licker or paid much attention to his personal hygiene in this area, so I don't think that I need to keep him away from himself because of his routine behaviors, but I don't know how much the surgery will draw his attention to himself.

Thanks for your thoughts?

UPDATE

THANKS everyone for your thoughts and experiences. Zach is home and in the XPen to keep him away from the frenchies.. A bit glazed looking and I suspect that he will fall asleep once he settles. As soon as he saw me he jumped up, so I can see that keeping him from jumping is going to be the usual problem. No cone. He woke up quickly after the surgery and the vet said that he showed no interest in the incision area. RIght now he is fretting about his IV bandage. I was going to take it off, but I think I will leave it on and let him focus on it for while.

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Permalink Reply by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on November 23, 2011 at 4:08pm

Glad to hear the good news. They're all different. Murph needed the soft cone because he was licking the stitches, but some Doodles just seem to leave them alone.