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TOY · 03-13-2009, 02:51 AM

Thanks so much for your replies. I have been awake into the wee hours (5:30 am now) stressing about this. The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know!

The photo by my name is our little girl. Her name is Taffy...at least those are the last id tags I had made...LOL

We are very fortunate that our puppy will be spayed under gas and not the regular anesthesia (sp?). I was really glad to hear that even though our girl will probably be 6 or 6.5 pounds at full maturity. The spaying will be about the time she is between 9 and 10 months. It's going to be a "wait and see" deal with her first heat, I think. I didn't quite understand if this will be done by laser or not. She did say that the sutures will eventually dissolve on their own. (That may be the norm as I've never heard anyone on here remark about a follow-up for stitches removal after being spayed.)

I'm glad you compared her to a toddler...that's my favorite age of an infant. In fact, I don't even like to hold them until they can support their own neck. I am looking so forward to getting her when I'm not thinking about all I've read. I really think I should never have gone to the emergency section of the website but I check progress reports there at least once a day!

One thing that continues to bother me though is the risk of letting her down in a general area, etc. (We'll be driving 7 hours home with her and I will be afraid to let her stretch and walk because of germs and diseases, etc.) These posts about parvo and other contagious stuff have really alarmed me. I don't even want her to walk on the floor in the vet's office in case there's been a contagious dog earlier in the day!

I bought several of those cute toys that have a sound box that make an animal noise because I figured we would tire of the same squeak over and over. However, now I've removed those sound boxes so she wouldn't risk choking or such. I thought when we were closely supervising, I'd put them back in. Trouble is all the sound boxes look the same so I'll probably have the donkey oinking...LOL

We tend to laugh alot around here so hopefully she will fit right in with her puppy mischief. There's one toy that goes off randomly with phrases like "Oh, boy" ... If it has a switch, we haven't been able to find it. We have laughed for the last month or so because we can't figure out what triggers it. Sometimes in the middle of the night it will sound off and we just burst out giggling. I doubt that our puppy will enjoy that ball nearly as much as we have!

Thanks again for taking the time to respond. And Sharon, don't be surprised if I do email you with some wacky question.

03-13-2009, 02:51 AM	#6
TOY Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,094 Blog Entries: 4	Thanks so much for your replies. I have been awake into the wee hours (5:30 am now) stressing about this. The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know! The photo by my name is our little girl. Her name is Taffy...at least those are the last id tags I had made...LOL We are very fortunate that our puppy will be spayed under gas and not the regular anesthesia (sp?). I was really glad to hear that even though our girl will probably be 6 or 6.5 pounds at full maturity. The spaying will be about the time she is between 9 and 10 months. It's going to be a "wait and see" deal with her first heat, I think. I didn't quite understand if this will be done by laser or not. She did say that the sutures will eventually dissolve on their own. (That may be the norm as I've never heard anyone on here remark about a follow-up for stitches removal after being spayed.) I'm glad you compared her to a toddler...that's my favorite age of an infant. In fact, I don't even like to hold them until they can support their own neck. I am looking so forward to getting her when I'm not thinking about all I've read. I really think I should never have gone to the emergency section of the website but I check progress reports there at least once a day! One thing that continues to bother me though is the risk of letting her down in a general area, etc. (We'll be driving 7 hours home with her and I will be afraid to let her stretch and walk because of germs and diseases, etc.) These posts about parvo and other contagious stuff have really alarmed me. I don't even want her to walk on the floor in the vet's office in case there's been a contagious dog earlier in the day! I bought several of those cute toys that have a sound box that make an animal noise because I figured we would tire of the same squeak over and over. However, now I've removed those sound boxes so she wouldn't risk choking or such. I thought when we were closely supervising, I'd put them back in. Trouble is all the sound boxes look the same so I'll probably have the donkey oinking...LOL We tend to laugh alot around here so hopefully she will fit right in with her puppy mischief. There's one toy that goes off randomly with phrases like "Oh, boy" ... If it has a switch, we haven't been able to find it. We have laughed for the last month or so because we can't figure out what triggers it. Sometimes in the middle of the night it will sound off and we just burst out giggling. I doubt that our puppy will enjoy that ball nearly as much as we have! Thanks again for taking the time to respond. And Sharon, don't be surprised if I do email you with some wacky question. Last edited by TOY; 03-13-2009 at 02:55 AM. Reason: forgot to proof...