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Originally Posted by YorkieRose

So what you are saying is...I should have given Pinkie pain meds...when she was showing no reaction to her spay..and I know my Pinkie..the day before the unexpected spay, she came to me and the look in her eyes was NOT right, the eyes of my Yorkies are a dead give away ..they talk to me...discomfort is different then pain IMO...? Pinkie saw me after the spaying and that look of pain was gone...she was happy and her eyes talked to me...I know I am crazy...but my Yorkies have been trained to come to me and look me in the eye when something is wrong..then I have to go down the list to figure it out...the vet believes me how when I say something is wrong..FIND IT!!!
The vet and I had no idea what inside Pinkie was hurting, but she told me and the surgery was done asap

I am VERY much in favor of pain meds for real pain, but think where we differ is, what is pain and what is uncomfortable? I do not need pain meds for a root canal, but for a cleaning I have to be "lightly" sedated...it is so awful I vomit after if not...but a root canal has never bothered me afterward....and that is why I will not let my Yorkies have their teeth cleaned awake...

I want meds for my Yorkies, you bet..inverted knee surgery for a 12 week old..serious meds...novaicain pain drops in an eye with a torn cornea, needed surgery...used pain meds every day for a week, you bet...pain spray for a hot spot..YES!!! I had a girl who got two on her face one hot summer and they are so very painful...people do not believe a small sore can be so painful...but even the vet sedates them to clean it.

AND the word you posted that hit home to me is...suffer...suffering and discomfort are different to me..
I remember the day I stopped giving pain meds after a dental was when I started to give the Yorkie a pill, but had to pulll the chewy bone out of its mouth...how can a dog chew on a raw hide and be in pain...???

When I see that look..we go to the vet...

I am saying that I believe that people and animals should be comfortable at all times. This would medication after surgery for optimal comfort and for pain management even if we perceive that the animal is "fine."