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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Since dogs recognize us mostly by our scent, the odd scents of the hospital and things you came in contact with, your obvious discomfort and the way you changed your lifestyle for a while after surgery, the stopping your frequent walks with her likely made her wary of you and think you changed somehow toward her(everything is our fault to them) and the different scents from the surgical suite and hospital perhaps reminded her of something bad in her past. If you have materially changed in your habits or actions due to surgery, she could be taking that personally. Then, her estrus hits her system and she's further thrown off kilter.
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This is what I was thinking. An alteration in scent, in gait, in routine--and then she was feeling out-of-sorts herself on top of it all. She's not sure what is positively correlated with what. She needs reassurance and patience, certainly, and she may feel less wary (or clingy) once you're feeling and acting more like the daddy she'd known before the strange events in your lives.
P.S. Heal well and quickly!