I completely know how you feel. We don't have any kids yet, so our little guy is my baby. We just got him neutered on Wednesday. I made my fiance drop him off because I didn't think I could do it. I had a conversation with my vet during one of his first visits, she was super sweet and told me it was totally up to me, and told me she'd be there for support when the time came. She recommended between 6-8 months. He was 7 months at the time. I was worried about his weight and anesthesia as well, that was my biggest fear. I also read horror stories about dogs not coming out of anesthesia and I think that's what scared me the most.
Overall I think the trust in my vet, and how much I liked her was what helped me out. She called us right after his surgery to let us know that he was awake and that everything was fine. They did a blood panel, and we're going to pull any baby teeth (he didn't have any) as well. Once I got the phone call I was more revealed. Our little guy was a little sleepy once he got home, but he was fine within hours. The only thing is that he wouldn't drink any water, he was super hungry though. We gave him half his amount of food, and my FI snuck him a treat but he didn't have any issues.
The recovery is whats killing me now! We are not having luck with his cone. He gets it half off no matter how hard we try. And i'm starting to think he has a small head because the cone is way to large for the little guy (I asked the vet she said it's the smallest they had..) so we ended up forgoing the cone for some undies (I got them at Build A Bear, haha). He's SUPER active so trying to keep him quiet is such a challenge, it is very stressful!!!!! We never crate him so we don't have a crate to keep him in, and I don't wanna start now because that would be even more stressful! So we try our best to keep him quiet, although it is not working out well at all. My FI had to call the vet today about some "arousal" issues we we're having, and mentioned to the vet our difficulties and she said just to keep an eye on him, and obviously it isn't bothering him very much.
I assumed prior that it was more female dogs that needed to be quiet since their surgery is in their abdomen and it be easier to tear... Learned something new! |