Awww...poor little guy. I hope he feels better soon. Just like people, I think dogs have different pain thresholds and how they handle it is dog dependent. We've had two with dentals in the past six months. Our older poodle had several teeth extracted this summer and seemed miserable for at least a week or more. He slobbered and drooled for a few days and hid out in his crate most of the time for at least a week and we had to coax him to eat and practically hand feed him. Our 2 year old rescue boy was neutered, had a cleaning and two molars extracted about a month ago and barely missed a beat. His procedure was on Friday and he seemed almost back to normal the next day. Vet said to make sure he got the pain meds at least through Monday but he didn't even seem like he needed them on Sunday.
For both, I wrapped the pain meds in a little coating of Baby Belle cheese, which is very soft, and they took them without a problem. We had the pain meds in pill form for both of them though. I think we'd have had a difficult time getting a liquid pain med into our older guy because he wouldn't let us near his mouth either. If your dog is in so much pain that he can't even sleep, a trip back to the vet might be needed. Ours both came home from the procedure and slept most of the time until the next day, then were back to normal sleep cycles. If your baby isn't sleeping, you probably aren't getting much either. I know how that goes!
Diana |