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					Originally Posted by JeanieK  I think she likes the attention.  Plus being in a crate all day she is not getting an exercise.
 Is it necessary to keep them caged for 6 weeks.  Was she spayed or did she have other surgery.  I have never caged a dog after spaying.
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  No . . . she broke two bones in her leg after being dropped by a little boy that picked her up after he was told not to and surgery to place a plate and pins in it.  The ortopedic surgeon at the University of Minnesota was adamant about her being in a crate for 6 weeks to allow the bones to heal.  She has no cast or bandages on it . . . just an open incision with stitches . . . which were removed two weeks ago.  We will be at four weeks on Thursday and another two to go before she has to go into a playpen for another two weeks.