Dog worry/rant/unknown

[Freedom]

Five is not old for a dog; she still has a lot of years of fun ahead of her.

Would your family consider taking her? Mayber taker her to the vet and find out what is wrong and how much it will cost at this point?

Poor girl; I understand how you feel.

[areias]

As far as ripping stitches inside of her-there shouldn't be stitches at all inside (as far as I know...), just on where they made the cut to get to her. If it's just the outside stitches, that would cost pennies to fix (well...not really...under $100) and then you put a cone on her head and she'll be fine.

Where are you located?

[Catlady711]

As far as ripping stitches inside of her-there shouldn't be stitches at all inside (as far as I know...), just on where they made the cut to get to her.

Actually there are sutures on the inside as well, those hold the muscles together over the incision. They are dissolvable sutures and just get bio-degraded by the body over time.

The outside sutures hold the skin together over the incision and are not bio-degradable and must be removed in 10-14 days.