Originally posted by 4 Dog Mother
I had Pippi spayed last week. I took her in between 8 and 9 in the morning and picked her up between 3 and 4. She was pretty groggy when I picked her up and slept alot that evening and all night. The vet gave me pain pills to give her starting the next morning. I was told to keep her quiet and away from the other dogs - so unless I could hold her she was in her kennel. It may have been because she has 5 older and larger siblings but I was told to keep her quiet and away from them for 5 -7 days. We lasted five days but after that she could not resist playing with them. I figured by then she she be able to know if they were hurting her and would stop if they were getting too rough. (which she is usually the roughest of the bunch!)

I think her recovery period was rougher on me than her. I worried about her alot but she seemed to handle the whole thing well.
Oh I am so glad you mentioned the kennel. Do you think it would be mean to keep her in the kennel while we are away and cannot monitor her? I think that might be the best thing. I wonder why in earth I didn't think of that! Maybe even perhaps kennel her when people come over? She gets really excited when people come to visit.

I'll definitely be giving her a post surgical pain injection. I was always so angry when people would schedule spays and NOT want to give their animal the pain injection. I just wanted to tell them "How about we cut into you and not give you any pain meds!"