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Comment by The Geek's Wife & her Corgi Ein on January 16, 2011 at 6:52pm

Eventually she will have a soft bed on the floor next to my side of the bed, but as long as she's chewing and isn't house trained she'll be crated at night. Our dachshund was crated til he was almost 2 yrs old. We trust him to be out and wandering the house at night now. Sometimes I hear him getting a drink of water or going out the doggy door in the middle of the night.

Comment by Melissa and Franklin! on January 16, 2011 at 1:56pm

When Franklin got neutered that marked the start of him sleeping out of  his crate and on my bed! :-) He was just so miserable in his crate with the blow up collar so I let him sleep on my bed and we never went back to the crate again haha. I plan to be a little more strict with my new puppy....we will see how that goes though.

Comment by Alison Prasavath on January 16, 2011 at 12:07pm

The first night was a rough night and I probably babied Noodles longer than necessary. Since he really couldn't fit in his crate with the cone on, he was allowed to sleep draped acrossed my tummy for the week he had to wear the cone. He was able to position himself comfortably over my tummy with the cone on in order to fall asleep. He refused to lay his head down while he was wearing the cone, so the poor guy didn't get much sleep unless he was in bed, laying across my stomach and snuggling with his mom and dad. I felt so bad for him, so of course I let him do whatever made him comfortable.

Comment by The Geek's Wife & her Corgi Ein on January 16, 2011 at 11:54am

Thanks for the comments everyone. Ein slept very well last night, so we both got some much needed sleep. She has a lot more spunk today, and if she didn't have to wear to wear that cone she might be her normal self, but it's throwing off her game. LOL

 

Ray - Because her cone is so loose, she can reach to lick her unmentionable area, but not the incision, and she has been licking down there more than she ever has. I think part of it may being itching from the hair growing back in, either way I'm keeping an eye on her and the area to make sure it doesn't get irritated. So I know if I took the cone off she'd be licking down there, and now that she's comfortable with it I'm just gonna leave her be.

 

Elizabether - Ein loves the safety of her crate too, and goes in there to nap at times. She usually acts anxious when I have her on the bed with me at night, which is why I had her sleep on a dog bed on the floor next to me. She seemed a lot more comfortable with that arrangement, and who am I to complain about not having to worry about rolling onto a puppy in the middle of the night. I was relieved that we found a solution and were able to crate her again the very next night, cause we both slept a lot better. I was just afraid she would get too comfortable on that dog bed next to me, but that wasn't the case.

 

Well, she just settled down for her morning nap, and I have to head out to meet a girlfriend for brunch. Have a great day everyone.

 

Heather

Comment by Ray Cronin on January 16, 2011 at 10:44am

Usually its only the first night that has a lot of pain.  Try taking the cone off while you can keep an eye on her.  If she leaves the incision alone, you can pretty much dispense with the cone.

Comment by Teresa Gilpin on January 16, 2011 at 9:26am

The first night home after spaying and neutering our pups were not happy, but the next day they were almost as if nothing had happened!  I hope today is a better day for all! 

Comment by Elizabeth on January 16, 2011 at 9:23am

That's wonderful; hope last night was uneventful for you. We had to put Jon in our bed (he's a crate sleeper) for a week because of the cone.  Last night he finally went back in the crate (w/o the cone) and all of us are better rested.  I could tell he was anxious being out of the "safe" quarters of his crate at night; he's such a creature of habit.

Comment by Bev Levy on January 16, 2011 at 8:42am

You are a good "mommy" and I hope she feels better soon!

Comment by Kayla Rae and Rowdy on January 16, 2011 at 5:33am

Aw, I hope the little one feels better soon! Rowdy still has a few more weeks before his neuter, I'm probably going to spoil and baby him :)