Not happy!

[laundry_queen]

I had an appointment to spay my puppy tomorrow.

Last night she went into heat. It's going to cost me an extra $90. Unless I wait 5 more weeks (um no).

I'm so mad I didn't make the appt earlier, but I wanted her to grow a bit more (she's lucky if she's 3lbs) before surgery. Mistake on my part.

[Granny M]

1. That happened to us once.

Lesson learned. With this little female we rescued a few months ago, I was a nervous wreck until we got her in there. She was a bit traumatised so I waited about six weeks. She had already had 2 heats before she came to us, and the last one was fairly recent, so I did have some time, but I was so glad to get it done.

Good luck to the little lady tomorrow. I got Molly one of those inflatable soft collars instead of the cone of shame, and that worked out well.

[laundry_queen]

5. I'll have a look for the collar.

She's a licker, so I'm sure we'll have issues. Thanks!

[LisaLynne]

2. Aw, don't beat yourself up!

Hindsight is 20/20!

Good luck to your little girl!

[laundry_queen]

6. It's hard not to

I should know better, but I haven't had a female dog since I was a kid and we had her spayed at 11 months and she hadn't gone into heat yet. Since then I've only had males. I really should have read more about it! duh!

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Why does it cost more?

And why would you have to wait another 5 weeks? Things must have changed over the years, or else cats are different. I had a cat that I had just adopted go into heat, and I was not going to put up with all the screaming and rubbing up against me....so I called the vet immediately and he did it right away without any comment about more problems.

[laundry_queen]

7. I'm not sure

I googled it and it seems that when the uterus becomes engorged, it's a more complicated surgery that takes longer. Hence the higher price tag. The 5 weeks is to wait until she's out of heat (3 wks roughly that they are in heat) plus 2 weeks to be sure. In my search, it seems a lot of vets don't take dogs that are in heat because of the additional risk of bleeding, but I asked my vet about it and apparently it's not a big deal. I'm not sure how it can be both not a big deal and a more complicated surgery, but whatever. I live in a wealthy area and vets charge a lot.

[Phentex]

4. Oh no!

It can be tricky. Sorry about that. She sounds really tiny!

[laundry_queen]

8. Yeah, I was not really expecting her to stay so small

It's been so long since I had a puppy (we always have had small breeds) that I forgot what size they were supposed to be. She seemed on the small side to me but when we started plotting her growth at the vet's, it said her adult weight would be under 4 lbs. I've never owned a dog smaller than 8lbs so I was a bit shocked. She's really delicate too and hard to potty train (mostly because she hates going out in the cold, I'm sure it'll be better in the summer). She's the sweetest thing in the world though.

ETA picture of her at Christmas:

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[Granny M]

9. What a sweet face.

How is she doing?

[laundry_queen]

10. I dropped her off an hour ago

They said they'd call when they were done to update me. Poor thing was petrified. She doesn't like going places to begin with but she's always been okay with going to the vet. But it's like she KNEW, how do they always know? It didn't help that the tech was like, "Oh my, she IS small!" I wanted to grab her and run, lol.

Nothing left to do but wait. Even though I'm broke I decided to pay extra for at home pain meds because she needs some baby teeth extracted too (they never fell out, so she has double teeth in some places, common with toy breeds). She's not very tolerant of pain compared to most dogs (she is SO not 'stoic'!), so I want her to be comfortable.

[ginnyinWI]

11. hope she gets her favorite treats when she gets home! nt

[laundry_queen]

12. She wasn't interested at first but we just gave her some

Poor thing is wiped out. She's snuggled next to me all wrapped in her fleece blanket on a heating pad (her favorite place on cold nights).

I was lucky - the vet gave me a discount on the 'additional charge' for her being in heat so that was nice of them. They said she did her usual scream/cry when they gave her needles She does not do well with pain. She's able to walk around and go do her business outside though, so she's on the mend.

I'm glad it's over. I bet she is too.

[Granny M]

13. Glad she's home and safe.

it's funny how some react to the anaesthetic. I was expecting Molly to be drowsy after her spaying, but she was bright as a button. Sam was always knocked out after even a light dose, and he was a bit bigger than Molly. I guess they are all different. Kisses to the sweet puppy.

[KC]

14. She's so cute!

What breed is she?

[laundry_queen]

15. We aren't totally sure

We were told she's a poodle/maltese...but clearly with the ears there's something else in there. One vet told us Chihuahua is a possibility because of her tiny size, but our usual vet is convinced she has Yorkie in her. I think it's that or Pomeranian (she sheds). Something with erect ears, clearly. Her brother looked like a poodle/maltese with yorkie coloring (he had floppy ears), so who knows. Someday I'd like to do a DNA on her.

[KC]

16. Well

Whatever she is, she is precious!