How to keep a spayed dog quietly entertained in a kennel with a cone?

Most veterinarians will provide you with detailed discharge instructions upon return of your pet. With these instructions will likely include the cone you've described. Confining Pharah to her crate for the night may not be a bad idea if she's receptive to it, but it is certainly not required. Keeping her somewhat calm is fine as long as she has no access to her surgical site. As far as the procedure, I would recommend having the ovaries and uterus removed if you are sterilizing versus only the ovaries. While the procedure will prevent a pregnancy, it will not prevent future diseases like infections and tumors of the uterus. Dogs that are most predisposed to these conditions are middle to older age females that have not been bred previously. Hope this answers your question.

If Lola is being too crazy post-spay, then I would contact the veterinarian to see if the veterinarian can prescribe Lola a sedative to help keep her more calm. The last thing you want is for Lola to open up her incision because she is too active. I hope this helps!

Chew toys and food kongs are ideal at this stage as she would be likely to lie down and rest the wound in order to 'play' with them. Regular, limited lead walking will also help to deal with some of her excessive energy. She should not be playing and running, jumping or stretching games as these may cause the stitches to rupture

This is a good question, and a lot depends on how well behaved your dog is!! I typically recommend confinement in a kennel or small room for animals wearing a cone. This helps to minimize their movements and also limits the amount of mischief they can get up to while you are gone. He could knock lamps over, rip the cone on something or even get his head/cone stuck if he tries to go through an area that is too small (e.g. a dog door).

Hello, thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I do not think those pillow ones on the neck work very well. But the soft-sided cones you can certainly use. The hard plastic ones are not really recommended. Dogs don’t resist the soft ones as much as the hard ones. Just make sure that the cone is long enough to go past the end of her nose or she wilI still be able to lick at the incision. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

I would recommend keeping toys out she can play with. Some toys allow you to hide treats and even rubber Kong’s have room for peanut butter. If you use a rubber Kong I would put freezer to make the peanut butter harder. Hope that helps

Hi ! With my dog I used a medical pet vest, that it’s fabric, can be washed and it is well tolerated.There is a XXXs size for Chihuahuas. The alternative is to have your vet put the buster collar on Kobe, you could give the collar a last try once fitted properly. Hope this helps !