Many people wanted to know how Kiah (my dog) is doing after her spay surgery about 3 or 4 weeks ago. She's not only over it; she's been over it for a while. The vet told me she was up and at it about 15 minutes after the surgery, and he hadn't expected her to be so active. He gave her enough meds to keep her sedated, but once he brought her back, he said she only rested a few minutes, and then she was ever so ready to go home. She was on antibiotics for 10 days but only needed or wanted the pain meds 2x.
Kiah, if you didn't know, is my new pup. She came to me in the middle of the Summer; in fact, I got her on the 4th of July. It wasn't a big thing; I wasn't going out to find a dog that day, but I was off work, and she was available, so she came home with me when I found her online. The owners said she was a smaller dog, and they had a photo of her, but it was a little deceiving, to say the least. As it turns out, she's half Schnauzer and half Border Collie! That's not a small breed. She'll top out around forty pounds. She's about 22-23 pounds now, at 8 months old.
Kiah is a bouncy dog; if you know the two breeds in her DNA makeup, you may recognize them as being really active dogs. Both dogs are herding working dogs; the Border Collie is a Scottish dog, and the Schnauzer is a German breed. Both are and have been used in the past for herding sheep and other livestock. She has a nippy thing going on, too; when she wants me to do something, she's been scolded for it.
Since the day I brought her home from the vet's, she's been going like gang-busters. She runs, jumps, and skips around. I had to keep the cone on her as best I could for 3 or 4 days, but that's as long as it stayed - she was not into it. I managed to keep her from chewing or licking her stitches, and finally, after about five or six days, they began either falling out or being chewed out, but they had done their job by then - she had ONE remaining stitch, and it lasted a full three weeks before I trimmed it and it came out. She was pretty happy about that. I think it sort of freaked her out a little.
We have other dogs and cats, too, so she was not about to let them have all the fun, all the treats, and the better spots on the couch or bed. She wiggled her way right up into my lap every chance she got, and she still does. I'm not going to lie, we have a few animals, but we don't hoard them, we sleep with them. We live with them, we play with them, we love them, they go places with us and meet up with others when we can arrange it. Kiah is one of the most active dogs I've ever met. I think she could be a good agility dog if I had the time to make that happen.
Most Border Collies can clear a fence. Luckily, Kiah hasn't attempted that, but she can do a standing jump, which is quite impressive. She also likes the mini trampoline in my room. I'd say overall, she's been happy to be home, and she probably won't trust me again if I say we're going to see Dr. Crosby. I don't believe in lying to the dogs, so I tell them what's happening. She should have been prepared, but alas, she was completely shocked at the entire ordeal of being spayed.
Kiah asked me to tell everyone hello -- so hello from the sweetest, crazy-faced dog I've ever owned.
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