For dog spays, please drop off your female dog in the morning between 7:30 to 8:00....
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The Veterinary Oral Health Council recommends brushing your dog's teeth every day to every other day.
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Typically, a dog's spay surgery takes about 30 minutes, potentially up to an hour for dogs in heat or larger breeds....
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Start brushing and bathing your dog at home. Start slow and stop when your dog becomes impatient....
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My personal recommendation is no, unless you are using your dog for breeding or your dog is a show dog....
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The process for dog neuters is similar....
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Start slow if you've never brushed your dog's teeth before. Use dog toothbrushes and dog toothpaste, not people toothpaste....
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There are common misconceptions about spaying and neutering. One is that it changes your pet's personality, which is generally not the case....
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We don't really see much in the way of personality changes, at least not what we would consider to be things that happen in a bad way....
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With male dogs, it may help if it's a marking or territorial issue. A lot of that you're probably going to see improvement as your pet gets older....
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Like any surgery, we prioritize pain control for your dog....
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Generally, the recovery is about one to two weeks. For neuters, for male cats, its actually very quick....
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Yes, we provide discharge instructions for all of our spays and neuters....
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No, spaying or neutering does not alter a dog's personality or demeanor....
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Yes, we definitely want to send home pain medication for your cat....
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The recovery period typically lasts about a week....
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Partially, yes. If your dog runs away to mate, neutering should help mitigate this behavior....
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That's always a little bit of a concern because after their spay or neuter, their metabolism will go down a little bit and their calorie requiremen...
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Yes, we provide a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication that should be given to your dog twice daily for a week to manage pain....
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Yes, when you have the spay or neuter done for your cat, well send you home with written discharge instructions and we'll also go over those things...