Why do dogs heal quicker than us?
 

As the title says,
Molly, our two year old Yorkie cross had an operation on Wed, she was speyed and had rear dew claws removed as they were growing inwards and bothering her, she was quiet on Wed night but after that she was back to normal, running around, jumping on and off furniture, play fighting with Max Etc.
We were told to keep her calm and not to over do things but its impossible, we just can't stop her, doesn't seem to be in any pain at all and the wounds aren't bothering her.
Do they not feel the same pain as we do? sure we don't run about like that after an operation, especially if you had 3 wounds.
They seem to have healed already too, still a bit red on her legs but her stomach there's hardly any sign of a cut, the reddest bit is were the stitches are.

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Good question mate, when the wife was spayed she was moaning on about it for months ;)

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I didn't want to bring our weaker species into it but I told mine the same, she'll not get brekky in bed next time :D

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Why do dogs heal quicker than us?

Has it got anything to do with being able to lick your own testicles?

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I hope for your twos sakes that your wives don't read those comments:rolleyes:

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Well she hasn't got any :D , Max hasn't either :D but the vet told us not to let her lick the wounds and we haven't seen her doing it, that would have been one of my answers as they say it helps but not in this case, unless she's been doing it during the night

Well mine knows, I've already told her :D

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it would explain the smile on her face in these trying times :)

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And your still living!!!!:D:D:D

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No, thats just why they are happier :D

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Talking to a mutual friend off here earlier and it seems that ladies who have c-sections are now out of hospital after 3 days! I find this astonishing, I was in for a week after mine and still felt rubbish when I came out! It's a major surgical operation and yet you are sent home so quick! Would be a different matter if it was men giving birth!:rolleyes:

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my sister-in-law had twins by c-section last month, she had them on friday 27th of march and was out by sunday the 29th

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Same here Linds mine were both c-sections and was in for over a week with both. Three days is far to early IMO. If A fella had one birth there would be a lot of families with just one child you can bet your bottom dollar:rolleyes:

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i was in 5 after my c-section, was up and about the day after having him

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Maybe women should do the housework on all fours, that might be the key to quick healing :D

Now wheres that wall we hide behind :D

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I don't think three days is so bad if it's your first baby and you don't live on your own. You can rest at home.

However, if you've already got small children at home then three days isn't really long enough because as soon as you go back home you're back 'on duty' no matter what the advice re no lifting, no hoovering etc.

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5 was the norm as far as I knew, I was got out of bed and had a shower the day after having my daughter, it was unbelievably painful to stand up straight because of the staples in the wound and because a mere 12 hours before someone had physically moved your internal organs to get to your womb! So as well as all that and the after effects of a spinal block and a night on morphine I wasn't feeling too chipper! Also had 2 drips and a catheter as well, by no means the "easy way out" as some folk think!.:rolleyes:

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Which way are your scars girls? My first was a bikini one and the second was downwards. The bikini one was far more painful.

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i had the spinal block too, i didnt have staples, i had one running stitch

with Marie (sis in law) they didnt even take her stitch out before she went home, they did with me....i thought the morphine drip was good, did the job and i was happy till they took it out :D

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mum had me the same year you had Catherine, mum had a section with me too, hers was down


mine is across, its only the length of a cassette tape

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Audio or video? :rolleyes::D

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Mine is horizontal and goes up at the ends like a smile! The midwife I had was on her first shift at Blackburn having just moved from London and said to me that she had never seen a faster section, she only had one glove on when the consultant passed her the baby! I had a lovely anaesthetist called Alex Rose, he was brilliant, I would do the whole thing again to be honest!:D
BTW I was awake during the whole birth and wouldn't have been happy any other way, it was an amazing experience!

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well the thread is about dogs init?:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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You feeling brave tonight?:eek:

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I actually think that us blokes should have pain killers when the other half comes out after pupping, I can't stand earache:hidewall::D

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Linds.......I think that would have been Tony Rose........and you are right he is brilliant.
As a nurse running a pre-op clinic, I know that if I had any problems with patients, I could contact him and he would come and see the lady and give directions as to what he wanted for his patient.
He never bawled you out for contacting him, and though he was a consultant, he was the least 'consultoid' consultant I have ever met.


As far as the original query.......because dogs don't walk upright, they have less pain (the large abdominal muscles are essential for keeping us upright....and when they have been divided or cut, it hurts to be upright)........and also their operation site is usually on the flank.

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I'd have another caesarean too, as you say, an amazing experience. I loved every second of mine.
I've done natural childbirth too and wouldn't do that again for anything.

My scar is horizontal, I've never been so bored as to sit and measure it but I believe it is 10cm.......the same as women doing it naturally dilate to.

Hang on......weren't we meant to be discussing dogs? LOL :D

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Well just to confuse you all, Molly's is horizontal, well it is when shes on all fours, if she stood on her hind legs it would be vertical :D