Neuter without shaving

[Greenepony]

Are you doing anything for your excessive licker? My Gus also does it. He does both front legs at the same spot and sometimes his back ones. He also has a shaved spot due to emergency fluids because of sudden onset pneumonia. I've been treating the licking as allergies (trying to figure out what he is allergic to) but also am trying prozac thinking it is OCD.

Some of it is/was allergies (she was on her winter dose of Temaril-P that has since been upped for allergy season) but while it was raw and she was move focused on that spot, she wore an inflatable e-collar and the spot was treated with antibacterial then gauze which was secured with vet-wrap, with it being cleaned and aired daily until the hair was starting to grow back. Once that happened she only wore the collar when she started licking since it was getting habitual.

 

[Calliesmom]

Hey, I'm jealous too. Just for IVs the emergency vet shaved Blaze's legs plus his white ruff (to put the e-collar on) last April when Blaze needed emergency oxygen and care. When Blaze was allowed out of the hospital, one of my surprised comments was "You shaved him". (Well I understood the shaving on the legs, but not for the e-collar.) Was told "it'll grow back". Well, on the legs, it is hardly noted (because of his growing), but even after two months I can still see where his ruff was shaved--in fact there are little curls in spots where it is trying to grow back.

I take it that Destin's ruff wasn't shaved for the e-collar that usually goes on after the neutering surgery? Or can I expect Blaze's ruff to be shaved in the future when he gets neutered? Or am I to talk to the tech at the vet (when it is Blaze's turn) and beg that his ruff not be shaved AGAIN?

no shaving of the ruff either- I've never heard of that one.
if you check out the one pic with the other dogs in the background, you can see his panties. he wore those the first few days - wasn't bothered by them at all and we had no licking to worry about.

 

[Justicemom]

Don't worry - us show dog people ask for it all the time! Yes, maybe it's shallow, but we work hard for every hair... so if it's not too much trouble, and if it doesn't compromise care, we'll ask them to shave as little as possible.

Of course, in an emergency, or if the vet thinks it's necessary, then shave away.

Yep Rachel and I have the vet we use so conditioned that she doesn't shave or minimally shaves for procedures even without us asking.

Drives me crazy to see dogs shaved like poodles for IVs It is a really good idea to shave over the vein if the Cath is to be left in longer than a few hours but there is absolutely no reason to shave around the leg. Smooth up the feather, hold then tape it in and the tape comes off easy. Any tech that has ever worked with me knows how. Don't get me started on the ruff. Emergency life/death situation is the only time one needs to aggressively shave anything.

 

[trini]

This is the first time I have even heard about shaving the ruff for e-collar placement and I have had more dogs than I can count (fosters as well as my own) who needed e-collars for extended periods of time following surgeries.

Trini

 

[tofu pup]

OK, here's my theory... now that I have Betty Cocker Spaniel... it is so much fun to use clippers! I suspect that some vet techs may share this enthusiasm.