Is my puppy's spay incision healing or infected? She's too active!

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I can’t tell if my puppy’s spay incision is healing or getting irritated/infected. It’s been nearly impossible to keep her inactive (she’s a 5 month old German Shorthaired Pointer)

Lauren Jones VMD · Accepted Answer

Keeping puppies "quiet" after surgery is certainly not an easy undertaking! The good news is that I think her incision is healing beautifully. There is very mild inflammation right around the incision, but the incision appears to be closed and does not appear to have any discharge. Continue doing your best to keep her as quiet as possible for the next week, but I know it's not possible to turn a 5 month old GSP puppy into a couch potato! If she's really out of control, you can ask your vet about prescribing mild sedative medications (like trazodone) to help her to stay a bit more mellow while healing. Keeping an e-collar (cone) on her is the best thing you can do to promote healing, as this prevents her from licking at the incision at all. Hope that everything continues to go well!

Is my puppy's spay incision healing or infected? She's too active!

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