Animals

[melissagnizak1970 1]

Does anybody have any animals that they worry, about I have 3 dogs and two of them are small and they like to climb on top of me. I know obviously its not a good idea after surgery but how long do you think I should keep them off of me?

[jenbaby75 283]

I would start teaching them to stay off of you now, or training them to lay on your legs if you want them on you. I would be concerned about their hair and dander getting in your incisions. I have dogs, they shed. We had to retrain our small dog before our baby came, to stay off the bed and couch.

[blondiebabs 214]

I only have one dog, but he weighs over 100 lbs and thinks he's a big baby lapdog. But he's pretty intuitive and usually is really gentle when he knows I'm not feeling well. Maybe yours will be sensitive to it. I would definitely keep them off at least until it was scabbed over pretty good and maybe longer, I'd ask my surgeon in the preop visit =)

[melissagnizak1970 1]

Thats a great idea blondiebabs. I will ask on Wed. And jenbaby75 the 2 little ones sleep under the covers with me. My big dog she weighs 80 pounds she will sleep next to me. Thank you both. That is my big pro lem right now so ready to do this.

[wannaBthinsoon 1,634]

I plan to sleep in the spare bedroom and close the door to keep the pups out till I can sleep with them again. They'll be sad but they will be ok.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

Yep, definitely work on training! Find a trainer (or dvd, book, etc.) who uses positive reinforcement such as a clicker and treats.

I have a dog and three cats -- the dog was no problem. She is relatively large, but she doesn't pull or jump up or think she's a lap dog. The cats on the other hand . . . I was pretty good at keeping them gentle when I was awake, but dang it hurt that day the first week out of surgery when I was napping in bed on my back and my largest cat did a kamikaze dive from the top of the very tall headboard smack onto my tummy!

[CountryGirl5584 115]

I have a 7 year old very rambunctious black lab! I am also nervous that he'll jump on me, but my boyfriend will help with him which takes some of that stress off. He's just too darn cute though

[Lani789 128]

My two seemed to know and relaxed on couch without stepping on me. I had very little pain anyway so they were warm and comfy. I think they missed a few days of walks. I was able to walk them both by day six (but I walked on my own days 3-5 to build up strength.)

[ViciousVixen 35]

I have cats that I do worry about. Especially my oldest he's about 14yo and is the definition of a lap/chest cat. My best plan right now is to place a pillow over my tummy and hope for the best. ????

Good luck to you!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I have a 60 pound lap dog. If she's not laying across one of her humans, she's not happy. I put a body pillow on me when I sat on our couch. She's not allowed upstairs so the bed was never an issue.

It's really only a week or so that you need to worry. The biggest issue was walking her. I was always afraid she'd see a squirre and pull me hard. I didn't do any more than take here out back for a few weeks. Everyone else took her on walks.