In a message dated 3/24/01 8:59:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, bamb@monmouth.com writes: << This surgery takes quite a bit onger and varies in duration due to multilpe factors including, but not limited to, size and condition of dog, age of dog and amount of fat iin the abdomen. Barb Bowes >> Barb; What does your Vet say regarding the quality of life issue that is the focus of this thread? Terry