[pyrnet] getting "fixed"...no advice??

["WHITE, Jeff" <jwhite@teksid-taf.com>]

I wrote this yesterday and have received zero responses.  Did it not make it
to the list?  Or did I somehow offend everyone?  I would appreciate hearing
how others have dealt with this.

Thanks,
Jeff

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	WHITE, Jeff  
> Sent:	Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:24 PM
> To:	Pyrnet (E-mail)
> Subject:	getting "fixed"
> 
> I'm taking Sophie to the vet tomorrow to get "fixed" (spayed).  She turned
> seven months old yesterday.  Are there any words of wisdom out there for
> what I should and/or shouldn't do before and after the surgery so that
> things will go as well for her as possible?  I know the standard vet stuff
> like don't feed her after midnight tonight, keep the sutures clean and
> dry...I guess the main thing I'm looking for is how you have succeeded in
> doing the things you're supposed to do.  "Keep her clean and dry for a
> week" may be easy advice for a house dogs, but she's an outside girl, and
> she loves getting wet and dirty!  I have a crate big enough to keep her
> in, but she absolutely hates it.  I have a stall in the barn I could put
> her in, but I'm afraid she'd hurt herself trying to get out, since she
> hates that too.  Any words of wisdom would be appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff & Sophie
> Dickson, Tennessee