So, I’m picking up a spaniel this week.

[Pearlsasinger]

Mine is miles too big! ?.
Although it’s more the getting the bodysuit off, and the cone on.
The bodysuit is drying on the Rayburn and can go back on soon. I can hardly wait for that bit of fun ?

Feeling your pain here! We had the yellow Lab spayed on Friday of last week because she can't cope with her hormones. We have 2 body suits and a blow-up collar, 1 body suit from the vet and a better shaped but poorer quality suit from Amazon, which ends up 'off the shoulder' by the end of the day. Swapping them round is great fun!

Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for her and that the enforced interactions with you help her to settle in well.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Hm. This has now got me thinking about how to "dress" my Lab when she gets spayed next month ?

 

[Clodagh]

Hm. This has now got me thinking about how to "dress" my Lab when she gets spayed next month ?

Bodysuits are all the way the go to. I don’t normally change them, they keep them on for 10 days with me brushing under and around them with my hands. It’s hard with Pep as she doesn’t like being handled, particularly around her rear end so doing the poppers is difficult. Trying to bend her front legs to get them through the leg holes is an exercise in rigidity as well ?. We did it with lots of treats. And Scout was shut away as his assistance dog stuff can get wearing.

 

[Clodagh]

Feeling your pain here! We had the yellow Lab spayed on Friday of last week because she can't cope with her hormones. We have 2 body suits and a blow-up collar, 1 body suit from the vet and a better shaped but poorer quality suit from Amazon, which ends up 'off the shoulder' by the end of the day. Swapping them round is great fun!

Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for her and that the enforced interactions with you help her to settle in well.

At least you are on the home straight! I hope she is doing well.

 

[Spotherisk]

Rew’s ability to high-power wee straight forward onto his front legs meant the body suit was a no! ?

 

[Pearlsasinger]

At least you are on the home straight! I hope she is doing well.

Thanks, she is. There was much discussion about whether it was the right thing, as you probably know, we don't routinely spay but she is now making a good recovery and would like more exercise than she is allowed.

@CC, the vet provided suit has 2 holes for front legs and poppers at the tail end and fits quite closely around the tail. Yellow Lab came out of the surgery and immediately wet and messed the suit, with no warning.
The other suit has 4 leg holes and fastenswith poppers along her back. It doesn't need to be undone when she goes out.
We wash them daily and check the wound daily x2. She wears the donut when left alone. She and her sister usually share a crate but are crated separately ATM.

 

[SAujla]

More pictures immediately

 

[splashgirl45]

i used a body suit from amazon on my little terrier and it was really easy as it had poppers all along the back, she had a selection as it was a pack of 3,much better than a cone

 

[Pearlsasinger]

i used a body suit from amazon on my little terrier and it was really easy as it had poppers all along the back, she had a selection as it was a pack of 3,much better than a cone
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Ours from Amazon looks like the striped one in your last pic. The poppers caused problems at first. Did you find that it stretched with washing?

 

[splashgirl45]

Ours from Amazon looks like the striped one in your last pic. The poppers caused problems at first. Did you find that it stretched with washing?

no, they all washed really well and she only wore each one for 1 day so they had a few washes. im really glad i used them instead of the collar as she seemed to be oblivious to them unlike when she had the collar on....they were not expensive either but i did have the extra small because she is miniature jack russell size

 

[Clodagh]

Pep has definitely been trained. Now she isn’t clamping flat so much whenever I stop on our lawn walks she sits up next to me on my left, does full eye contact then the thousand yard stare then back to eye contact.
Yesterday she picked up a kong and sat and presented it. There’s hope!

 

[Clodagh]

Much better about being handled so she’s having an airing.

 

[Kat_Bath]

She's gorgeous and what a lucky girl. Give her a squish from me when the time is right please. She has landed on her feet.

 

[SAujla]

She is so beautiful, what a lucky girl she is.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Oh bless her, those marks look like she's rubbed her face on the underneath of a kennel door/panel.

 

[TPO]

She's gorgeous ?

Well done @Clodagh for giving her a chance ❤

 

[NinjaPony]

You’ve done a very good thing taking her on, well done you. She looks brighter already, look forward to seeing how she blossoms in your care.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

The teeth! Proper thought that was Mitch and was wondering how you had a pic of him on your Facebook!

She’s lush, I can’t wait to see her in action.

 

[Clodagh]

She’s had another check up (last night) and vet all happy.
Walked with her this morning in the garden and she sits to the stop whistle, which is such a plus.
She didn’t have bedding before and is loving digging her cage up and burying her head in it.
Paid the vets bill last night, almost needed a little sit down, but what price on instant surgery, vet staying late for wake up and discharge. People tell me this vets is really expensive but I absolutely can’t fault them.

 

[PapaverFollis]

Much better about being handled so she’s having an airing.

Look at her! ❤❤❤❤❤

 

[Clodagh]

Look at her! ❤❤❤❤❤

You’re the person. Where’s the off switch? ?. She has no idea how to relax when I’m with her. If I say sit she sits, atremble, waiting for the next command. The labs know ‘stand down, soldier’ means stop hunting now, I wonder if she could learn ‘just relax for a minute.’

 

[ihatework]

Lucky lucky spanner.
Mad Clodagh ?

 

[PapaverFollis]

You’re the person. Where’s the off switch? ?. She has no idea how to relax when I’m with her. If I say sit she sits, atremble, waiting for the next command. The labs know ‘stand down, soldier’ means stop hunting now, I wonder if she could learn ‘just relax for a minute.’

"Please just f*ck off a minute, Hugo" works here. ? But that's the Sprollie. Oscar Sprocker was pre-fitted with an off switch... inside...he sleeps happily (even, when life has been busy, without sufficient exercise). Outside he's just constantly on Important Spaniel Business although because we frequented pubs and cafes when he was very small he does understand about being on a lead under a table.

Henry Spaniel's off switch only activates after 9pm. ?

 

[ihatework]

Is it wrong that I seem to have trained my spaniel to back off the neediness by using the word ‘annoying’ said in a particular way ?

 

[Clodagh]

Is it wrong that I seem to have trained my spaniel to back off the neediness by using the word ‘annoying’ said in a particular way ?

Whatever works!

 

[TPO]

Is it wrong that I seem to have trained my spaniel to back off the neediness by using the word ‘annoying’ said in a particular way ?

Please teach me! Mine would crawl inside my skin if he could ?

 

[Clodagh]

"Please just f*ck off a minute, Hugo" works here. ? But that's the Sprollie. Oscar Sprocker was pre-fitted with an off switch... inside...he sleeps happily (even, when life has been busy, without sufficient exercise). Outside he's just constantly on Important Spaniel Business although because we frequented pubs and cafes when he was very small he does understand about being on a lead under a table.

Henry Spaniel's off switch only activates after 9pm. ?[/QUOTE

Lol!

 

[Roxylola]

Google protocol for training calm, it's a step by miniscule step for training relaxation. Bit lengthy but it works

 

[CorvusCorax]

Is it wrong that I seem to have trained my spaniel to back off the neediness by using the word ‘annoying’ said in a particular way ?

I do this too, is it from Harry Hill? A Freaky Eaters skit or something?! An-NOY-ing in a singsong way??

 

[ihatework]

I do this too, is it from Harry Hill? A Freaky Eaters skit or something?! An-NOY-ing in a singsong way??

YES!!!! I was wracking my brain trying to think where I got it from