Bit of an update. She seemed to have less blood on her towel this
morning. Fingers crossed she clears up. I haven't taken her temp
yet, her nose is wet and gums look good and she is very active. But,
I will dig out one of the digitals I use for my son and take it
sometime this morning just so I know where she is at.

In article . com,
Early Spring wrote:

Do the in the ear
thermometres work for dogs?

A lot of vets use them. I've used on on the rare instance that I need
to take a dog's temp. I have one for myself, and they come with little
disposable covers. I HAVE a rectal thermometer for the pets, but try
to avoid using it! ;-D

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On Jun 17, 8:32 am, Early Spring wrote:
Bit of an update. She seemed to have less blood on her towel this
morning. Fingers crossed she clears up. I haven't taken her temp
yet, her nose is wet and gums look good and she is very active. But,
I will dig out one of the digitals I use for my son and take it
sometime this morning just so I know where she is at.

Another update: She's now decked out in Disney Princess Pull-ups and
looks darn silly but cute, too. She just drips discharge
everywhere and I had her tethered in whichever room I was in (kitchen,
living room or office) on a rug and towel, I was doing laundry all day
because her towel got bloody so quickly I changed it a dozen times a
day in three rooms they really piled up.

Whatever is causing the problem, the infection or reaction, doesn't
appear to be clearing now that I see the accumulation in the diaper
when I change it. It still looks sort of milky, she has three
more days of her 7 day course of antibiotics.

I will call the vet this morning when they open. I will use the
spaying vet because I'm pretty sure they can get us in right away
while our regular is extremely busy. Keep your fingers crossed we can
get this resolved without too much extra discomfort for our girl,
Daisy.

Whatever is causing the problem, the infection or reaction, doesn't
appear to be clearing now that I see the accumulation in the diaper
when I change it. It still looks sort of milky, she has three
more days of her 7 day course of antibiotics.

I will call the vet this morning when they open. I will use the
spaying vet because I'm pretty sure they can get us in right away
while our regular is extremely busy. Keep your fingers crossed we can
get this resolved without too much extra discomfort for our girl,
Daisy.

Just my experience in this-- i have preformed over 50 K spays and
neuters in my career.... i saw a dog once have a reaction internally
to suture material that caused bloody discharge for over 1 week. I do
NOT advise going back in surgically as this causes more trauma. It
should heal with a reaction up to 3 weeks, by the 10th day the
discharge should subside-- PROVIDED the dog is kept calm, crated, or
on a leash at all times. This dog had frank blood and clots, but not
'milky'. Even so, a reaction can not be ruled out. If she is otherwise
eating well, good energy, normal urination/defecation, and otherwise
good health you might not have to treat this as a emergency.

in rec.pets.dogs.health, wrote in
oups.com:

Just my experience in this-- i have preformed over 50 K spays and
neuters in my career....

Did you work at a spay/neuter clinic?? Otherwise, the numbers seem a bit
high.

50 k over your career. Let's say your career was 50 years, that's 1000 a
year or a little under 20 a week.

--
Marcel Beaudoin and Moogli

On Jun 18, 7:44 am, Early Spring wrote:
On Jun 17, 8:32 am, Early Spring wrote:

Bit of an update. She seemed to have less blood on her towel this
morning. Fingers crossed she clears up. I haven't taken her temp
yet, her nose is wet and gums look good and she is very active. But,
I will dig out one of the digitals I use for my son and take it
sometime this morning just so I know where she is at.

Another update: She's now decked out in Disney Princess Pull-ups and
looks darn silly but cute, too. She just drips discharge
everywhere and I had her tethered in whichever room I was in (kitchen,
living room or office) on a rug and towel, I was doing laundry all day
because her towel got bloody so quickly I changed it a dozen times a
day in three rooms they really piled up.

Whatever is causing the problem, the infection or reaction, doesn't
appear to be clearing now that I see the accumulation in the diaper
when I change it. It still looks sort of milky, she has three
more days of her 7 day course of antibiotics.

I will call the vet this morning when they open. I will use the
spaying vet because I'm pretty sure they can get us in right away
while our regular is extremely busy. Keep your fingers crossed we can
get this resolved without too much extra discomfort for our girl,
Daisy.

I took her in and the vet said it could still be blood from her heat
and now she has an infection in her vulva. His assistant didn't agree
that she was still in heat because her uterus and ovaries are gone.
He said the hormones are still in her body. :/ So, anyway, we upped
her antibiotic from 250 mgs 2x a day to 375 mgx 2x day for a full two
weeks. Her temperature was good, her gums are perfect, he was
impressed that she wasn't lethargic and is very alert and her appetite
was good. I thought the person I saw last week was the vet who spayed
her, but she was just a tech, she was the one who first gave us the
antibiotics. The vet I saw yesterday was the vet who spayed her, he
said Daisy could have a bit of exercise but to get her to rest as much
as possible and to come in again next Monday.

On Jun 19, 8:55 am, Early Spring wrote:
On Jun 18, 7:44 am, Early Spring wrote:





On Jun 17, 8:32 am, Early Spring wrote:

Bit of an update. She seemed to have less blood on her towel this
morning. Fingers crossed she clears up. I haven't taken her temp
yet, her nose is wet and gums look good and she is very active. But,
I will dig out one of the digitals I use for my son and take it
sometime this morning just so I know where she is at.

Another update: She's now decked out in Disney Princess Pull-ups and
looks darn silly but cute, too. She just drips discharge
everywhere and I had her tethered in whichever room I was in (kitchen,
living room or office) on a rug and towel, I was doing laundry all day
because her towel got bloody so quickly I changed it a dozen times a
day in three rooms they really piled up.

Whatever is causing the problem, the infection or reaction, doesn't
appear to be clearing now that I see the accumulation in the diaper
when I change it. It still looks sort of milky, she has three
more days of her 7 day course of antibiotics.

I will call the vet this morning when they open. I will use the
spaying vet because I'm pretty sure they can get us in right away
while our regular is extremely busy. Keep your fingers crossed we can
get this resolved without too much extra discomfort for our girl,
Daisy.

I took her in and the vet said it could still be blood from her heat
and now she has an infection in her vulva. His assistant didn't agree
that she was still in heat because her uterus and ovaries are gone.
He said the hormones are still in her body. :/ So, anyway, we upped
her antibiotic from 250 mgs 2x a day to 375 mgx 2x day for a full two
weeks. Her temperature was good, her gums are perfect, he was
impressed that she wasn't lethargic and is very alert and her appetite
was good. I thought the person I saw last week was the vet who spayed
her, but she was just a tech, she was the one who first gave us the
antibiotics. The vet I saw yesterday was the vet who spayed her, he
said Daisy could have a bit of exercise but to get her to rest as much
as possible and to come in again next Monday.

Oh, I forgot to add, no more diapers. I only used them for 24 hours
but it does make sense that the infection might not clear as well if
she has a diaper on, keeping the blood and infection right on her butt
with a diaper on.

On Jun 18, 8:06 pm, wrote:
Whatever is causing the problem, the infection or reaction, doesn't
appear to be clearing now that I see the accumulation in the diaper
when I change it. It still looks sort of milky, she has three
more days of her 7 day course of antibiotics.

I will call the vet this morning when they open. I will use the
spaying vet because I'm pretty sure they can get us in right away
while our regular is extremely busy. Keep your fingers crossed we can
get this resolved without too much extra discomfort for our girl,
Daisy.

Just my experience in this-- i have preformed over 50 K spays and
neuters in my career.... i saw a dog once have a reaction internally
to suture material that caused bloody discharge for over 1 week. I do
NOT advise going back in surgically as this causes more trauma. It
should heal with a reaction up to 3 weeks, by the 10th day the
discharge should subside-- PROVIDED the dog is kept calm, crated, or
on a leash at all times. This dog had frank blood and clots, but not
'milky'. Even so, a reaction can not be ruled out. If she is otherwise
eating well, good energy, normal urination/defecation, and otherwise
good health you might not have to treat this as a emergency.

Thank you, for you reply. In my uneducated and inexperienced opinion
(for what it's worth) I dread having to have her have another surgery
because I do think it would be too traumatic. I do think she has an
infection and we are keeping her calm, calmer than we were. She is
desperate to chase the ball but we won't be doing that until the
infection is gone. Walking is ok, just not running and jumping
around. Our Daisy has clots too. Her health is otherwise very well.