Dale Atkin wrote:

Oh - another question to ask is the kind of anesthesia the vet
is going to use. Gas anesthesia is most typical these days and
has minimal side effects. Injectable anesthesias (with the
exception of propofol, which is very short-acting and thus is
only used for very quick procedures)

I wouldn't say 'only' used for quick procedures, as I'm of the impression
you can continuously 'top up' the anesthetic through the procedure.

Interesting - I suppose you could administer it through an
indwelling catheter, I guess? I've seen it used several times
and each time the dog went out like a light and came back up
nearly as fast - I always thought of its effects as being
something like bouncing a basketball :-).

At any rate, thanks for the correction.

Dianne