Miserable would be a good word to describe how your dog is going to feel after surgery, it will be sore and moody and miserable because you are forcing it to lay still.

When a dog first arrives back home after being in the hospital, its first instincts are to run around and re-acquaint itself with its home and scoot around to its favorite spots.

Your vet will most likely inform you of all the at-home care that your dog will need for successful healing, within an anticipated time frame.

As difficult as it may be, you should follow your vet’s instructions to a T, otherwise your dog will take longer to heal and may even tear its stitches if it is allowed to be too active. Go here, to the website for the veterinary clinic Geist.