This is the puppy training podcast episode 194, helping a dog remain calm after surgery.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast, and I'm your host, Amy Jensen.

Hello, you guys.

Welcome to the podcast where we talk about everything puppy.

Today we are talking about how to help our dogs be calm after surgery.

So maybe they were spayed or neutered or maybe they

broke a leg and they have a cast on. For whatever reason, we get asked this quite frequently. And I thought,

you know what, let's do a podcast on it. So if your dog has undergone surgery and the vet has asked

you to keep them calm and quiet for the next seven to

10 days. That can sound a little daunting, but don't worry, it's not as hard as it sounds. So whether

it's one day or several weeks, here are some ideas to help you help your dog post surgery.

After a surgical procedure, it's really important that we help our dogs heal and so the biggest thing

is that we want to make sure that they aren't running around having excessive exercise jumping

tearing stitches right we want those stitches to be able to heal so it's normal that our dogs will

experience restlessness or maybe some anxiety during recovery,

which can hinder their healing process.

So we want to provide them with enrichment activities that focus more on mental stimulation.

This will be really vital in keeping our dogs engaged without risking physical strain.

Here are some strategies and activities that can help your dog stay calm and mentally enriched while they are recovering.

So post-surgery at dogs, body needs time to hill.

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