My Bailey girl had oral surgery today

[GigQQgles]

My Bailey, 11 yr old Doxie, had to go in for a teeth cleaning today and ended up having 4 teeth pulled, a tumor in her mouth removed and a tumor under her nose removed. The one under her nose she has had since she was a pup and I kept forgetting to show it to the vet at her yearly exams. The other one was hidden behind a tooth. The vet believes he got all of the tumors out and currently are not worried about any of it being cancerous. Poor baby looks like she has a moustach due to the stitches. The vet told me should probably would not want to eat tonight. NOT!!!! She is a doxie....doxies love food. She was whining until I waited the one and half hours to feed her. Then she curled up in my lap and I gave her belly rubs till she fell asleep. What we do for our fur babies. I even have my alarm set at 6am so I can get up and give her the pain meds. This is the most laid back dog I have ever owned and she always goes through the worst things but she still loves me unconditionally.

 

[ortegah]

Awh, poor baby! My Smokey is 12 years old and earlier this year he had his cleaning and had 5 teeth pulled and a cyst cut out from his eyelid. It took him a few days to really bounce back.

 

[Gen120]

aww, poor baby! You are such a good pet mommy!

 

[Birdiemarie]

Ohhhh...your poor doggie. I hope she feels better real soon.

 

[GigQQgles]

Thank you....it is such a difficult decision to make when a pet gets older. But since I have one doxie that almost made it to his 16th birthday and another one that is 16 and pretty active, I thought it would be pretty safe to have her go through the procedure. I am so glad I did but feel so bad to see her in pain. Thank you again for the good thoughts.

 

[ortegah]

I have to say though that this time was the hardest on him and so I don't think I'll put him through it again next year. Every year he gets older, it seems to take him longer to recuperate.

 

[GigQQgles]

My oldest doxie could use a teeth cleaning but I am trying an oral care gel by PetzLife. A friend of mine said she used it on her older dog and saw a huge difference in a month. It has natural ingredients and my vet said to give it a try. It would be nice if there was a product available so we wouldn't have to have them put under in order to have their teeth cleaned. Especially for the older ones.

 

[Anne & Gang]

poor baby many thoughts and prayers coming her way

 

[ortegah]

I'll have to check that out, thanks!

 

[Billie Faye]

Just checking in to see how she is doing this AM

 

[GigQQgles]

Bailey is doing pretty good. It still hasn't stopped her from eating but then she is a doxie and they love thier food! Of course she is just getting mushy canned dog food. I even put it on a plate instead of her bowl. I thought it would be easier for her to lick up than bite down into the bowl. Thank you so much for your concern.

 

[thejoie]

Bailey!! Poor thing!!! She's such a sweet little girl!! I miss your Doxie crew

Two of mine have to go for a teeth cleaning in about 6 months... ugh- I'm not looking forward to that bill. But theirs isn't bad so hopefully it'll just be routine!