Anesthesia and dogs

[fairlight]

Oso is having his comprehensive well visit today along with his teeth being cleaned which means he will be under anesthesia. For how long I could not tell you. I do not know how long teeth cleaning takes. My husband and I have decided that this will be his last teeth cleaning because we are afraid of the affects that anesthesia may have on older dogs. Oso is now 6 years old. The average Great Pyr lives nine, sometimes 10 years. Unless there is something detrimental to his health I see no need for having a dog go under anesthesia. What do you think?

[AtomicSkies]

as long as you keep up with his teeth yourself i think that is the best for any dog not only an older one...why take the risk i say

[weezyNollie]

Dental cleanings with no extractions shouldn't take longer than 20-30 minutes. If there are extractions needed, that is where it takes longer. When Louise got her tooth extracted, it took a total of 20 mins to pull the tooth. She didn't need a cleaning, she had one earlier in the year.

I think if you juts are good about brushing the teeth, you may be able to get away with no more dentals? But, I do get upset when I hear of people losing their pets while getting a dental. Dentals should be elective procedures, and they shouldn't be the cause of death! For example, the 16 yr old Yorkie or the 19 yr old cat.

[fairlight]

Thanks Atomic and Weezy. Banfield keeps Oso there all day to monitor him after he wakes up from anesthesia. That is another thing I question. I had to bring him in at 7am and will probably pick him up about 5. It doesn't take that long to do teeth. Actually as of next year when both Uma's and Oso's contracts are up I am not going to renew them.

[Moo]

Teeth cleaning is about 15 minutes per side.

[rutylr]

Originally Posted by fairlight

Banfield keeps Oso there all day to monitor him after he wakes up from anesthesia. That is another thing I question. I had to bring him in at 7am and will probably pick him up about 5.

With all the app.they have it is easier to drown the dog off early and they can get to them when they can,then to drop the dog off at a certain time.This way if an emergency pops up you would not be sitting around waiting for them to get to you.
I also don't like putting a dog under.That is why I don't do pennhip.
Some breeds do better then others.

[AtomicSkies]

Originally Posted by fairlight

Thanks Atomic and Weezy. Banfield keeps Oso there all day to monitor him after he wakes up from anesthesia. That is another thing I question. I had to bring him in at 7am and will probably pick him up about 5. It doesn't take that long to do teeth. Actually as of next year when both Uma's and Oso's contracts are up I am not going to renew them.

and let me guess it costs buckets more to keep him all day?

although that may just be the time that all surgical patients are dropped off and they say all day because they dont know when they will get to him and need to be sure they have time to watch him directly after

[fairlight]

No Atomic, it is actually part of his comprehensive well plan and teeth cleaning once a year is covered. As a matter of fact they just called and said Oso was out of anesthesia, he did well but they found two lumps on hi, One on his stomach and the other IN his rectum. I asked the vet if she shout take them off or aspirate and she said only if they get bigger and to bring him in for a check up in for weeks to see if they had grown any bigger. I was surprsied by the one on his stomcah because we always have our hands all over our dogs. She said that this lump was not even as big as a pea and was covered in all his mounds of hair. As for the one that is in his rectum....sorry I do not manipulate butt....let the vet do that one in four weeks.

[AtomicSkies]

Originally Posted by fairlight

No Atomic, it is actually part of his comprehensive well plan and teeth cleaning once a year is covered. As a matter of fact they just called and said Oso was out of anesthesia, he did well but they found two lumps on hi, One on his stomach and the other IN his rectum. I asked the vet if she shout take them off or aspirate and she said only if they get bigger and to bring him in for a check up in for weeks to see if they had grown any bigger. I was surprsied by the one on his stomcah because we always have our hands all over our dogs. She said that this lump was not even as big as a pea and was covered in all his mounds of hair. As for the one that is in his rectum....sorry I do not manipulate butt....let the vet do that one in four weeks.

i see...well i sure hope these lumpys are nothing...good on them for finding them

[weezyNollie]

That is very normal to have a dog/cat dropped off early in the morning and pick up to be in the afternoon evening. I don't know many places that don't do that. It takes time to run any labwork for pre-anesthetic panel, get together drugs, put in an IV catheter, pre-medicate the animal prior to anesthesia, induce the anesthesia, clean the teeth, and then wake up. You want to ensure the dog recovers from anesthesia well -- which can take hours before they can walk, are coherent, etc. The total time for all this: about 3-5 hours.

And yes, some things do pop up and they need to have some give and take in their schedule.