Before DD came along, our pup was our only baby. We were sooo nervous about getting him de-sexed, I was a wreck that day! When we booked him in, the vet gave us a form full of options to fill out. It had which anaesthetic to use, which painkillers and how much etc. So we basically ticked the 'top' option for everything, we didn't want him to have any pain at all! So the anaesthetic I think they said was human grade or something? (Mylitta might know what I'm on about lol) And the painkillers were a little stronger and we had them for more days. I think we also approved for him to have an extra IV? In case something went wrong. It was nearly 5 years ago now so it's a little fuzzy but I think that's what happened.

Anywho, when we picked him up in the afternoon he was very quiet and calm. He walked well, we lifted him into the car and he was just calm. As with Emma, he's trained to stay on his mat so he slept there all afternoon. His recovery was excellent. By the next morning, he was back to his old self and more! He was outside on his mat while DH was working on a car, when he ate some grass. DH said "don't eat the grass!" and it set him off on a massive freak out, running laps of the yard and finishing with a massive jump onto the porch. We panicked, we thought he'd hurt himself or pull the stitches, but he was fine! Since being desexed, he's been at the very top of the exciteable ladder, lol. We always joke that he must have suddenly felt lighter and liked feeling the wind down there So he was very difficult to keep calm and quiet after that, but thankfully he never seemed in pain, he didn't touch the stitches and he'd healed perfectly when we went back to get the stitches out.

Actually getting them out though, that was another matter! They usually have the dog stand there quietly and reach under to do it. Our pup did not do standing quietly. I held his top half up against my chest, while DH held the bottom half still lol. Even then the dog was trying to lick the vet!

Good luck to your pooch, hope it's a quick and painless recovery for him