Hi there - I have a 2 year old male in foster care that bloated on Friday afternoon. We're all very, very thankful that he survived the surgery and seems to be coming along remarkably well, knock wood. I'm incredibly thankful his foster Mom is awesome and got him into the vet ASAP, and the vet obviously did a good job too.

Reilly is a very busy boy, and prior to coming to rescue a couple weeks ago, he spent approximately the last year of his life in a crate,being two, he has a ton of energy to burn and is going to be very hard to keep quiet so he can heal. Housetraining is not his strong suit YET. The crate he lived in before rescue was feces encrusted, he reeked of urine and was matted with both of the above, and his former vet advised me that approx a year ago after his neuter he became so terribly infected, assumed from living in filth, that his scrotum had to be removed. Obviously we want to keep his wound as clean as possible as well and would rather not risk him having an accident in a crate and sitting or laying in it. And altho he's not much of a licker or groomer, I also worry about stitches being chewed or pulled out.

We're thinking of him being watched at the vet while his foster Mom is at work, her hubby leaves for work a couple hours after her, he could bring Reilly to the vet just for a couple hours and then foster Mom plans to leave work a couple hours early each day this week, and could pick Reilly up on the way home so he won't be left alone. I think some sedation will also help, because this is a dog that never sits still. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Laureen, I will PM you

Thanks Lauren.