Preparing Dogs for Spay/Neuter Surgery

These resources cover the proper post-anesthesia protocol for preparing canine patients prior to surgery.

Included is information on each part of the process, including positioning, shaving and bladder expression.

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Spay/Neuter Library

Topics: Spay/Neuter , Clinic Flow

Type: Videos

Videos

Guiding Dogs Through Spay/Neuter Intake & Examination

This video series will show you how to safely and comfortably handle, approach, and guide dogs through spay/neuter procedures including approach, determining alteration status, and intake.

Videos

Guiding Trapped Cats Through Spay/Neuter Intake & Examination

This video series will walk you through the safest, least stressful methods of handling trapped, community, or feral-behaving cats in a spay/neuter clinic.

A veterinarian waits for her patient to be prepped before starting surgery

Videos

Efficient Flow at Spay/Neuter Clinics

This how-to video illustrates proper medical flow at a spay/neuter clinic.

Videos

Spay/Neuter Patient Identification

This video shows how to customize your spay/neuter clinic’s kennel cards to ensure they contain all necessary information and how to best tag each animal.

Preparing Dogs for Spay/Neuter Surgery

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Spay/Neuter Patient Identification

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