was I too affectionate?

Can you be over affectionate to your dog??? Sorry this might be long.

As you know Caley had her lady op on Thursday, we had a awful night with her, she cried until 3am, more than positive it was the anthestic, so I stayed downstairs with her. Next morning she was alot better, was eating really well and started to move around alot more, I spent all Friday, Saturday and Sunday with her and yes giving her lots of cuddles and kisses and fuss.

Yesterday morning she was left on her own for the first time while we went to work and she was Ok, very excited when we got home, that evening however, she could not settle just seemed restless, before she went to bed I put her frontline on her, she slept fine in her crate all night. This morning however started out fine but when my OH went to crate her she went to walk in then started spinning around and crying, I thought at first she hurt herself or her stomach where the op was, but she just ran onto her blanket that is not in the crate and layed down, I called her over and she came and was really jumping at me like she was scared and wanted comfort, I managed to get her in the crate as I had to take my OH to work and she quickly layed down like she was frozen on the spot, I got back 15 mins later and she was till in the same spot, I let her out and all she wanted to do was sit on me and cuddle.

I tried to offer her a treat and she cowered away from me, was so odd. I gave her her breakfast which she ate fine, I then went in the living room with her and played with her toy and she played absolutely fine, even barked at me when I stopped as she wanted more. she then went up to her crate and was continously sniffing it and seemed so cautious around it, I changed her blankets in case it was the smell of frontline anywhere. My son got up and I left for work, this meant he had to try and crate her whilst he went college, he took her for a little walk (5 min only as recommended by vet until she is fully recovered) and then when he went to leave she ran straight to her crate and waited for him to give her her stag bar and treat. He said she was fine.

The only thing I can think off is that myself and OH have really fussed over her but my son has just been his normal self and doesn't really fuss over that much, he always tells me I fuss too much with her lol Do you think this is what it is, our worrying and fussing has made her insecure. If so, how do I get her back to her normal self. I am hoping once she can go back to running around again and going for her bigger walks she will feel better but it was heartbreaking when she behaved all nervous this morning.

Sorry for the lengthy message.

No, I don't think you've done anything wrong. If she didn't want a fuss she'd pull away!

I wonder if it was a reaction to the frontline?

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Not overly affectionate at all. Could be she is still a bit off from the op

I would also be inclined to say that shes probably still feeling a bit off from the operation. ><

There is talk about giving affection to a dog when it's scared, insecure or whatever can reinforce that feeling, but I don't think she has anything to be scared of to begin with, so I reckon it's mostly just still feeling the effects of the operation, plus she must be feeling pretty restless; a puppy with a lot of energy on five minute walks must make it difficult for her to settle. So I don't think it sounds like anything bad.

No I dont think so. Could be the after effects of the op. Or the frontline. Perhaps she is still feeling sorry for herself and wants more fuss. Dogs love fuss more than anything in the world . Hope she gets back to her own good self too.

Thank you for your responses, glad too hear that it possibly is not me being affectionate, I love my cuddles with her.

I think the best I can do is wait until she gets the all clear to be able to go back to the field and for her half hour walks and see if she bounces back to herself, she does play indoors but I have to keep telling her to calm down perhaps my raised voice is not helping either.