Thank you for everyone's responses. I did follow through with giving him the medication twice yesterday...si nce yesterday was his first day after the neuter. Now, today, I haven't given him the medication yet. I definitely DO NOT want him to be in pain. And it's so hard with dogs, ya know!
But, he has been a wild beast! He's acting like nothing ever happened except for the occasional (attempted) lick down there. As hard as I try to keep him calm and on bed rest, he will not have it. And he is just not a fan of just lying in his crate all the live long day. hahaha Today...so far he's found a stick outside and was running away from me...going UP the stairs...when I've been taking the elevator with him. He stole the toilet paper off the bathroom counter (we have to put it up there in the very corner of the counter otherwise he steals it.) Well, it wasn't far enough back. So I was chasing him around the house for that. Then, when I finally got it from him, he thought it'd be fun to jump on me because he knows that makes me mad (since he was mad i took the toilet paper)....so now he's in his crate (which he keeps jumping up because I had his e-collar up there for a second and he was tryin to get the gauze stuff that was on it to tie it together, but it's gone now! He still feels like jumping up and making sure it's gone. But we've only been up for a few hours, and he's nuts!!!!
So, I'm thinking he isn't in pain. I don't know....haha. It's hard. But maybe, if I give him the meds, he'll sleep more and not be so crazy!! hahaha I'm just tryin to figure out how I can keep him more calm. This is not goin to work....13 days of calm? Not happening.
P.S. Where his stitches are there is fur stuck in them already! Even though they shaved around the area, since the fur is long all around there...it is somehow STUCK in there. I cut it so it's not attached to his body AND the sutures...i was gonna try to pull it out of the sutures but he wont sit still long enough. It looks ok though...hardl y swollen and only a bit red. Is this something I should be worrying about...or just watch it?