How long does it take for anesthesia to wear off in a dog?

That would depend a lot on the individual dog. Every dog is going to act a little bit differently. Typically, or traditionally, if they're younger and have no underlying health concerns, they're going to recover faster than our pets that might have some underlying conditions or are a little older. But in general, I tell most people that the next 12 to 24 hours, they might not quite be themselves, and then after that, they usually bounce back pretty quickly.

Depending on the type of anesthesia, it can wear off quickly, or it can take around 15 to 20 minutes for most of the anesthetic effects to wear off.

General anesthesia, when we turn our gas anesthesia off, our isoflurane off on our vaporizer, those dogs tend to come up to consciousness usually within 5 to 15 minutes. However, post-anesthetic recovery time is longer and we need to monitor them to make sure that they're breathing okay, not having any dysphoria, and that they're warm and comfortable. Most of our dog patients are up and walking within 1 to 2 hours after general anesthesia.