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Originally Posted by jolissa  My Martini broke his front leg months ago. Thank goodness they didn't need to put a pin in it. He climbed over my kitchen fence and fell onto my wood floor. I didn't keep him in a small crate. I made a cage about 4 feet by 2 feet. I also made a top, so he couldn't climb out. I put a small bed in his cage that was low to the floor, so there was no jumping into his bed everything was level. I used washable pee pads to keep his floor soft. I walked him on a leash, sat on the floor with him to play, so there was no jumping. I kept him from running. There was a lot of TLC involved. Thank goodness they gave him pain medicine and antiflamitory meds, as this helped him a lot. He slept a lot, which was good,so he rested his leg in the beginning. I saw my vet often and all went very well. My vet was very pleased with all the work I did with him to keep his leg safe. I did therapy with him after his leg was healed. I took him on small walks each day to get him to use his leg again. He is doing great now. All better and I got a gate with straight bars, so there's no more climbing gates anymore.  Good luck to you. I am glad it's all over and Martini is happy and back to himself again. |
Glad Martini had such a great recovery. Thanks for all the great ideas, I hope it goes as well for Jersey. How long was the whole healing process?