Snickers had LP surgery last November. It is so sad and not fun
!!!! Snickers is extremely attached to us, and did tremendously well with surgery. His post op and physical therapy went very well as well. Snickers did not move to walk around much for the 1st 2-3 days but then he really wanted to move. The 1st night, we put him in his usual spot in our bed right in between us and also put him in one of his beds as well. He did not move a muscle all night. We were so worried about him, we barely slept. We did the same thoughout his entire recovery but I would not recommend doing that to just anyone.
I really think LP patients need to be in their crate so they do not start moving around and walking on 3 legs. The essential thing is for your pup to use their LP leg more and more. Snickers was walking on all 4 the 1st day he came home. Snick just did very well (thank god!) he is back to normal now and is doing incredibly. Please feel free to ask me any questions. Snick was on MANY (about 4) medications during recovery. He hated them all but they helped tremendously.
Love,
Snick & Viv