The pup I told you about did great. No therapy at all was needed. He was somewhat painful the first 3 days but the Metacam kept the pain at bay. Within one week he was back to normal, no need for pain meds and it was almost impossible to keep him "quiet" as the surgeon had recommended for the 2 weeks post op. At his 2 week follow up appt. he was yanking on the least to run here and there. He was pronounced "as good as new" and is 1 month post op now. When you see him walk/run/bounce you cannot notice it at all. When he just stands there you can notice the slight shortening of his leg, it actually will hang slightly compared to the one that is on the ground. That is the only change, well that and the owner says that he has absolutely no pain now.
Good luck with the surgery!!
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