I just wanted to update on Layla again. She is still feeling fantastic! She's having no trouble eating her hard kibble again, and she's still hating being locked up in her crate all day but I keep telling her it's for the best!
She really misses her bed at night, and last night for the second time she found it. Scott had expressed her and put her on her little rug in our room, and then got her crate to bring in. I was brushing my teeth and when I came back to the room, she wasn't there! I asked if she was in the office with him, but nope. He didn't close the door of her crate, so I looked under the bed and she was there, in her own bed that I had pushed under there to make room for her crate! I couldn't resist though, I pulled her bed out and let her lay in it for a bit until I heard her moving around, and she had left the bed, so it was back in the crate for the night!
She also doesn't seem to be losing strength in her back legs with all this rest! Yesterday I was baking and she was in the kitchen with me in her crate. Scott was eating a banana and was going to give her a piece. He told her to lay down. She just looked at him. He told her again. Nope. A few more times.... then all of a sudden her back end popped up! Scott said "... or stand! Yes! Stand!" lol. She held it for a really long time! Later, Scott stood her up and pushed her side to side and she corrected it every time! So she's constricted to crate rest, getting no exercise or stimulation, and is STILL improving!