My girl is Jessie and she is a year old. The first couple days are actually easier because they are still in the after effects of surgery so they are pretty quiet. Its when they feel better! ARRGH! She is putting weight on the leg already so thats a good sign! She gets her stitches out wed so bye bye cone! (it doesnt seem to bother her though)
They are going to move around there is no getting around it. I first tried kong treats (but i had to hold them due to the cone) but she was rapidly gaining weight so now she gets an organic lettuce leaf or some carrots to munch during the day.
I still use the tranquilzer when she is really energetic and it takes the edge off. They say about two weeks and then they accept this as the new normal. My surgeon did say take them out twice a day (unless they pee/poo outdoors then more) for about 30 mins each of lap time. Keep it to the same time every day or they will start barking/whining to get out more. ( we arent great with schedule thing but we are trying) Make sure your crate has a top so they cant try and jump. We have a bigger one that has room for bed and pee pad and one smaller just a bed. We put her in the smaller one when shes keyed up and the larger for a lttle exercise/potty breaks... |