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Originally Posted by TNR  Thank y'all so much for the words of encouragement! Sas had her surgery on Oct 31 and has been recovering well. The first couple days were scary for me because she was so out of it. I slept downstairs with her on a pallet at first, then basically turned the pallet into a "couch" on the floor for us so she won't jump on and off the actual couch. I've been sitting on our floor couch with her since the surgery (I hope she realizes how much I love her haha).
We kept her confined to an ex-pen for the first few weeks, and now we have her confined to just our small family room. I took your advice and put up a "No Knocking" sign and I think that helped a lot. We're going on 10-min walks twice a day now. Does this sound like the right amount of restriction/activity for a month out? I'm asking because she's lifting the leg more than usual lately. She had actually started trying to put weight on it almost immediately after surgery, and she's been walking well on it. It seems like at night or after she's been asleep for a while she picks it up. I'm hoping it just gets stiff? I guess I'm wondering if it gets messed up, would I know immediately - as in would she yelp or not be able to put any weight on it? I'm just concerned because it's been a month and she's still lifting it sometimes. And of course I really don't want her to have to go through surgery again. Thanks again for being so sweet and supportive! |
We started physical therapy at 4 months. It was 5 minute walks then the next week 10 minute walks and the week after that 15 minutes. I'm not sure I would give her a whole room especially if she is running or can jump. Jumping should not happen at all. We took turns sleeping in the living room with Callie until she was off of crate rest. Callie was putting hers down the day we picked her up from the vet. If we walked to fast she would pick her leg up so I had to make sure we were walking kinda slow. We had some limping until it was about a year after the surgery.