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Originally Posted by pegdubuc  We did have an orthopedic surgeon perform the ACL Surgery on 3/25/15 and Ginger came home on 3/26/15. The surgery went really well and her recovery is going well - BUT - on day 5 after surgery (3/30), while she was leashed and right in front of my husband & I - she jumped into a chair in a split second
I can't tell you how shocked we were at how fast it happened. She doesn't act like it hurt her at all, but I'm really nervous that by not having that leash short enough we might have let her do permanent damage.
How much should I worry about this? Can I assume that because she is acting as if it didn't hurt her that it didn't? I have no intention of making the same mistake twice. I fully understand that she shouldn't be jumping at all until week 9.
Has anybody else had this happen with their recovering dog?
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Sasha had an FHO on 3/4 and the EXACT same thing happened to me. About 4 days after, I was holding her in my arms while sitting in the recliner. She seemed like she had to pee so I put her on the floor right in front of me where we had put a pee pad for her. As soon as she hit the floor that munchkin took 2 steps and jumped onto the couch because she saw her brother there. I mean one huge flying leap! I just about freaked out. But she never winced, never cried. I keep telling myself that she was only using the good leg so no damage was done to the healing leg. She is now 4 weeks removed from the surgery and doing great. She is allowed to move around freely so we put some steps up for her to get on and off the couch (she uses them about 80% of the time). We started swimming rehab last night.
Your baby is going to be fine. Do the best to keep her calm and quiet but don't kill your self when she does get a little rambunctious. She is a dog who has gotten used to playing with a little pain. They don't realize that they just had surgery and need time to heal. The pain that they put up with would knock me off my feet.
Let us know how her recovery goes.