Pickles has FHO surgery tomorrow!

[ladyjane]

These little ones are simply amazing! So happy that he is doing so well!!

[Saffie and Pixi]

Did Pickles come through okay? I visit YT daily but can't find where I want to go. We kept Pixi in a pen in the living room and mostly took Saffie to day care so Pixi could rest. When Saffie was home she was so overly exuberant so the pen was a safe place for Pixi. I slept (or didn't really sleep) with her for a few nights. It is amazing now to see her run outside with her sister and play. You will all get through the recuperation phase before you know it. Wish I could figure out how to put pics here. Pixi went to rehab and swam in the pool to regain her strength in her rear leg and I took videos and pics.

[P-Nut Mom]

Originally Posted by Saffie and Pixi

Did Pickles come through okay? I visit YT daily but can't find where I want to go. We kept Pixi in a pen in the living room and mostly took Saffie to day care so Pixi could rest. When Saffie was home she was so overly exuberant so the pen was a safe place for Pixi. I slept (or didn't really sleep) with her for a few nights. It is amazing now to see her run outside with her sister and play. You will all get through the recuperation phase before you know it. Wish I could figure out how to put pics here. Pixi went to rehab and swam in the pool to regain her strength in her rear leg and I took videos and pics.

Pickles has been doing great the past couple of days, it was a little rough at first. Thanks for asking! He actually ran down the street a ways today (on a harness, using 3 legs and once in a while the rear right!). We're separating the boys next week, I can see it's going to be an issue - P-Nut wants to play with Pickles and even if Pickles is in his pen, he's still getting hyper. So, I have to go over to my mom and dad's for a few days and I'm going to take Pickles so we can get hyper a bit more slowly (LOL). I'm so glad your baby is doing well!

There are instructions about how to post pictures in the yorkie picture area of the forum, I'll try to link you: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/my-...-pictures.html

[Saffie and Pixi]

Our surgeon and physical therapist (for the dog) showed us how to just about force Pixi to use her leg. they said little dogs who have the surgery often refuse to use the leg. One thing we were taught to do for her was massage. We massaged her front shoulders round in circles to relax her spine because the spine is stressed with the three leg walking thing. We lured her a lot with different treats to make her walk on soft things like the bed. She wasn't allowed to jump for 6 weeks and that was wicked hard!

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by P-Nut Mom

Pickles has been doing great the past couple of days, it was a little rough at first. Thanks for asking! He actually ran down the street a ways today (on a harness, using 3 legs and once in a while the rear right!). We're separating the boys next week, I can see it's going to be an issue - P-Nut wants to play with Pickles and even if Pickles is in his pen, he's still getting hyper. So, I have to go over to my mom and dad's for a few days and I'm going to take Pickles so we can get hyper a bit more slowly (LOL). I'm so glad your baby is doing well!

There are instructions about how to post pictures in the yorkie picture area of the forum, I'll try to link you: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/my-...-pictures.html

Originally Posted by P-Nut Mom

They ARE amazing! We had to put Pickles in his ex-pen tonight because he feels good enough to try and wrestle P-Nut for toys . He's getting better by leaps and bounds, even went down a step to the outside by himself and cruised the length of our backyard touching the operated leg to the ground frequently.

I am very happy to hear that Pickles wanted to wrestle and that he is doing some touching with his leg. Wonderful news! Good plan to separate the boys to slow down your patient a little bit.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by Saffie and Pixi

Our surgeon and physical therapist (for the dog) showed us how to just about force Pixi to use her leg. they said little dogs who have the surgery often refuse to use the leg. One thing we were taught to do for her was massage. We massaged her front shoulders round in circles to relax her spine because the spine is stressed with the three leg walking thing. We lured her a lot with different treats to make her walk on soft things like the bed. She wasn't allowed to jump for 6 weeks and that was wicked hard!

Happy to hear Pixi did well with her surgery and recovery too. I can imagine how hard it was to stop her from jumping!!