What will I need for recovery? Callie gets surgery on her right back leg for LP and a possible partial ACL deficiency on November 16. I am putting together a list of things I am going to need for her recovery. I am really the only one in my house who can pick her up (I live with my grandparents) so its important I get everything I need before hand unless my mom or dad comes down to stay with her while I run to the store. I am getting a playpen tomorrow and am going to set it up and measure how big a little bed I can put in there for her. I am going to order a pup head potty because Callie is trained to go potty only outside and when its really cold or raining I would like to see if she would try and use the pup head and later on even after her recovery it would be nice to have for bad weather. She eats dry food but I was thinking of getting some canned food to mix with her dry food if she wont eat. She loves bones and that will keep her busy so I am going to make sure I have plenty. I also have a crate to set up for her to sleep in at night. I also have ordered a Kiss E-collar. Can anyone think of anything else I might need? |
I'm thinking that if you had some sort of harness to support her hind quarters and lift her rear end up you might be able to assist her to and from the out doors in order to use the potty. I found this: Harnesses and Slings Help Dogs Walk As far as the can food thing if it were I would not feed her can food reason being it has a tendency to loosen their stool. If you are giving her access to potty inside during her recovery. . . it will get messy. Also be sure she has a really really soft bed or blankets to lay on. So that she is as comfortable as possible. |
My Zoey just had this surgery 11 days ago. The board certified surgeon and his nurse/rehab wife took her home with them and kept her until she could walk on all fours. Unusally this is about 10 days but Zoey did so well she came home in five days. We have a 5-6 month plan for rehab. Phase one is walking twice per day for 10 mins increasing 5 mins every week up to 30 mins. I have an area fenced in with a wire cage. She stays inside the area when not with me. When I leave she goes into the cage. The area is big enough for a great dane. Otherwise she is leashed to me at all times. I'm sure you will get instructions on how to rehab her. Zoey has done so well and I want to thank all the YT people that gave me good advise about this surgery. I will send a pix of the caged area in another post if I can get the picture. I have a very had time with posting pix. Good luck and I'm sure your little one will do just as well as Zoey. |
1 Attachment(s) Here's the picture - hopefully |
If you click on the pix it will enlarge. It only took me 1/2 hour to figure this out. UGG! |
One more thing I forgot to tell you - the idea of rehab is to get them walking ASAP so there is no putting them in a sling to help them walk. I'm sure the doc will give you the proper instructions for after surgery rehab. Also, I am giving her her regular food as you don't want a sudden food change - messy. |
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