jessicadawnnn
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Moose is now two weeks post TPLO surgery, and so far is doing great. He gets his stitches out on Thursday and we're very excited to start this new stage of our recovery!
For anyone who has done the surgery before I have a few questions -
Did you guys have any "mishaps"? Either an infection, them re-injuring themselves during recovery etc etc.?
Moose today more than any other day is just pure FED UP with being restricted in his play and the space we've given him to recover, and as the weather gets better I can see him plotting his escape LOL. I watch him as much I can and when I'm not able to be with him he is coned and kennelled. Anyways, I'll cut to the chase. Today when we were out doing a short walk and bathroom break he literally power housed and ran for freedom up a small snow bank for a few seconds until I called him back (he could tell I was VERY angry and came to me with his head down although I doubt dogs feel guilt)
Our vet told us horror stories of people who had "let" their dogs go crazy and they ended up needing a second surgery for repair.
I'm not too worried about his little escapade hurting him very badly as he is still always weight baring and waking fine, but I just wanted to know what sort of things you guys ran into while recovering. (Basically so I can figure out if we're normal or not) Did your dog do stairs too early, or jump on the couch/ bed/ try and have a couple carefree seconds outside? How are they post TPLO? Back to normal?
One last thing: everyone I've talked to that has had the surgery was given different activity schedules to follow. Most were not allowed to do any sort of exercise or go outside for anything besides bathroom. We were told to do five minute walks three times a day since day 1, along with Passive Range Of Motion (PROM) activities three times a day for the first week. I've been wondering why there are so many different approaches in recovery, and which would have the best results? I'm just a little worried we're over doing it with Moose. He rarely shows us he's in pain ever so it's hard to tell :/
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For anyone who has done the surgery before I have a few questions -
Did you guys have any "mishaps"? Either an infection, them re-injuring themselves during recovery etc etc.?
Moose today more than any other day is just pure FED UP with being restricted in his play and the space we've given him to recover, and as the weather gets better I can see him plotting his escape LOL. I watch him as much I can and when I'm not able to be with him he is coned and kennelled. Anyways, I'll cut to the chase. Today when we were out doing a short walk and bathroom break he literally power housed and ran for freedom up a small snow bank for a few seconds until I called him back (he could tell I was VERY angry and came to me with his head down although I doubt dogs feel guilt)
Our vet told us horror stories of people who had "let" their dogs go crazy and they ended up needing a second surgery for repair.
I'm not too worried about his little escapade hurting him very badly as he is still always weight baring and waking fine, but I just wanted to know what sort of things you guys ran into while recovering. (Basically so I can figure out if we're normal or not) Did your dog do stairs too early, or jump on the couch/ bed/ try and have a couple carefree seconds outside? How are they post TPLO? Back to normal?
One last thing: everyone I've talked to that has had the surgery was given different activity schedules to follow. Most were not allowed to do any sort of exercise or go outside for anything besides bathroom. We were told to do five minute walks three times a day since day 1, along with Passive Range Of Motion (PROM) activities three times a day for the first week. I've been wondering why there are so many different approaches in recovery, and which would have the best results? I'm just a little worried we're over doing it with Moose. He rarely shows us he's in pain ever so it's hard to tell :/
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