Dog on crate rest- help!

[FiveHoursSleep]

One of our dogs has torn both his cruciates and had a bilateral TPLO today.
He's staying in at the vets until Friday so he can have all the drugs and then will be back in our busy (4 children, 2 dogs, 2 cats, etc) house where he will be crated and on lead only for the next 8 weeks.
He's used to having 60-90 minutes of off lead exercise with our other dog a day, so it's going to be difficult for both of them.
Some of you must have been through having to crate rest a large active dog for this long before, has anyone got any hints or tips.
There will be a lot of physiotherapy involved I should think, so I guess that will make things more interesting for him, plus I'm going to feed him from a kong 3x a day, rather than twice but what else can I do to keep him from getting bored?

[BikeMum8]

Week 4 here with a cruciate repair and she's getting bored....
First few days, slept a lot and didn't want to eat much. By day 4 was clearly feeling better. We kept her completely separate from the others for the first three weeks. Now, she comes into the lounge with us in the evening with one other dog, but we literally watch them like hawks. Rest of the time, she's in a crate in the kitchen unless we are on our short lead walk.
Honestly, the recovery hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be.

[FiveHoursSleep]

Interesting Bubble, as Previcox is supposed to be much better for their stomachs....
I can't see your photo :(

[FiveHoursSleep]

I can now.
The poor neglected puppy...
I do wish we could explain it to them though.

[Groovester]

Day 2 of recovery. Still sleepy and not really with it. No poo since returning from surgery yesterday. He did eat a little dinner last night. He's drinking a lot and managing to pee, which is good. I just feel sorry for him!

[Bubble2bubble]

Oh poor little guy! They all just look so tragic :(

[FiveHoursSleep]

It took 4 days for ours to poo!
Day 5 here and his pain patch has come off but he's still on NSAIDs.
NO swelling and his clipper rash has settled down but he'd really like to lick his wounds.We are managing with lick strips atm but we may have to put a collar on him.
He's not eating much either but then he's not doing much. I'm going to keep weighing him weekly at the local vets.
He's walking well though, I think that's an advantage of having both cruciates done at once!

[Groovester]

We have poop!
He's still off his food but taking small bits here and there. Still looking utterly miserable though...

[FiveHoursSleep]

I'm going to start a cruciate support thread!