Cruciate support thread

[FiveHoursSleep]

I know there are a few of us with dogs at various stages of recovery, so I thought I might start a specific thread to help the days go faster.
Our boy is day 5 post op. He is a 3 (?) yo rescue ( lab/ husky X) from Ireland and started going lame after lying down about 8 weeks ago. He had a TPLO on both hind legs last Wednesday and is in a crate/ on a lead for the next 6 weeks when we have an appointment for Xrays on the 4th January.
Right now he's having 5 minute walks a few times a day ( sheet said up to 4 walks but surgeon said as many as we want as long as they are slow and quiet and on lead). He's not eating much but he has pooed twice.
He has no sutures to come out so we've managed to avoid the collar of shame so far.
He can home with a pain patch which came off today, he finishes his antibiotics tomorrow but he's got at least another week of pain killers to go.
He seems very comfortable walking although he's obviously sore when he gets up and sits down.The big difficulty is keeping him quiet even in the crate.
What stage are your cruciate dogs at?

Hi all, glad to hear all's going well with the surgeries and recoveries. It's looking like our girl will be back at the vets soon, her other leg is getting pretty stiff and she's holding it up a lot so don't think we can put it off any longer

How is the fixed leg holding up? I hope it all goes well for Kinkydogs second leg . Am feeling thankful that both of our dog's legs went at the same time!

Those of you with dogs who have had a cruciate op , when did they start sitting more comfortably?
DDog is now 7 weeks post op and and he's sitting, but gingerly.

Not yet...ddgog is now four weeks post op with his second knee and while he does sit ( and it's lovely to see him doing it after so long), it's fairly carefully and only on a soft mat or on the sofa. Vet was saying tonight you can't really consider the broken leg properly healed until 8 weeks, so until then it's right to be fairly cautious.

How are the knee dogs doing?
Ddog is finally off lead and boucing all over the place. He is still a bit stiff when he gets up from lying and his sit is interesting, but he doesn't seem to be in pain and is pretty sound at the walk.
In a couple of months we will try him back at agility.