DDog going for cruciate surgery

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Am worrying myself sick over the recuperation period. DDog is a very bouncy boy and I'm so scared he'll injure himself again. Any tips for the recovery period? I've got him a cage

I read so many horror stories about the recovery period so was expecting to be in for a rough ride with my very springy springer. But actually it was fine, far easier than I thought. We never bothered with a crate, the best advice I got was to put off cuts of carpet down. Hard floors are bad for them to walk on due to the likelihood of slipping. We made a carpet walkway from the back door to the lounge & left it down for the whole 4 months of his recovery.

We also kept on top of his pain relief & only lead walked him in the garden to toilet for the first few days. We also both took separate days off work so we could be with him for the first week. My husband slept downstairs with him during this time aswell. We did the above mainly as we had another large breed dog at the time & didn’t want her to pull his cone off or lick his wound & separating them wasn’t an option. We only took the cone off when he was eating & during lead walks & stuck to the lead walking advice religiously. He went off lead after the specified time was up. We were tempted to let him off earlier as he’s a springer & he loves his walks, but didn’t as he wasn’t insured so no way were we going to waste £2700!

Good Luck.

Also forgot to say, hes a typical springer who spins & bounces. But he seemed to know not to jump around or overdo it.

My zippy whippet didn’t actually want to use his leg before or after surgery, which made things much easier. Maybe yours won’t want to either. Recovery consisted of leashed walks, walking really slowly to force him to use his leg. It was tedious, but not difficult at all. The real difficulty was stopping him pulling his stitches out 🙄.