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Cruciate surgery
Poor Digby, just as I feared the trip to the vet on Thursday confirmed he needed urgent surgery on his back leg. Can't praise the vet and staff enough, they were so good with him and rang me regulary to keep me up to date. Now we're on the long recovery road, He's too doped up on pain killers at the moment to do anything than sleep and cuddle into us, I dread the time he starts to feel better, no jumping, no walks for a while. Trying to keep him calm will be fun!! Has anyone else been through this and do you have any tips.
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Re: Cruciate surgery
I haven't experienced it but as long as he is recovering then thats a positive x
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I've not been through this, but I hope he is back to his old self in no time, and good luck keeping him calm!
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No experience with dogs but know its supposed to be very painful poor boy hope he makes a speedy recovery and good luck with his convelesance
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Re: Cruciate surgery
hi jill, my dog sasha she had the surgery about 8 months ago, i promise you that the pain the dog will be feeling now will be alot better then the pain the dog was in before, my dog is 2 now, she had it for about 6 months before the vets could figure out what was wrong (changed vets now), my one has it in both back legs but only fixed the one for now, the other one has healed its self some how, they are strict as regards to exersise but trying to stop a staff from running around is nearly impossible, my ones leg is pretty much healed now but if she does sprint really fast after a ball sometimes she starts limping again but its nothing to worry about, after some rest and a couple of days its back to normal, its common in staffs i have been told due to the breed and the over breeding thats happening with the dogs. my one is happier in her self and i have no other problems, i wouldent worry to much
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Thank you Chris, thats helpful to hear that you'r dog is doing well now. We're three weeks since surgery, just started 5 minute walks on the lead on flat ground. Poor Digby we're no sooner out of the door then we're back and he looks at me as if to say whats going on. It is so difficult to keep him calm, he went running across the garden today after a cat, that was a bit scary. I've also cut down on the amount he's fed, so that he doesn't put on too much weight and put strain on the joint. We'll all be glad when he's back to long walks where he can run around like his normal mad self.
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I know I harp on about it. but you could try rescue remedy drops in his food or water. That can give them a sense of calmness... might help with keeping him still. It is great for using after surgery or illness and alsorts of things.
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it is honestly hard with these breeds to keep the calm, my one had an opp about a week ago, and within 3 days the stiches had come out and needed stappeling lol, it is time consuming but they do get better, just have there little occuring problems in the future with limping and aches, im lucky with mine i suppose, shes 2 years now and she weighs about 14kg, so she is really small, typical bitch taking ages to grow
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I know what you mean - when Dempsey had his stomach op, aftre the first couple of days when he was doped up, he was a devil to keep calm!
At least you know that he's on the road to recovery & he'll be so much better soon.
At least you know that he's on the road to recovery & he'll be so much better soon.
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..how is Digby going now anyway??
hope he is well on the way to recovery !
hope he is well on the way to recovery !
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