3 weeks in from TTA surgery- come concerns?

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3 weeks in from TTA surgery- come concerns?

Posted : 3/29/2010 12:53:14 PM

Hello everyone! Our dog Bailey is a 8 yr. lab/mix & he is about 3 weeks out of his TTA surgery. We have followed ALL the post operation rules, etc. He is only going outside to use the bathroom & is on his leash while he's doing so. When he comes back inside he goes into his room which we've sectioned off to be even smaller than it normally is. We've been keeping the collar on him so he won't lick at the staple area. We've also been trying to do the physical therapy with his knee- just the bending of the knee a few times a day. The first two weeks after surgery he was letting us do the physcial therapy without any major issues. This past week he won't even let us touch the leg/knee to try to do therapy- if we try he yelps- so we just back off. The surgery was EXPENSIVE & we don't want to mess anything up:(

We've also noticed that he's putting weight on it but not all the time- he's been picking/bending the knee up so it won't have weight on it- almost like he was BEFORE he had the surgery? Is this normal? He goes back to the specialist on Thursday to have the staples removed but we're just concerned something could be wrong? Especially since he's not letting us do the pyscial therapy on his knee anymore.

Any thoughts/suggestions, etc.?

Thank you in advance:)

spiritdogs

Posted : 4/2/2010 6:46:59 AM

bailey'smommy

Hello everyone! Our dog Bailey is a 8 yr. lab/mix & he is about 3 weeks out of his TTA surgery. We have followed ALL the post operation rules, etc. He is only going outside to use the bathroom & is on his leash while he's doing so. When he comes back inside he goes into his room which we've sectioned off to be even smaller than it normally is. We've been keeping the collar on him so he won't lick at the staple area. We've also been trying to do the physical therapy with his knee- just the bending of the knee a few times a day. The first two weeks after surgery he was letting us do the physcial therapy without any major issues. This past week he won't even let us touch the leg/knee to try to do therapy- if we try he yelps- so we just back off. The surgery was EXPENSIVE & we don't want to mess anything up:(

We've also noticed that he's putting weight on it but not all the time- he's been picking/bending the knee up so it won't have weight on it- almost like he was BEFORE he had the surgery? Is this normal? He goes back to the specialist on Thursday to have the staples removed but we're just concerned something could be wrong? Especially since he's not letting us do the pyscial therapy on his knee anymore.

Any thoughts/suggestions, etc.?

Thank you in advance:)

Why not call the surgeon and ask? I would called the first time the dog refused to let you handle him, because if there is something wrong, you don't want to mess up the expensive surgery by ignoring it. Plus, you don't want the dog to develop a habit of being able to stop you from doing something that is necessary to his recovery if there isn't anything wrong.