Delivered Juno to the vet for 9:00 as planned and just feel like crying. She went off happily enough with the vet assistant, it's me who's falling apart. Know it's stupid and that's she's in good hands but......... Can't wait for lunchtime to come around to receive the call that all is well.
Re: Today's the day Big hugs. It's horrible leaving our pups with the vet. Keep yourself busy this morning x
Re: Today's the day It's not stupid, we all feel like that, it is horrible when we take them in and leave them, but tomorrow it will all be over and Juno will be fine. I will be thinking of you.
Re: Today's the day We all understand how you feel. It's really hard! But sometimes the humans do know best...even if we can't explain it to our dogs... It'll be all done soon and she will be fine
Re: Today's the day Hi Rosemary, oh not silly at all, I cried buckets when I dropped Hattie off a month ago for an operation to remove a lump on her leg. I will be thinking about you and Juno today. Let us know if you can how she is. xx
Re: Today's the day It's an awful feeling isn't it. She's in good hands and will be back with you soon. x
Re: Today's the day Thanks everyone, it's always good to know you're not the only one that cries over your pets. Cry at all the programmes on TV as well so am dreading Supervet tonight but will have to watch it anyway. Just hate sitting and waiting for the phone to ring to stop my brain working in overdrive on all the reasons as to why they haven't phone yet! Being France it's probably more because it's lunchtime..... :-\
Re: Today's the day Thinking of you and fingers crossed you get that call soon. Yes, they are probably enjoying a nice glass of red and a bowl of cassoulet right now. 8)
Re: Today's the day Well we are home from the vet and Juno's not the happiest little girl, but she's had some dinner, a wee in the garden and is now sleeping by my feet. Surgery went well and our vet has gone through all the notes from the specialist for us on dos and don'ts over the next weeks. Main blow was the 6 - 8 weeks of rest not the 3 - 4 discussed on the phone on Monday! The upside is that she can have 3 x 5minutes walks each day. Back to the vets on Tuesday for a check-up and to have the bandage removed and the stitches to be removed in 2 weeks. Any training suggestions to keep Juno entertained while we are restricted that don't involve running, jumping etc. etc.
Re: Today's the day During Willow's convalescence, I worked on "hold it" with her a fair bit. No real movement and a useful skill.
Re: Today's the day JulieT is the expert on entertainment during recuperation! I'm sure she'll post up some links for you. Really great to hear that it went well (even if now there's a 2 month recovery time). I'm sure that once she recovers from the op she'll be so much more comfortable Hope you are feeling better now that she's home with you.
Re: Today's the day Much sympathy - it's no fun having a young dog on crate rest. But it does all go away eventually. And a slow careful recovery is the best thing you can do for your dog. It passes, and you get back to normal, and it becomes like a bad dream. Here are a few things I wrote for others, I hope they help a bit. [quote author=JulieT link=topic=9253.msg132847#msg132847 date=1419721848] My boy had surgery on his knee. First six weeks were strict crate rest but with timed walks that started at 2 minutes 5 times a day. We also had to ice his leg, and he had passive range of motion exercises to do. But that was it for the first six weeks. Then, it was lead walks only for 4 months. Then off lead but no interaction with other dogs, or fetch, or explosive exercise, for another 2 months. For me, the key was routine. I worked out a routine and I stuck to it. This was based on the principle that if I had to make 20 or 30 decisions about what I was going to do next for my dog it would just drive me mad. So I worked out what I was going to do, wrote it down, and followed it. You do have to find a way that your boy is not jumping on furniture etc For most boisterous young labs, that means: in a crate; on a lead; or in a room without furniture. I know on a lead in the house and garden sounds difficult, but both you and the dog will get used to it. Although the first six weeks for Charlie were strictly in a crate. It helps to the house set up as well as you can - non slip flooring, crate near an exit to the garden, and so on. I had a crate in a pen, with gym mats on the floor (crate because he couldn't be in the pen and risk him jumping up). I also cleared the kitchen of furniture, put down mats and pretty blankets, and spent six months on the floor with him. There is now a book that might help. It's called "No walks? No worries! - Maintaining wellbeing for dogs on restricted exercise". Here are some ideas that I wrote down for people before - hope some are helpful to you. [quote author=JulieT link=topic=7855.msg110148#msg110148 date=1410898390] In terms of keeping your dog occupied on restricted exercise, this is what I did: Write down everything you can do with and for your dog - eg 10 minute on lead sniffs round the garden, packing up meals in frozen kongs, clicker training, allowed safe chews, teaching tricks, massages, find kibble in boxes, tearing up paperback books, teeth cleaning training. Write everything down. Then stock up on what you need - kongs, save packaging etc. Then look at your schedule and work out how many activities you can fit into a day, and spread them out as much as possible - or grouped around the times when your dog is least likely to settle and go to sleep. Then stick to that routine. In between activities, if the dog won't settle put her in a crate or pen, if that's necessary - it certainly is for us - and they just have to learn that means quiet time. [/quote] [quote author=JulieT link=topic=4350.msg52625#msg52625 date=1391691150] In terms of time fillers, I can't claim credit for them - I think every one of these has been suggested on the forum and I've just collected the ones that work for us: 8in1 filled rawhide (small - only one a day) Anco roots Pizzles Frozen kongs Hard packaging with kibble inside An entire newspapers scrunched up in one big pass the parcel with a bit of kibble in each sheet Frozen rice hedgehogs filled with soaked kibble Kong goodie bones (I fill these with sea wraps - sticks of sweet potato wrap in fish skin) Kong wobblers Kibble hidden between the balls of a trixie cube The best quiet game is he has to lie very still (if he moves, we don't play) and catch a soft ball (we use the trixie cube balls) and give it back to me. He loves it, and will play it for ages. [/quote] [/quote] [/quote]
