Seiya is undergoing surgery to fix his luxating patella on his left knee. Surgery started about an hour ago, so i'm a nervous wreck at the moment .. send us your V love!
Denethor
Lots of love from Anwen!
She's 13 weeks and just recovering from having my hooped earring surgically removed, so we truly know how you are feeling, it's like when children are ill you'd do anything to go through it for them instead.
Hope his recovery goes well as it will be hard to keep him calm afterwards, as they act as if nothing happened, well that's what Anwen did anyway and when the vet advised not to let her run,jump get excited etc I thought who are you kidding she's a Vizsla!
Pob Lwc! and V cwtches coming his way!!
She's 13 weeks and just recovering from having my hooped earring surgically removed, so we truly know how you are feeling, it's like when children are ill you'd do anything to go through it for them instead.
Hope his recovery goes well as it will be hard to keep him calm afterwards, as they act as if nothing happened, well that's what Anwen did anyway and when the vet advised not to let her run,jump get excited etc I thought who are you kidding she's a Vizsla!
Pob Lwc! and V cwtches coming his way!!
Sending some good healing thoughts your way.
Seiya is going to need plenty of tasty long lasting chews to keep him busy when he gets home.
Seiya is going to need plenty of tasty long lasting chews to keep him busy when he gets home.
He started to limp about 7 weeks ago, the first vet visit said the knee was inflamed, so we had him on NSAIDs and rest for almost 3 weeks, and then we called it quits, went to a specialist and he diagnosed luxating patella and recommended immediate surgery. We wanted a real orthopedic surgeon to take a look, so we took him to the University where they confirmed the luxating patella grade 2, but recommended against surgery since his joints were in perfect condition. Our breeder agreed with the surgeon so did we, he showed us how to rectify the kneecap if it fell out of place. For the last 3 weeks there were no serious issues, his kneecap came out, but we always put it back without any discomfort to Seiya. But monday evening, he refused to use his leg, so we went back on tuesday, at which point the surgeon recommended surgery.Simon-NH said:
For those interested, here's what they did :
- Deepen the groove, apparently this alone allowed his kneecap to stay in place almost perfectly, so the surgeon was very positive
- Place two pins to stabilize the knee
- Put an internal tension band, this is normally not done, but since he's a large and active dog, he wants to give his knee as much support as possible
- Reset the patella
- Strengthen the tissue
And now it's on to 6 weeks of short on-leash walks and try to keep him as calm as possible, we've also already planned some hydrotherapy sessions to tire him out and build his muscles back up.
Savannah had a sedative after spay surgery. I don't know if it was the same one you are using or not. The sedative was a good idea for us. She was full of energy and really wasn't bothered by her stitches, so she was ready to roll almost the day after surgery.
Mostly what I found was common sense. Listen to your vet. Read and respect the warning label. Pay attention to the dosing schedule. Be aware of the changes in your pup.
We targeted a dose to just take the edge off her energy rather than actually drugging her into calmness. It usually took about half an hour for the sedative to take effect. I upped the dosage once after consulting the vet one particularly crazy day, but other than the one day, just taking the edge off worked for us.
Hope the recovery goes quickly and easily!
Mostly what I found was common sense. Listen to your vet. Read and respect the warning label. Pay attention to the dosing schedule. Be aware of the changes in your pup.
We targeted a dose to just take the edge off her energy rather than actually drugging her into calmness. It usually took about half an hour for the sedative to take effect. I upped the dosage once after consulting the vet one particularly crazy day, but other than the one day, just taking the edge off worked for us.
Hope the recovery goes quickly and easily!
Yeah 6 months and believe me it sucked. Because of all the procedures he's had done he won't let anyone trim his nails. That's the only time he will bite and mean business. The vet had us giving him Xanax before bringing him in but it just made him very sick. Now it's 300MG of Trazadone and that doesn't work either. I'm so sorry your pup is going thru all of this. I know how it feels. Stay strong and frozen peanut butter kongs will be your best friend.
It may effect him differently.Denethor said:
You might even just give 1 tablet, or 1/2 of one and see how he does.
Call your vet during regular business hours, and ask their thoughts on if its to strong for him.
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