NeedlenoseJake
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Jake is just over 3 months out of surgery for his broken leg. He still limps most of the time, but as you said it depends on the time of day. It's worse when he has been laying down and just getting up. I'm not sure how to tell if they're in pain so I'll be watching for updates...
Edited to add that the surgeon said his bad leg might be just a hair shorter than his other one, so I'm not sure if maybe he will always limp
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We used to go to the dog park late at night when there wasn't anyone else there yet. It was great, except a word of warning- he ran into a bench in the dark and broke his leg! Make sure it's well-lit!
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We like to have someone come and stay at our house to care for our dog (s)
That causes the least disruption to their normal routines, and we feel the least stressed!
This is what we do. We found a wonderful young lady who just graduated college. She still lives at home so for her it's a chance to be on her own for a little while and she's a dog lover so she likes Jake. He gets to keep his normal routine and we pay her the same or less than a kennel. Win-win-win!
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As long as there's nothing medically wrong with him, can you leave him home for the second, longer walk of the day?
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The issue is not the bed imo-its you guys. He is respecting his pack leaders by waiting for an invite. In the dog world you don't just jump in bed with your leader unless you are invited. When you go to bed together you are awake and it is clear he has your "permission." When you are laying there still and quiet at 3AM he defaults to dog ettiquette. He is deferring to you-it is a good thing actually that he respects you so but I don't know if it would even be a god thing to try and change it. JMO.Many if not most of my dogs -no matter how close we were or how long they had lived with me-they would always ask permission before just willy nilly jumping in bed with me.
Well lately he's been whining at 2am regardless of whether he's on the bed at all. But we started giving him rimadyl at night again (healing broken leg) and that seems to help. I don't want him to jump willy nilly, but he sometimes won't take an invite... he needs to DH to physically get out of bed
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So the funny thing is that I made this post a few months ago and Jake has since stopped waking us up... until this week! Great timing to revive the thread!
http://www.allpetseducationandtraining.com.au/snuffle-mat-mayhem.html This is how to make a snuffle mat, except I used some rubber matting because I couldn't find that kind of mat they used.
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Can she have the run of the house instead of just your room?
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I took him in this morning, our vet was not thrilled with the state of the repair. She said it would probably heal okay, or we could sedate him and use a local and redo it. Since one of the issues is there's hair in the wound, I went ahead and am having her redo it properly. They also dosed the opiate higher than necessary, since it turns out he's had it before at a lower dose without problems, I'm glad I didn't have them sedate him since they probably would have screwed that up as well.
I feel like crap though. I didn't realize our vet had instituted emergency on-call in the evenings. I'm not sure if they didn't tell me or if they told me and with all of my health problems last year I didn't remember, but we could have avoided all this since she was the one on-call at the practice last night. My poor baby.
These things happen and it was not your fault at all. You took great care of him with what resources you had available at the time. I know this is probably not even on your radar right now, but I would refuse the charges from the e-vet if they did such a poor job that you had to get it re-done! Honestly I would call the clinic today and explain the situation and then stop the check or CC charge ASAP if they don't work with you. They have to know that this isn't the right way to treat pets and customers and hitting them in the pocketbook is the best way to do that. It might give you something to do instead of worry
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It sounds like she is already bouncing back! She will be doing 3 legged zoomies before you know it!
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I would think that if he does it when getting ear rubs then it is a good sound!
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We took Jake into the emergency vet one night for what we thought might be possible bloat because he was coughing and gagging but not bringing anything up. The vet took one look at him and said "not bloat" because he was wagging his tail and alert. He had bronchitis.
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I haven't been through this exactly, but we went through something similar a few weeks ago when Jake broke his femur. I'll echo what everyone told me then because it is so true- the first week will be bad, but it gets better after that. The peeing and drinking is normal and just let her go as much as she wants. If she is having a hard time getting out you can put pee pads down and try to let her know it's okay to go in the house. Jake got to the point where he would just lay and pee on himself which was awful, but he was just in pain
The hard part was only about a week or even less for us and then he learned how to manage on 3 legs for awhile. Also he lived on canned food for a good two weeks. Good luck! -
Thanks! I thought I said that I don't think he knows she's home, and asked whether his behavior would be indicative of how he'd behave when she is actually gone. We have baby gates blocking off areas, which is why I honestly don't think he knows what's going on down there or if she's home or not.
Regardless, I've spent the past week leaving him out of the crate, unmuzzled, and recording him. I made a judgement call, I know everyone said to muzzle him, but he is much rowdier when muzzled, and I know that would have made him entirely more anxious. I increased the length each day. Every day he's made me so proud!
He usually has a really strong bladder. Yet, despite his strong bladder, he has always been prone to having accidents in his crate. Which has always been so confusing to me. While supervised, and through the night, he makes it over 8 hours; while crated, he has an accident around 3 hours... When I had him uncrated this week, there has been no accidents, when I know if he were crated there would have been one.
The recordings show him sleeping on the couch, then switching to his bed, then back to the couch. Looks like he barked for a minute or so, and then went to sleep. I think he is much happier, and much more comfortable not being crated. I don't know why it took me so long to get him out of the crate! I'd love to take it down, but I know it's good to maintain their tolerance for the crate so it will remain up for now!
Thanks everyone!
That's great! I think most greyhounds do well with the run of the house. If I were you, I would take down the crate unless he uses it still. If he is like my boy and never uses it on his own, but it away but keep it for medical emergencies. In that case, he'll probably be too out of it to complain much.
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Thanks!
We had a good vet visit. I was super impressed with the place. They even emailed me the notes of our visit afterward! Anyway, the poor girl needs to have her teeth brushed every night. She's got some stuff to take for her dry skin and for her insides to further help her feel better. She's actually at 54 pounds and needs to gain a lot of weight, so she'll be eating three times a day for awhile. But thankfully things are looking up!
Make sure your vet is familiar with greyhounds and knows what a healthy one looks like. I would be wary of her gaining "a lot of weight" especially on a smaller frame. We went from 77 lbs to 80 in our retired boy.
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No matter what you decide about a crate or babygating, you may want to leave more often, even just taking a ride around the block. That will show her that you always come back.
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You can also try a muzzle for the first few days to make sure he isn't getting into too much trouble. They can get to things through the muzzle, but it makes it more difficult. Also, when Jake was home after his surgery my husband set up his ipad as a webcam with a free app called Presence. It worked pretty well for being free!
Also, as far as maintenance is concerned you could try putting a sign on the door and it might help.
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Okay, thanks to everyone for your responses. They called in carprofen to our Costco. They vet tech said he needs exactly 75mg because of his weight and we can't mess with that dosing. Also, she said it was 2x a day for 2 weeks. She said we can do once a day if needed, but I was still kind of confused at the dosing for this and why I couldn't to a smaller dose if needed. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Is carprofen fairly quick to work? I am 100% out so I am leaning towards getting some for when it's needed, but I want to make sure that will work.
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Jake broke his leg very badly about a month ago. He was on tramadol and carprofen (same as Rimadyl) until Tuesday and yesterday. The vet wanted us to run out and see how he does. He seems to be a little more reluctant to use that leg as of yesterday, but not terribly in pain or anything. The vet said he will call something in if he needs it, but I'm not sure if I'm worrying about nothing or if he really is in pain. Also, I kind of want him to be in a little bit of pain with movement so he doesn't try anything crazy! Advice?
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No advice, but nothing at all was your fault! The vet is trained and paid to take care of your pet and they made a mistake. It happens and I'm not saying you should sue them or anything, but it most definitely was NOT your fault!
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Is there any possibility you can get another dog? It sounds like he loves to interact with other dogs at the park. If you're unsure if it'll work or not, foster.
I agree. I know you said you are moving to a bigger place in June, but I would think that 2 well-adjusted greyhounds in a small space would be less work/ stress than one hound with severe SA.
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Congratulations! Does the group your working with do same day adoptions, or have you already been approved? I'm only asking because a lot of groups don't adopt out the same day and I wouldn't want you to think they were being standoffish or anything. Either way, this is a step you will not regret!
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Ordered! Hopefully my husband won't think it's too girly for Jake, but I just love the pattern!
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For the lucky hound one, the color says raspberry but it looks red on my screen. Is it a red color? I would want it for my male hound. Thanks!
The hard part was only about a week or even less for us and then he learned how to manage on 3 legs for awhile. Also he lived on canned food for a good two weeks. Good luck!
Broken Leg Rehabilitation
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I'm not sure about chondroitin, but for calcium they should get a good amount from their food and not need any additional. I am taking a biochem class right now and the most important thing I've learned so far is that we should all be taking Omega 3s! It can help reduce inflammation in pretty much all tissues.