You said you put pads on the floor for Jenny but they are all bunching up under her? I don't know if you are anywhere near a PetsMart (pet superstore) but they sell frames to put housetraining pads into so they stay flat when the puppy walks on them. The frames are so flat I'm sure she could lie on ...

There's one in Springfield.



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Do you think she's having muscle spasms? My dog's physical therapist told me how her own Yorkie had an FCE. As the dog recovered, they couldn't get him to use all four legs so she actually taught him to use three. Later he became able to use four. Have you tried strengthening her leg muscles by push...

In my case, they already knew it.

Hi Cynthia, I've never used diapers with my dog, but I understand you would want to cut a hole for the tail. :) There is cute little dog I saw at my dog's physical therapy appointment who was wearing Preemie Pampers with a hole cut for the tail. People on this message board have also described using...

You can wrap his feet real good with vet wrap tape when he's in his chair. Then they won't get bloody. I do that with my dog. Muscle will come back with exercise. See if you can get him doing 20 minutes of weight bearing exercise a day on those back legs by next Saturday. The week after do 30. Weigh...

Hi Cynthia,

Here is another article on care after disk surgery. Click on the link below.



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Hi Cynthia, You'll have no sympathy for me. Mine is a 7 lb. chihuahua, but I know about back problems. Mine's upper. A couple of months ago it was so bad I couldn't sneeze. I've been sleeping on a sheet on the bedroom carpet since then. I try not to tip my head down when I express her and keep my ba...

Hi Cynthia, She's sitting up kind of like a rag doll? My dog does that too. :) The week after surgery I noticed when she sat like that, she would sometimes straighten her back legs and point her toes. She kept lying on her tail without realizing it and I would carefully fix it so she wasn't. I recal...

Hi Cynthia, You're right, I misunderstood. Yes, that sounds much better. When I read you'd been given a sling and told to "work her as much as she can take" I thought it meant walking. From what you just wrote, it sounds more like it meant stimulating the paws and keeping her joints limber...

Oooh... He looks like a big old love. You just want to lay your forehead down on his and kiss that nose. What a sweetie.

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back on the "Do You Know Her?" thread which started on 4/21. It is a couple of pages back now. She was out of town.

Hi Cynthia, This is very awkward. Did I understand you to say your dog had back surgery 4 days ago and your vet is telling you to exercise her as much as possible? He didn't say put her on crate rest and let her heal? He didn't tell you any movement that irritates the sore area on her back might mak...