Ticket

TPLO 7-8 weeks

Posted by on December 30, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Well, followup xrays showed Ticket’s bone hadn’t quite healed yet. So she gets to be a little more free (can be out of the crate if calm inside), but still no running around outside. She still has significant muscle atrophy, as well as pain in the muscles around her hip, and her psoas. Those last […]

TPLO 6 Weeks

Posted by on December 21, 2012 at 4:54 pm

Ticket is getting close to the end–5 days until followup xrays.  This week was 6 weeks after her surgery.   She is up to 30 minutes on the underwater treadmill with an incline.  That is no problem for her.  At home, we are doing two strengthening exercises every other day.  So we climbed up and down […]

TPLO — 4 and 5 weeks

Posted by on December 13, 2012 at 5:11 pm

Didn’t post about week 4, because basically, it was just like every other week.  Still no changes.  Last Friday, we did start doing the treadmill at an incline (so more work on those rear legs).  This week, 23 minutes on the incline–she’s really  kicking butt on the treadmill.  We had a late afternoon session, and […]