Koda is full of spunk today!

For every dog owner who has had to endure a cruciate injury one of the first things you will see is the lameness and limp, but you will also notice that your dog will not sit correctly. He/She will sit with the leg out and leaning on their other side. Koda has been doing this since his injury and up until Thursday. It was that day that I noticed that Koda was sitting funny. I stared at him trying to figure out what it was about his sit that was off, and then I noticed it! He was sitting correctly for the first time in two months and he's been doing it ever since. The small steps forward are very exciting.

He is also barely limping. Yesterday while we were waiting for physical therapy a woman asked me what we were there for. When I told her we were five weeks out of TPLO surgery her mouth dropped. She couldn't even see a limp at all. Now I can, but I don't think anyone else would notice it. He's also feeling really well today. He has been getting sore after PT. But not today. He's full of spunk and wants to play and go out. Of course he can't but he keeps wanting to engage me. I had to put his toy box up on the entertainment center because he kept wanting to get toys and balls out of it. I hate discouraging him, but we are still on time out as far as playing goes.

I'll get a new video today or tomorrow of him walking. It's very impressive!!

17 more days and we go in for Koda's 8 week checkup!!!

5 Weeks Post Op Today!

Life has been so busy. I swore that I would keep the blog up, but everything has just been so busy, and honestly maybe it's a good thing that I haven't felt like blogging. It means that Koda's recovery has been somewhat uneventful.

He's doing great. We are going to physical therapy weekly. He gets a cold laser treatment and then goes into the water treadmill. He's putting about 45:55 percent ratio on the legs now with just a slight drag on his operated leg. He looks great. He's putting his weight back on, and his muscle is starting to come back. It's truly been amazing to watch him heal so fast.

I had my mom take a video of his last physical therapy session on the treadmill. It was a little bit of a fail because I haven't cleaned off my memory card in my camera in a long time. The video cuts off about a minute into the walking, but you get a good look at how it all starts out.

The goal was four minutes, but Koda did five without any lagging on that leg! If it were up to him he would've kept going. And yes we bribe him with cheese.

3 more weeks and Koda goes in for his post-op xrays. I really do hope that we are able to start getting out of the house together!