Anyone here with a dog that has had a TPLO procedure?

85glht said

We had to seclude our dog for at least 5 weeks... We kept him in one room that he could still see us in. We hung shower curtains to block out the windows he could look out.... He goes nuts over squirrels and visitors, never mind the mailman. :rolleyes: I slept on the couch so he wouldn't be alone. It wasn't easy but I didn't want to spend the money and not follow close directions from the vet and have this all for nothing. I was home on leave cause my wife broke her ankle while on vacation. I took care of them both.

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There's an oak tree right outside the window of the front bedroom...which just happens to be the room the dogs use for their self appointed "guard duty", and in an old knothole in that same tree lives a family of squirrels. 15 feet away, and almost at the same height...squirrels! We have to close the shades quite often in that window, but "somehow...someone" (cough, cough) has damaged the shades, and not gently!

This same dog had surgery on her hip (cancerous growth) about a year ago, so we're well-versed on hauling-out the queen size mattress from the spare/guest bedroom and sleeping on the floor with her.

But I can't imagine taking care of a dog, and a spouse, at the same time. That must have been a challenge!