ACL surgery for Murph

hi Pat!

Welcome to pettalk! Murph is now just past the 3 week mark, so he's starting to do just a bit of walking. He's not allowed off leash until after 6 weeks time though. Love to see pics of your two dogs, so hope you'll post some.

Hey ya Micki!

Work is just crazy, so very limited on pettalk time right now. Gotta work tomorrow, but the day was so beautiful (a sunny 75 degrees) that Oz and I got out of the house and out and about. Poor Murph too soon for him to get to go, but we brought him back a nice big bone to knaw on. So he's happy happy!

He seems to be doing really well. Starting to put more weight on the leg, with less shaking and we're taking short lil' walks. We've got a vet appointment this coming Saturday, so hopefully the vet'll say things are going good. Murph and Oz keep trying to play with each other through the crate, which I end up stopping. Don't think racing around inside the crate was what the vet had in mind, when he prescribed crate rest for 6 weeks. So hopefully the two haven't caused any damage with that activity.

I saw this really cute lil' girl on petfinder this morning:

http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?act...=1&row=0&tmpl=

She sounded so wonderful that Oz and I stopped by Petco to see her. Couldn't find her though and when I asked one of the adopters, they didn't know anything about her. I figure that's destiny stepping in that she's not the one for us or that it's still too soon to think about another dog.

Anyway that's what we've been upto today. How's things with your gang?


Par...

Hi Par,

Good to hear that Murph is doing so well. :) I used to think
that smaller dogs recovered easier than larger dogs from this
type of surgery, but know realize that's not really the case. A
smaller dog (smaller bones) would take as much care & time
to recover as a heavier dog (bigger bones).

I'm so glad he's being a good boy during his re-coop period.

p.s. Louise is a real doll baby. I enjoyed her lovely write up.
It's very well done & shows her sweet nature.:)

hi lizbud,

Yeh that Louise, sounded just about perfect. I'm thinking about emailing and asking about her, but I really should wait until Murph is completely healed to even consider a third dog again. I just can't seem to resist the pull of petfinder.:)

Par...

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Originally posted by ParNone
I just can't seem to resist the pull of petfinder.:)

Par...

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Oh , I do know what you mean there. :D

Part of me thinks I'll see that one dog out there who will have
that certain look & personality and I'll be a goner again....:D

Took Murph to the vet this morning for a check up on his knee and the bladder stone. The food, to help reduce the bladder stone, really didn't work, since Murph kept throwing it up and I had to take him off it. But when the vet did the ultrasound, he noticed that it looked like it was embedded in the bladder wall, which reduced Murph's risk of it causing a problem and would also be hard for the vet to find to remove during surgery anyway. So no surgery for now, thank zeus, just have to keep an eye on Murph and make sure he doesn't show any urination issues and then the vet'll check it again in 6 mos.

As for his knee, the vet said it looked and felt great to him and Murph's walking pretty good on it now, so we've got the okay to start increasing his activity level. Bad news is though, his other back leg is making all kinds of cracking and creeking noises. It's taken quite a bit of stress and strain while the other leg has been healing. The vet said it felt okay, but I've got to watch that leg for signs that he's hurt that knee too. So I dunno, I hope we're not going to have to go through this again for the other leg in a few months.

The vet was commenting again on happy Murph is to be at the vet's. I told him the next time I bring Oz in, Murph's coming too, as his morale coach. ;)

Of course, the vet didn't see Murph growl at a poor scared doggie in the waiting room. He was twice the size of Murph, but since he looked so frightened, I guess Murph decided he could kick his butt. I promptly picked him up and put in my lap though, which put an end to his macho posturing. That's one habit, I don't want him teaching mister Oz.

Par...