Thank you Terry and Tracey.
Well I didn't notice until I fed them tonight that she didn't eat one of the pills from this morning. So she only had a half pill of the Tramadol. Tonight she ate both whole pills and we left for about 4 hours. When I let them out after we got home she actually was putting that foot down when she ran outside. So I think the rest and the meds help.
But, here's something else to think about. Bruce brought up the point that taking the medicine is taking the pain away, but couldn't that just lead to more severe damage of the ligament? Since she can't feel pain she'll run hard and mess it up even more. I mean, the ligament can't heal itself....can it? I guess I need to do more research on this. This is also why I need her to go to my moms to rest. Sigh.....