Thank you 3K; we'll give the surgeon a call tomorrow as soon as his office opens. He is perky and being his naughty self and also trying to chase rabbits (UGH). It is all done while hopping on 3 legs. Just breaks my heart.
Basset with elbow dysplasia surgery
Hello folks - first post on this forum and thank you in advance for the assistance. My 2 year old basset (Zack) had elbow dysphasia surgery on Wednesday 8/29. No pins on the outside but the ortho used wires instead. For the most part he is doing OK - lot of pain controlled through meds but one thing is that he is refusing to put any weight on the leg. The on-call this weekend was not much help so looking for some insights from folks who have gone through similar surgeries. Many thanks.
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Zack is always on the leash and tied to a fixed object. There were a couple of times he made the run for the rabbits - suckers can be so nimble when they want to be. Thanks all for the advice. We called the surgeon on Monday and his take was that it will take 2-3 weeks before they put weight on the leg. So far so good we hope.2 points:
agree about the cage rest. was critical for 5 weeks with us. out to pee, poop on lead then back in cage
disagree about no evidence surgery works.
Sophies before and after xrays show the clear improvement in the elbow congruency (and of course the other problems corrected by the surgery)
He is supervised - for the most part. Bless my wife. I travel for work Mon-Thurs so she does the heavy lifting.OK but is he supervised, any period of recovery should be kept calm & monitored. Weight bearing is good but again supervised.
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