Lucy has been limping around for about a month now. She is a herding dog and likes to make tight turns to cut Scout off when they are chasing each other. I had taken her to the vet, and they said she needed to be on dog rest so that she didn't tear the ACL the whole way. We were outside one day, and Lucy took off chasing Scout even though we were yelling at her to stop. She made a tight corner and yelped and came limping back up to the porch. From that point on she wouldn't put any weight on that foot. After another vet visit to confirm what we already knew, she was scheduled for ACL surgery.
Lucy is not a fan of the vet, strangers, being left alone or kennels. We knew this was going to be a rough day for her. I picked her up at 5pm and she was still pretty out of it. She seemed really disoriented and unsteady. I felt bad for her!
When we got her home, she just wanted to lay in our room where she felt safe. She was supposed to keep a cone on so she couldn't lick her incision, but she couldn't get comfortable with it on, so we took turns babysitting her.
She had the best babysitters ever!
She was supposed to be on kennel rest for 6 weeks. If you know Lucy at all you know that this was impossible. For one, she freaks out in a kennel and two she is super active and loves to be outside. We compromised by blocking her in a small area of our bedroom where Scout couldn't get her riled up. We would take turns sitting outside with her in the sun to make her happy. The first couple weeks were a little rough but from there she started doing better. It took almost 12 weeks before she would put weight on that leg.
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