My 9 year old black lab had a double TPLO surgery about 14 months ago. She had torn both ACLs as well as one of her meniscus. I was apprehensive about putting her through such a big surgery but she was essentially lame and was in good health otherwise. I’m happy to report that the surgery was a success and she is back to around 90% of where she was before she got injured. The surgery was definitely a lifesaving one for her. That being said, the recovery was no joke. The first 2 - 3 weeks were miserable. She definitely didn’t recover as quickly as what I’ve seen portrayed in some of these videos. It was hard on her physically and both of us mentally but we got through it. I just wanted to share with others as I hadn’t read of anyone doing a double TPLO. My surgeon recommended it and I’m glad I agreed.
Thank you for sharing your story! I’m glad to hear everything’s been going well with your black lab❤️It was hard enough dealing with the recovery for one knee and keeping my dog calm and in the pen for the first few weeks. I can’t imagine having to handle the recovery from the double TPLO surgery like that, so thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you for sharing. I wish there were more videos of recoveries. My 187lb Rottweiler had surgery on his left hind leg today. I am worried about everything, especially the possibility of the other leg getting injured during recovery. So happy your pup did well!
We have a 9 year old coon hound. She had her first TPLO a year ago and we are on day 2 of the recovery from the second surgery. I cannot imagine how difficult it was to do a double. At least you only had to get through recovery once. Glad to hear your pup got her quality of life back.
Thank you for documenting and sharing these videos. I watched these and they really helped me as my dog went through her TPLO surgery last year. Just found out we are going to have to go another TPLO on the other knee and am rewatching your videos as they provide lots of comfort and great insights
I used a device called the "Lick Sleeve" to replace the collar of shame normally used to protect the surgery site. It is reversible so it worked for both legs. She is in her second day of recovery on the second leg.
Our 10 year old pittie ruptured her left CCL, took her to the vet this afternoon...she goes in 10 days from now for the surgery. Thank you for documenting the progress of your beautiful fur baby...I'll be going over your vids to see how to proceed.
@@ObsessedWithDogs many thanks! my wife and I place our trust in the Lord Jesus to see us through this and to bring Abby much needed relief from her injury.
I don’t know if you guys are gonna do it, but make sure you put rugs down. You can’t have him slipping with his back leg. It could reverse what you’re having done. I don’t know if you know that I’m just throwing this out there my dog just had it six days ago today’s 24 September. Good luck. I’m a week today with my TPO dog who’s doing?
Thank you so much for posting these videos and sharing the links to products that helped you. My dog is having her TPLO surgery this week and I'm definitely anxious, but it really helps to have your videos as a resource.
Obsessed With Dogs I have a question! Today we are noticing a lot more swelling on ankle as well as lots of panting and crying. Did this happen with your pup? Also did you refrain her from laying on her bad leg? This is day 3 post op
@@hernandezfam559 There was a lot of swelling on my dog's ankle for a few days. She honestly didn't pant or cry at all though, so you may want to call your vet. I felt like her pain meds made her not really cry. I didn't specifically stop her from laying on her bad leg, I just let her lay down how she was comfortable, but I did feel like she would usually lay down with her bad leg on top.
@@ObsessedWithDogs Ok, thanks for your response! I think we may have figured out why he was panting and crying, the meds are upsetting his stomach so we had to stop one of them.
My girl is 14 months old and booked in. It is something i didn't anticipate so early on in her life. Best of luck for next week! Please keep us updated 🙏
Cutie pie. Our pittie tore his yesterday. Waiting for our vet to see him and give options. Our border collie is so sad that she can’t play with him. Hope all is well💕
Thanks for sharing! My baby girl, the one in my pic, recently had her TPLO surgery on first week of December and we’re on day 9 of recovery. I’m glad Riley took it very well it seems 😊 and I hope Riley recovered well and is now running around pain free! Have a safe & happy holiday!
So like you guys, I probably watched a lot of videos on this on RUclips, but I came across this company called lick sleeve. I have it on my dog now it’s reversible for both legs. If you have to have the other one done but you put it on them. it’s simple it saves you putting on that cone. My dog will not wear that cone. She doesn’t even go near her incision and it’s only for two weeks, but the lick sleeve is amazing
I wish I had found your channel yesterday . My Abby , also a black lab, just had her PTLO surgery yesterday and we are beginning our rehabilitation journey. Thank you for sharing your experience, I don’t feel as intimidated now. Glad your baby girl is doing well.
I hope everything goes well throughout the recovery and rehab process! I watched sooo many videos before Riley had TPLO surgery, so I wanted to document the recovery process too.
she seems so calm! my baby is due this Thursday! and she's normally really calm.. im just so scared as a college student ending the semester these next couples of weeks too.
Quick update. Thanks again for the helpful videos. Comfy Cone is perfect. Day 3 post op for Koko, everything good so far. First day was the toughest coming out of anesthesia and figuring out the limitations.
My dog is definitely having lethargy due to the medications post surgery. I hope mine is more willing to walk the next week. Tomorrow will be first week since surgery and he barely gets up. And he seems so out of it and just tired. I miss my buddy 😢
my dog just tonight slipped on the hard wood small section inbetween the rugs, I am so careful about that, but dang it! the yelp was the tell tale ,, holding his leg up,, :( thank you for this video,, it is so hard for them going through all of this rehab,, you championed your baby,, bless you , hugs to your furbaby .
Getting ready to have this done in a week or two with my 5 year old Abbey. She's a mixed breed mainly german short haired pointer. It'll be her first surgery of any kind. I'm hoping it goes well. My vet said it'll cost $3000 in all which includes them keeping her there the first week after surgery. I'm scared for my baby :( but I think it's the best thing to do for her since she doesn't put any weight hardly at all on her back leg. They said it's a partial tear CCL. She's SO ACTIVE
I hope Abbey has a perfect recovery! In my opinion, it honestly was worth it. Riley was limping so badly before the surgery and now she is at 5 months post-op and is doing much better. She still does baby her leg more than I was expecting, but I still do exercises with her to continue to encourage her to put more and more weight on that leg. She's walks really well, but it's when she is just standing still that she will kick her foot back and not put full weight on that leg. I'm hopeful that her leg will just continue to get stronger each month. Also, $3000 seems like a very fair price. Riley's surgery was $5000 and they didn't even keep her over for one night.
ObsessedWith Dogs thanks for the reply. I hope she doesn’t have a limp when it’s all said and done. That would stink. My dog is so active so it’s going to be so hard keeping her still for however many weeks. 12 I think they said it was. They’ll keep her the first week and maybe longer (I have to pay so much per day after the first week). You have a beautiful dog btw. You can tell he loves you very much
Our pup goes into TPLO surgery tomorrow morning 😢 I’m so glad Riley recovered nicely! Hope she’s doing great now!! We want to get that brace thing for her.
I greet you with gratitude, I have a mixed doberman dog that is 28 kg and I will have to operate in 2 days. My problem is that I live on the 4th floor and I do not have an elevator. There are a lot of stairs, my dog will be able to cope with these stairs?Nice please give me a tip, thank you from my heart and greet you from Germany.❤❤❤
Hi there, 4 flights of stairs will honestly be very hard for your dog to do after surgery, especially the first couple weeks after surgery. I personally would not even attempt the stairs the first few weeks after surgery. Instead, I would set up some sort of turf/grass area or puppy pad area inside my apartment where my dog could use the bathroom every day, instead of trying to get the dog down 4 flights of stairs and outside. Unless you’re able to carry the dog, but that seems like a heavy dog to carry down so many stairs.
@@ObsessedWithDogs Thank you very much for the answer, I am grateful. Yes, I have to find a solution for my dog to make her needs in the house in the apartment. I need to find a solution. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.🙏🥰
my dog just had his second tplo in 10 months , his first surgery was a success but after 8 months his other leg gave out so since i spent soooo much on the first i had to get him the second .its been 5 days now and hes recovering well .thank goodness for drugs...for him ,elvis is a lab/bull terrier mix and is 4 years old
Thank you for sharing. Vet didn’t warn us about swelling around the hock. Are baby’s swelled up day 2. Can thank cov 19 for not being able to be in the vets office and getting proper discharge instructions.
Yeah the fake plandemic has done a number on all sorts of things. It’s incredible more people haven’t stood up to it, but people are line followers. Sad. I experienced the same. Hated it.
I know this video was a long time ago now but I have a question! How did you get your sweet pup back in the car after surgery? I am so worried about that. I will be borrowing my boyfriend’s car (which is much lower to the ground than mine) but still concerned. Did you have to pick her up and put her in the car?
I brought my dad with me to help me cause I was worried about carrying Riley by myself. I thought I would have to carry Riley out the door of the vet’s building and to my car, but I didn’t have to do that because she was able to walk/hop pretty well on three legs which I was very surprised about. So once we got to my car I just had to be able to pick her up and put her in. Riley weighed at least 75lbs but I was still able to lift her up and down by myself, although my dad did help and he did the lifting that day. I have an SUV so we put Riley into the trunk part of the SUV. I do think that one of the vet techs would help you lift your dog into the car when you’re leaving after surgery. But then, of course, you would have to do the lifting to get your dog out of the car once you got home. Whenever I had to lift Riley, I honestly felt like my adrenaline kicked in and helped me lift my heavy dog.
@@ObsessedWithDogs thank you so much!!! That was really a helpful response. Yes I’ll definitely have my dad and/or boyfriend with me to help me lift my girl, she’s about 100lbs. Thank you again
I would say that I would have tried crate rest for longer, to see how the dog does, before getting the surgery so quickly. Overall I thought the procedure was worth it because I felt like Riley was able to walk better after the surgery than she was walking before the surgery, cause her limp was bad before the surgery. But I will say that her walking didn’t get as good after the surgery as I thought it would get. I felt like she always babied her surgery leg afterwards. Even when she was walking on the underwater treadmill during rehab, the doctors thought her range of motion was not as good as it should have been and as good as they typically see after this surgery. So I don’t know why Riley always babied her leg. I personally felt like I was diligent about doing rehab exercises and range of motion exercises with her every day. Riley just turned 9 years old a few days the surgery, so possibly younger dogs bounce back better and get their range of motion back better than older dogs do.
Hey hey. My golden just got his tplo surgery today. Where did ya buy ur soft cone?? I would like to get my burton one bc it looks wayyyyy better than the usual ones. Thank u so much! Ur video calmed me down before this surgery
Hey, I hope the recovery process with your golden goes well!❤️ The soft cone I got was the brand name Comfy Cone but it doesn’t look like it’s on Amazon anymore, so this cone looks kinda similar: amzn.to/3HUFJVI
Did you have a hard time getting her to sit/lay down after taking her in her potty breaks? Our mastiff is 140lbs and the first two days it took us an hour to get him to sit down so our back were really sore from carrying his back legs in the sling/harness? We’ve finally can get to sit and lay down after 20 minutes but wondered if you had the same problem.
Oh no! I personally didn't experience that problem. When I would take Riley in from a potty break, I would bring her into her pen and she would just lay down right away.
Thanks so much for the video. Our Koko is going in for surgery next week and this was a huge help! Koko is 83 lbs black lab just like Riley. We are looking at the Comfy Cone. Can you share what size you used?👍
I’m glad the video helped! And I hope everything goes well with Koko’s surgery and recovery process.❤️ I checked my Amazon order history and it looks like I got an XL for the comfy cone and that’s the size they showed as being good for retrievers. Riley was about 75lbs.
She's a year and a half post-op now and she can walk well, but it does seem like her knee is stiff a lot. She doesn't have a very wide range of motion with that leg. The vet said she might technically have arthritis in the knee at this point, which could cause the stiffness. But other than her stiff knee, she's doing great for a 10 year old dog! I hope everything goes well with your dog and his recovery! It was tough going through the long recovery process with her, but I ultimately I feel like it was worth it.
@@ObsessedWithDogs thank you so much for your video, and keeping up with comments /responses. My girl is 14 months and is booked in for surgery next week. Its things like stiffness and lack of range of motion that's making me want to do the CM route. So difficult
@@teamtruth It's definitely tough to know what's the right thing to do in this situation. I think it does depend on how bad the CCL tear is, like a full tear would near surgery but maybe a partial tear could be managed with a brace and restricted movement for a few weeks? I don't know, but it is a hard decision. I wasn't expecting Riley to have this much stiffness in the joint after the surgery, especially because I was super diligent about doing all of her physical therapy exercises everyday. But I know that she's an old girl at this point, so I guess the stiffness could really be arthritis in the joint like the vet suggested. I hope everything goes well with your girl! It's tough that this happened to her at a young age, but hopefully she'll heal up nicely and recover well from this injury!
Not sure, it sounds like your dog is babying the leg and trying to keep weight off of it. You could see what your vet thinks or what a dog physical therapist thinks, but they may suggest just to keep doing small exercises with your dog and encouraging the dog to put weight on the leg.
I just bought mine on Amazon. I put a link in the description of the one that I bought, although it looks like that specific one might be out of stock at the moment. I hope everything goes well with the dogs surgery!❤️
Oh no! I’m wishing the best for you and your baby. My dog is almost one year post-op and she’s been doing great. She’s just about to turn 10 years old too. We don’t really play fetch anymore cause it’s not worth the risk of her possibly getting injured again, but she walks really well on her leg and I feel like the surgery was truly worth it.
Riley's TPLO surgery cost around $5k - $6k and thankfully my pet insurance covered a large bulk of the cost. Riley was still able to squat and go to the bathroom after the surgery although for the very first week I did use a sling under her belly to help give her support while she was squatting down.
@@ObsessedWithDogs Thanks. We don't have insurance. Strange times lol. My parents generation just used a 22. The is is gonna hurt the bank account. May have to exploit my kids and make a GoFundMe for the dog 😂.
Keeping them in the pen for so long is definitely tough! Dogs seem to bounce back so quickly and just want to run and play even though they need to heal. I hope everything goes well with your dogs surgery and recovery! Riley is doing pretty well now. She's just about 2 years post-op now and almost 11 years old and she does seem stiff when walking and when standing up, and the vet thinks she might just have arthritis at this point. But she's still doing pretty well for an old lady.
I hope everything goes well during the recovery process! I personally used one of the fence playpen things instead of the crate, just so I could give my dog more room than a crate would give her. The playpen also enabled me to be able to lay in there with her and pet her while I was just watching TV in the living room.
I'm so sorry to hear that your dog will need to go through two operations. It will definitely be a tough few weeks caring for her, but using a sling or just getting a big towel that you can use as a sling under her belly will help you support the weight of her backside which will help to get her outside for bathroom breaks.
My boy hates the sling and after having him home a few hours he is still peeing himself and doesn’t understand why. That didn’t happen with the other leg last year and I hope he soon recovers enough to feel confident moving
@@Jjules-zo5fr oh no! Hopefully he got better as the days went on. The sling might be more uncomfortable for male dogs. Riley didn't seem to mind it too much and I really only used the sling for the first week.
My dog had the surgery yesterday, the bandages he has makes it look like he is in a cast. Had no problem peeing, but wondering how he will poop. Still waiting
I did her rehab exercises twice per day, morning and night. And it took me maybe 10 or 15 minutes both morning and night to work her through the list of rehab exercises she had to do each week. I also did little walks each day which were technically part of her rehab. Like for the first couple weeks you're supposed to start out with 5 minute walks, then 10 minutes, and you can gradually increase the length of the walks as the weeks go on and your dog heals up more and more.
Riley was actually pretty good about going out and peeing that first week. I do think it took a couple days for her to first poop after surgery, due to the anesthesia meds she was on for the surgery.
What did you want to know about TPLO surgery that you feel would be more useful? I’m happy to answer any questions about it. I also made a video called “How to prepare for TPLO surgery-12 Tips” if that helps you. When I was watching videos before my dog’s surgery, I thought it was quite useful to see how much the dog was putting weight on the leg and to see what to expect the incision to look like within the first week.
Actually my dog had this surgery done 4 days ago and I found her video exceptionally (showing the steps to get outside) helpful including the links at the end of the description (I'm buying those mats, I had hardwood floors). I think it was wonderful that she took the time during a very stressful and expensive procedure to help those of us that need information and encouragement.
I don’t know if you guys are gonna do it, but make sure you put rugs down. You can’t have him slipping with his back leg. It could reverse what you’re having done. I don’t know if you know that I’m just throwing this out there my dog just had it six days ago today’s 24 September. Good luck. I’m a week today with my TPO dog who’s doing?
My 9 year old black lab had a double TPLO surgery about 14 months ago. She had torn both ACLs as well as one of her meniscus. I was apprehensive about putting her through such a big surgery but she was essentially lame and was in good health otherwise. I’m happy to report that the surgery was a success and she is back to around 90% of where she was before she got injured. The surgery was definitely a lifesaving one for her. That being said, the recovery was no joke. The first 2 - 3 weeks were miserable. She definitely didn’t recover as quickly as what I’ve seen portrayed in some of these videos. It was hard on her physically and both of us mentally but we got through it. I just wanted to share with others as I hadn’t read of anyone doing a double TPLO. My surgeon recommended it and I’m glad I agreed.
Thank you for sharing your story! I’m glad to hear everything’s been going well with your black lab❤️It was hard enough dealing with the recovery for one knee and keeping my dog calm and in the pen for the first few weeks. I can’t imagine having to handle the recovery from the double TPLO surgery like that, so thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you for sharing 🙏
Thank you for sharing. I wish there were more videos of recoveries. My 187lb Rottweiler had surgery on his left hind leg today. I am worried about everything, especially the possibility of the other leg getting injured during recovery. So happy your pup did well!
We have a 9 year old coon hound. She had her first TPLO a year ago and we are on day 2 of the recovery from the second surgery. I cannot imagine how difficult it was to do a double. At least you only had to get through recovery once. Glad to hear your pup got her quality of life back.
My dog has surgery in about two weeks. I’m trying to mentally prepare as much as possible. Thank you for posting.
I hope everything goes well with your dogs surgery and recovery❤️
Thank you for documenting and sharing these videos. I watched these and they really helped me as my dog went through her TPLO surgery last year. Just found out we are going to have to go another TPLO on the other knee and am rewatching your videos as they provide lots of comfort and great insights
I’m so happy to hear the videos have helped you! I hope everything goes well with the surgery and recovery on your dog’s other knee❤️
I used a device called the "Lick Sleeve" to replace the collar of shame normally used to protect the surgery site. It is reversible so it worked for both legs. She is in her second day of recovery on the second leg.
Our 10 year old pittie ruptured her left CCL, took her to the vet this afternoon...she goes in 10 days from now for the surgery.
Thank you for documenting the progress of your beautiful fur baby...I'll be going over your vids to see how to proceed.
I’m wishing you all the best and I hope everything goes well with your dog’s surgery and recovery process!
@@ObsessedWithDogs many thanks! my wife and I place our trust in the Lord Jesus to see us through this and to bring Abby much needed relief from her injury.
I’m on day 2 after surgery. Thank you for sharing your journey.
I hope everything goes well with recovery!!❤️
I don’t know if you guys are gonna do it, but make sure you put rugs down. You can’t have him slipping with his back leg. It could reverse what you’re having done. I don’t know if you know that I’m just throwing this out there my dog just had it six days ago today’s 24 September. Good luck. I’m a week today with my TPO dog who’s doing?
Our black lab is getting the surgery tomorrow. Thanks for sharing! I hope shes doing so much better now
How is your dog doing?
Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for posting these videos and sharing the links to products that helped you. My dog is having her TPLO surgery this week and I'm definitely anxious, but it really helps to have your videos as a resource.
I'm happy the videos have helped you! I'm sending over lots of positive thoughts to you and your dog and I hope your dog heals up nicely.
Thank you so much for sharing this! My pup just had his surgery on Tuesday.
I'm wishing your pup a speedy recovery!
Obsessed With Dogs I have a question! Today we are noticing a lot more swelling on ankle as well as lots of panting and crying. Did this happen with your pup? Also did you refrain her from laying on her bad leg? This is day 3 post op
@@hernandezfam559 There was a lot of swelling on my dog's ankle for a few days. She honestly didn't pant or cry at all though, so you may want to call your vet. I felt like her pain meds made her not really cry. I didn't specifically stop her from laying on her bad leg, I just let her lay down how she was comfortable, but I did feel like she would usually lay down with her bad leg on top.
@@ObsessedWithDogs Ok, thanks for your response! I think we may have figured out why he was panting and crying, the meds are upsetting his stomach so we had to stop one of them.
Thank you for sharing Riley’s healing process! It’s been helpful for us- our dog, Ladybird, will be going in for her surgery soon!
I'm glad the videos have helped! I hope everything goes well with Ladybird's surgery!!
We are having it done next week. Our dog just turned 3 in January.
My girl is 14 months old and booked in. It is something i didn't anticipate so early on in her life. Best of luck for next week! Please keep us updated 🙏
I hope everything goes well with the surgery and recovery!! Sending lots of good thoughts your way!
Cutie pie. Our pittie tore his yesterday. Waiting for our vet to see him and give options. Our border collie is so sad that she can’t play with him. Hope all is well💕
Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that! :( Hopefully he will be ok and everything will go well if he ends up needing the TPLO surgery.
how did it go?
Thanks for sharing! My baby girl, the one in my pic, recently had her TPLO surgery on first week of December and we’re on day 9 of recovery. I’m glad Riley took it very well it seems 😊 and I hope Riley recovered well and is now running around pain free! Have a safe & happy holiday!
How is your baby doing?! Update us please! My girl is 14 months and booked in next week, I feel sick to my stomach!
So like you guys, I probably watched a lot of videos on this on RUclips, but I came across this company called lick sleeve. I have it on my dog now it’s reversible for both legs. If you have to have the other one done but you put it on them. it’s simple it saves you putting on that cone. My dog will not wear that cone. She doesn’t even go near her incision and it’s only for two weeks, but the lick sleeve is amazing
Thank you
I wish I had found your channel yesterday . My Abby , also a black lab, just had her PTLO surgery yesterday and we are beginning our rehabilitation journey. Thank you for sharing your experience, I don’t feel as intimidated now. Glad your baby girl is doing well.
I hope everything goes well throughout the recovery and rehab process! I watched sooo many videos before Riley had TPLO surgery, so I wanted to document the recovery process too.
Very helpful. My dog is on day 6 and it was really good to see a comparison
I hope everything goes well with your dog's recovery!
Thanks for the video, found it super helpful. I have an almost identical dog, and she just had her surgery today.
I’m glad it was helpful! I hope everything goes well with your dog’s surgery❤️🙏🏼
she seems so calm! my baby is due this Thursday! and she's normally really calm.. im just so scared as a college student ending the semester these next couples of weeks too.
Quick update. Thanks again for the helpful videos. Comfy Cone is perfect. Day 3 post op for Koko, everything good so far. First day was the toughest coming out of anesthesia and figuring out the limitations.
My dog is definitely having lethargy due to the medications post surgery. I hope mine is more willing to walk the next week. Tomorrow will be first week since surgery and he barely gets up. And he seems so out of it and just tired. I miss my buddy 😢
😢It’s a tough recovery process, but I hope your boy heals up really well after surgery❤️
my dog just tonight slipped on the hard wood small section inbetween the rugs, I am so careful about that, but dang it! the yelp was the tell tale ,, holding his leg up,, :( thank you for this video,, it is so hard for them going through all of this rehab,, you championed your baby,, bless you , hugs to your furbaby .
Oh no! I hope your dog's leg is OK.
I want to see week #2. Thank for sharing. My Sawyer dog is on day 5 of recovery.
I hope Sawyer's recovery is going well so far!
Hi, how is Sawyer doing? Can we have an update 💗
My 4 yo lab just had his TPLO surgery a week ago. He’s managing pretty well, I have to say! But no lie, he hates the cone!!
That’s great that he is managing well! I’m sending well wishes your way and I hope he heals up great from this surgery!❤️
Getting ready to have this done in a week or two with my 5 year old Abbey. She's a mixed breed mainly german short haired pointer. It'll be her first surgery of any kind. I'm hoping it goes well. My vet said it'll cost $3000 in all which includes them keeping her there the first week after surgery. I'm scared for my baby :( but I think it's the best thing to do for her since she doesn't put any weight hardly at all on her back leg. They said it's a partial tear CCL. She's SO ACTIVE
I hope Abbey has a perfect recovery! In my opinion, it honestly was worth it. Riley was limping so badly before the surgery and now she is at 5 months post-op and is doing much better. She still does baby her leg more than I was expecting, but I still do exercises with her to continue to encourage her to put more and more weight on that leg. She's walks really well, but it's when she is just standing still that she will kick her foot back and not put full weight on that leg. I'm hopeful that her leg will just continue to get stronger each month. Also, $3000 seems like a very fair price. Riley's surgery was $5000 and they didn't even keep her over for one night.
ObsessedWith Dogs thanks for the reply. I hope she doesn’t have a limp when it’s all said and done. That would stink. My dog is so active so it’s going to be so hard keeping her still for however many weeks. 12 I think they said it was. They’ll keep her the first week and maybe longer (I have to pay so much per day after the first week). You have a beautiful dog btw. You can tell he loves you very much
Thx for sharing ❤🙏
My dog just had this surgery yesterday
Sending lots of love your way! I hope everything goes OK throughout the recovery process!
Falasha how are they now?
@@andrewskoullos1323 she’s great and made a full recovery, thanks for asking
They shaved that much fur off!! Picking my dog up tomorrow from surgery.
Our pup goes into TPLO surgery tomorrow morning 😢 I’m so glad Riley recovered nicely! Hope she’s doing great now!! We want to get that brace thing for her.
I hope everything went well with the surgery and that your dog is now on the road to recovery!❤️🐾
How is ur dog doing w recovery?? My dog just got his tplo surgery today. Hope ur pup is doing good!
I greet you with gratitude, I have a mixed doberman dog that is 28 kg and I will have to operate in 2 days. My problem is that I live on the 4th floor and I do not have an elevator. There are a lot of stairs, my dog will be able to cope with these stairs?Nice please give me a tip, thank you from my heart and greet you from Germany.❤❤❤
Hi there, 4 flights of stairs will honestly be very hard for your dog to do after surgery, especially the first couple weeks after surgery. I personally would not even attempt the stairs the first few weeks after surgery. Instead, I would set up some sort of turf/grass area or puppy pad area inside my apartment where my dog could use the bathroom every day, instead of trying to get the dog down 4 flights of stairs and outside. Unless you’re able to carry the dog, but that seems like a heavy dog to carry down so many stairs.
@@ObsessedWithDogs Thank you very much for the answer, I am grateful. Yes, I have to find a solution for my dog to make her needs in the house in the apartment. I need to find a solution. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.🙏🥰
Thank you!
Thanks for watching! I’m glad the video helped.
my dog just had his second tplo in 10 months , his first surgery was a success but after 8 months his other leg gave out so since i spent soooo much on the first i had to get him the second .its been 5 days now and hes recovering well .thank goodness for drugs...for him ,elvis is a lab/bull terrier mix and is 4 years old
Oh no! I'm wishing Elvis a fast and successful recovery
@@ObsessedWithDogs thanks he gets his stitches out Monday then we start some slow leash walks out side unless we have too much snow
Thank you for sharing. Vet didn’t warn us about swelling around the hock. Are baby’s swelled up day 2. Can thank cov 19 for not being able to be in the vets office and getting proper discharge instructions.
I'm wishing your baby a speedy recovery! The swelling was pretty freaky looking and I would have been nervous if the vet didn't warn me about it.
Yeah the fake plandemic has done a number on all sorts of things. It’s incredible more people haven’t stood up to it, but people are line followers. Sad. I experienced the same. Hated it.
Shouldn’t there be non slip mats down for him/her?
Thanks for sharing...
I know this video was a long time ago now but I have a question! How did you get your sweet pup back in the car after surgery? I am so worried about that. I will be borrowing my boyfriend’s car (which is much lower to the ground than mine) but still concerned. Did you have to pick her up and put her in the car?
I brought my dad with me to help me cause I was worried about carrying Riley by myself. I thought I would have to carry Riley out the door of the vet’s building and to my car, but I didn’t have to do that because she was able to walk/hop pretty well on three legs which I was very surprised about. So once we got to my car I just had to be able to pick her up and put her in. Riley weighed at least 75lbs but I was still able to lift her up and down by myself, although my dad did help and he did the lifting that day. I have an SUV so we put Riley into the trunk part of the SUV.
I do think that one of the vet techs would help you lift your dog into the car when you’re leaving after surgery. But then, of course, you would have to do the lifting to get your dog out of the car once you got home. Whenever I had to lift Riley, I honestly felt like my adrenaline kicked in and helped me lift my heavy dog.
@@ObsessedWithDogs thank you so much!!! That was really a helpful response. Yes I’ll definitely have my dad and/or boyfriend with me to help me lift my girl, she’s about 100lbs. Thank you again
Mi perrita tiene una semana de operada... gracias por tus video han sido de gran ayuda. Qué Dios te bendiga.
I hope everything has been going well with your dog's recovery process!❤
My dog is getting surgery I am very nervous
Overall would you recommend this procedure? Our 9 year old pit tore her CCL and this is the procedure the vet is recommending.
I would say that I would have tried crate rest for longer, to see how the dog does, before getting the surgery so quickly. Overall I thought the procedure was worth it because I felt like Riley was able to walk better after the surgery than she was walking before the surgery, cause her limp was bad before the surgery. But I will say that her walking didn’t get as good after the surgery as I thought it would get. I felt like she always babied her surgery leg afterwards. Even when she was walking on the underwater treadmill during rehab, the doctors thought her range of motion was not as good as it should have been and as good as they typically see after this surgery. So I don’t know why Riley always babied her leg. I personally felt like I was diligent about doing rehab exercises and range of motion exercises with her every day. Riley just turned 9 years old a few days the surgery, so possibly younger dogs bounce back better and get their range of motion back better than older dogs do.
Hey hey. My golden just got his tplo surgery today. Where did ya buy ur soft cone?? I would like to get my burton one bc it looks wayyyyy better than the usual ones. Thank u so much! Ur video calmed me down before this surgery
Hey, I hope the recovery process with your golden goes well!❤️ The soft cone I got was the brand name Comfy Cone but it doesn’t look like it’s on Amazon anymore, so this cone looks kinda similar: amzn.to/3HUFJVI
Did you have a hard time getting her to sit/lay down after taking her in her potty breaks? Our mastiff is 140lbs and the first two days it took us an hour to get him to sit down so our back were really sore from carrying his back legs in the sling/harness? We’ve finally can get to sit and lay down after 20 minutes but wondered if you had the same problem.
Oh no! I personally didn't experience that problem. When I would take Riley in from a potty break, I would bring her into her pen and she would just lay down right away.
Thanks so much for the video. Our Koko is going in for surgery next week and this was a huge help! Koko is 83 lbs black lab just like Riley. We are looking at the Comfy Cone. Can you share what size you used?👍
I’m glad the video helped! And I hope everything goes well with Koko’s surgery and recovery process.❤️ I checked my Amazon order history and it looks like I got an XL for the comfy cone and that’s the size they showed as being good for retrievers. Riley was about 75lbs.
@@ObsessedWithDogs Great, thanks!
Hi there! I am wondering where you got your play pen to keep your dog confined and also how tall it is? Thanks!
How is she doing now? I pray she made a full recovery. What a sweet girl. My boy goes in soon for his. I’m very anxious. :(
She's a year and a half post-op now and she can walk well, but it does seem like her knee is stiff a lot. She doesn't have a very wide range of motion with that leg. The vet said she might technically have arthritis in the knee at this point, which could cause the stiffness. But other than her stiff knee, she's doing great for a 10 year old dog! I hope everything goes well with your dog and his recovery! It was tough going through the long recovery process with her, but I ultimately I feel like it was worth it.
@@ObsessedWithDogs thank you so much for your video, and keeping up with comments /responses. My girl is 14 months and is booked in for surgery next week. Its things like stiffness and lack of range of motion that's making me want to do the CM route. So difficult
@@teamtruth It's definitely tough to know what's the right thing to do in this situation. I think it does depend on how bad the CCL tear is, like a full tear would near surgery but maybe a partial tear could be managed with a brace and restricted movement for a few weeks? I don't know, but it is a hard decision. I wasn't expecting Riley to have this much stiffness in the joint after the surgery, especially because I was super diligent about doing all of her physical therapy exercises everyday. But I know that she's an old girl at this point, so I guess the stiffness could really be arthritis in the joint like the vet suggested. I hope everything goes well with your girl! It's tough that this happened to her at a young age, but hopefully she'll heal up nicely and recover well from this injury!
My dog had her operation 10 days ago and although she walks on it ok she still lifts it up
Does anyone know if this is ok x
Not sure, it sounds like your dog is babying the leg and trying to keep weight off of it. You could see what your vet thinks or what a dog physical therapist thinks, but they may suggest just to keep doing small exercises with your dog and encouraging the dog to put weight on the leg.
Any updates, how is your dog doing
Where did you get the dog pen? Ours sons dog is getting ready to have it and we need something just like that.
I just bought mine on Amazon. I put a link in the description of the one that I bought, although it looks like that specific one might be out of stock at the moment. I hope everything goes well with the dogs surgery!❤️
Thank you! My baby is going need this surgery...We're seeing the surgeon on Saturday ☹ How is yours doing now?
Oh no! I’m wishing the best for you and your baby. My dog is almost one year post-op and she’s been doing great. She’s just about to turn 10 years old too. We don’t really play fetch anymore cause it’s not worth the risk of her possibly getting injured again, but she walks really well on her leg and I feel like the surgery was truly worth it.
I'm soooooo glad! And one again, thank you very much for taking the time to make your video...it was soooooo helpful!
My dog had the TPLO 4 weeks ago. The real challenge is, to restrict the dogs movement for such a long period... 😲
@@MoDrig72 how is your dog doing now?
@@teamtruth Thank you for asking! She is doing fine. The first weeks were hard, but managable. Now, 11 weeks after TPLO, everything is ok.
Thank you for this video! 😘my pitty just had his done yesterday
I hope your pitty has a speedy recovery!
Updates? My Bully is booked in for next week shes only 14 months 😭
What does TPLO surgery cost? Do dogs have trouble going to the bathroom after this?
Riley's TPLO surgery cost around $5k - $6k and thankfully my pet insurance covered a large bulk of the cost. Riley was still able to squat and go to the bathroom after the surgery although for the very first week I did use a sling under her belly to help give her support while she was squatting down.
@@ObsessedWithDogs Thanks. We don't have insurance. Strange times lol. My parents generation just used a 22. The is is gonna hurt the bank account. May have to exploit my kids and make a GoFundMe for the dog 😂.
My Aussie is about to go through this too, thanks for posting. & My Dexter is gonna have the same birthday too hahah
I hope everything goes well with the surgery and recovery!❤️
Thank you for this. Doing TPLO surgery next month :( No idea how I can keep my guy in that pen for 8 weeks. Hows Riley doing now??
Keeping them in the pen for so long is definitely tough! Dogs seem to bounce back so quickly and just want to run and play even though they need to heal. I hope everything goes well with your dogs surgery and recovery!
Riley is doing pretty well now. She's just about 2 years post-op now and almost 11 years old and she does seem stiff when walking and when standing up, and the vet thinks she might just have arthritis at this point. But she's still doing pretty well for an old lady.
I’m thinking this too with mine we are 3 days out and mine is ready to run even on 3 legs
How much was surgery?
It cost around $5,000. I'm going to make a video soon detailing all the costs associated with it.
My mini pinch had her done today 4/12/2020.$3-5000.00 is very High.My vet cost $2030.Meds were $225.00
My boy had his yesterday in the UK price was £5600 plus £500 post op scans luckily insured or couldn’t have afforded it :(
Our doberman is having this surgery done today. Are you using a fence playpen thing or is it a crate?
I hope everything goes well during the recovery process! I personally used one of the fence playpen things instead of the crate, just so I could give my dog more room than a crate would give her. The playpen also enabled me to be able to lay in there with her and pet her while I was just watching TV in the living room.
@@ObsessedWithDogs thank you we wound up using a playpen as well.
My dog has to go through 2 operations for both hind knees. I am worried about peeing as she barely can do it now :/
I'm so sorry to hear that your dog will need to go through two operations. It will definitely be a tough few weeks caring for her, but using a sling or just getting a big towel that you can use as a sling under her belly will help you support the weight of her backside which will help to get her outside for bathroom breaks.
My boy hates the sling and after having him home a few hours he is still peeing himself and doesn’t understand why. That didn’t happen with the other leg last year and I hope he soon recovers enough to feel confident moving
@@Jjules-zo5fr oh no! Hopefully he got better as the days went on. The sling might be more uncomfortable for male dogs. Riley didn't seem to mind it too much and I really only used the sling for the first week.
My dog had the surgery yesterday, the bandages he has makes it look like he is in a cast. Had no problem peeing, but wondering how he will poop. Still waiting
How did she do months later???
Thanks for watching! I made some update videos and she's been doing pretty well after the surgery and she is now 1.5 year post-op.
How much time do you spend a day doing rehab?
I did her rehab exercises twice per day, morning and night. And it took me maybe 10 or 15 minutes both morning and night to work her through the list of rehab exercises she had to do each week. I also did little walks each day which were technically part of her rehab. Like for the first couple weeks you're supposed to start out with 5 minute walks, then 10 minutes, and you can gradually increase the length of the walks as the weeks go on and your dog heals up more and more.
How did potty time go? Hesitant?
Riley was actually pretty good about going out and peeing that first week. I do think it took a couple days for her to first poop after surgery, due to the anesthesia meds she was on for the surgery.
Strange my vet said to use hot compress.
Hmm that's strange, vets seem to have differing recommendations sometimes.
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fucking ridiculous that people are letting covid 19 stop them from being able to be there for there fur babies.
Vid shows next to nothing useful.
What did you want to know about TPLO surgery that you feel would be more useful? I’m happy to answer any questions about it. I also made a video called “How to prepare for TPLO surgery-12 Tips” if that helps you. When I was watching videos before my dog’s surgery, I thought it was quite useful to see how much the dog was putting weight on the leg and to see what to expect the incision to look like within the first week.
Actually my dog had this surgery done 4 days ago and I found her video exceptionally (showing the steps to get outside) helpful including the links at the end of the description (I'm buying those mats, I had hardwood floors). I think it was wonderful that she took the time during a very stressful and expensive procedure to help those of us that need information and encouragement.
I don’t know if you guys are gonna do it, but make sure you put rugs down. You can’t have him slipping with his back leg. It could reverse what you’re having done. I don’t know if you know that I’m just throwing this out there my dog just had it six days ago today’s 24 September. Good luck. I’m a week today with my TPO dog who’s doing?