Thanks everyone! Still doing ok, didnt let him go the stairs, im picking him up. Tonight, he show me that he needed to go outside to pee, YAY Bruising is getting worse, but Im not panicking!!! Its just weird, because its really located beneath the limb and not on the exterior. It feel ok to the touch. Do you make your dog sleep on the side of the amputation? Because I tried to turn him so maybe the pressure would be the opposite way, but he's not confortable and he switch side. He started to have an interested in the site, looking and sniffing it, but very little. He's due for his next pain killer, so I will watch to see if that mean he was in pain. Just took a 2h nap, he slept with me like a baby. He peed on himself(front leg) big time, I dont know if its the position or the power of the stream, but, I had to hose him down a bit, yuk!

My backyard is so cool, my neigbors have cows, so I can watch them and see beautiful sunset. But the non cool part is 4 dogs running around the pool and creating a mud bath...we will fix that area someday! LOL

Here are some pictures of the "event" 😉

Preparing the chicken leg LOL

Waiting for him to regain his reflexes so we can extube him and it was loooong, I hated that part

Waking very slowly at the clinic, I was beside him almost every minute of the day.

Pretty much daze and confused! Just arrived home 12h post op

The sleeping set up. I put a mattress in my office with his bed, but he climb into mine, so... we cuddle.

Vega smelled the amputation site and slept beside him for a bit, so cute. The other 2 dogs are not interested, but my 2 cats, wow, sniffing a lot.. lots of odors!

The perfect team for my boy's surgery!

I have a bit of photos of the surgery, but it is more hard core, so I dont know if I should post them here. One of his leg cut off is the "most difficult one" to look at I suppose. I have taken a video of the cutting of the bone, and the saw broke during this step!! I stop filming right then!!!! But everything was ok after. We were laughing a bit at this event saying that Novak was so tough, he broke the saw!

Thanks for all your comments, its really appreciated, it make me feel better and not alone. I like this web site for the before and after amputation, because really, we are alone with the dog at home, the medical team is not there to support us. Ok, I can call or text my vet anytime, but, I mean, I wont do that for small stuff, and detailing every part of his recovery 😉  

I think I will never do that again, work at the same time of this kind of surgery, I mean, I felt great prepping him, watching and helping the surgery, but after, it was really stressful and I was obsessing about every detail. At one point, I went in the front and didnt go see him for about 15 min, just to take a mental break. I think, that I would rather stress a bit at home, knowing my team is taking care of everything than to stay with him and stress BIG time. Knock on wood, I will never go through that again anyway. For small thing like dental work, neutering, Im fine. I assisted on Vega dental work in the spring and it went very well, she woke up in 2 sec LOLOL But she didnt have all those drugs in her system.

Last night, I went to bed at around 11pm and slept till 8am, woke up maybe 2 times during the night, Novak was panting a lot and drank  a lot of water, he did burp out a bit of water at one time, so I let him drink, but smaller portion at a time. So except those 2 episode of discomfort, I think it was a good night! And this morning, he was up and ready to go outside. He hop better and better, wow. Did a big pee on his front paw again and no poo 🙁 But he was himself again, wanting to play, his body showed me it usual way of beeing happy and wanting to jump on me and play, but of course, he cant do that yet.

So, because im picking him up to go down and up the stair, he just vomited!!! By holding him under the belly and chest he just let water out!! Its uncomfortable for him, so I let him go down and up just this time. Any suggestion for holding up and down the stairs? I tried to take back legs, but it hurts him because of the limb. Can I lift him with the harness?? Maybe it wont be as hard on his stomach?

And.........drum roll....... just did his first poo!!!!! A nice one too!!!!!

Took pictures of his limb and the vet told me that everything was fine, YES

Novak is starting to get more and more active, he wants to follow me everywhere, but he's stuck in the office, on the mattress, poor Novak, he wants to play.

I have some questions

1- How long does it take to be a normal thing, routine, you know, playing, running, getting around the house alone, being able to go down and up the stairs alone, etc...

2- Whats the best set up for leaving him home alone if we have to go out? Dont forget, I have 3 others dogs and 2 cats.

3- Can I leave the harness on him, will it create pressure wound or something? The buckles are on the left side, so he never sleep on them.

4- He started to take a sternal position, so he's on the tip of the limb now and not just laying on his right side, is that good?

Thanks again!