Hi everyone. My dog Daisy had her back leg removed 8 days ago due to a coyote attack. She is turning 13 in October and is a large beautiful mutt who's been my best friend for 12 years. 

After her attack, I brought her immediately to the emergency vet who stitched up the attack wounds, but had to wait 4 days to find a surgeon who would remove her leg due to the holiday. I ended up taking her about 4 hours away to a great surgeon who was able to perform the surgery. 

Months ago, Daisy tore her ACL and my vet and I decided to give her pain management instead of surgery due to her age- so much for keeping her out of surgery :/ but because of the already torn acl, the surgeon and I decided that amputation was a safer route than trying to repair the acl and the femur break in one shot. 

Now, my big issue is her recovery. She has not wanted to stand up at all since the accident. I have a harness on her and a sling under her belly to help her, and she just won't put weight on her legs. I don't know what to do. 

When she's laying down, she'll use her front paws to pull herself a few feet. But if I use the sling to lift up her hind end, she just makes herself limp on the front. 

She gets her staples out on Monday, and I plan on finding somewhere to try swimming with her, but I'd love any advice as to what to try before then. 

Multiple vets have told me that they think it's mostly mental at this point and that I need to keep trying, so I do every 4-5 hours. 

She HAS started to recover in other ways, she's no longer screaming in pain when I go near her hindend and she's been pulling with her front feet more and more. Also her spirits are much brighter since coming home. I move her out on our porch in rainy weather and into our lawn on nice days- she's loves being outside. 

Sorry for the novel. I know you all understand how much I love Daisy and why I'll do whatever I can. 

Thank you!!

Deby