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Wyatt Ray does not look impressed!

I looked up that cone and it doesn't look like you can get them shipped to Canada..too bad, although we may be cone free by the time one arrives anyways. fingers crossed. That looks like the solution though, I will keep my eye out for something similar (I'm sure this isn't the last time I have a dog in a cone)!

Jerry is progressing really well, it's just this incision is taking longer than expected to heal up. That blistered area has healed almost completely, I'm just patiently waiting for this area to stop draining a very small amount of serous fluid (slightly blood tinged). I'm cleaning it twice a day with the chlorhexadine wash and drying it well, but there is still a slow drip of fluid. Seeing my vet this week for anincisicon recheck so we will see how things are then.

Jerry finally got his clean bill of post-op health from the vet today and I am so happy!!

He was put on another week of antibiotics last week after my vet looked at the fluid leaking from his incision on a slide and saw lots of neutrophils. His incision finally stopped leaking 4 days ago and is completely healed now! For anyone looking back at this thread if they have a greyhound with an amputation..Jerry was a very slow healer. He had a lot of swelling and bruising for about another 5 or 6 days after the stitches came out which was closer to 3 weeks post-op with still significant swelling and bruising. There was never any obvious infection in the incision but a blister that popped beside the incision and a small opening in the incision that continued to leak some pinkish serous fluid (up until post-op day 27) was enough to put Jerry on antibiotics to stay ahead of any potential infection  and the second time to possibly treat a very early infection and to get that last little spot to heal up. It has been a long, emotional couple of months but we have made it out the other side.

Jerry's restlessness has completely resolved since he has been out of the cone and he is back to his old self. No more trazadone! His incision was stubborn to heal but all in all he did really well in his recovery. I saw Jerry turn a real corner a couple days ago when he started throwing his toys around and wanting to play. (that was at the 4 weeks post-op mark). It is so great to have my boy back!

I want to say this site has been so helpful and the support has been great, What a fantastic resource for anyone facing their pet having a limb amputated. It was scary and emotional, and the initial reaction "what have I done to my dog" is real, but now I see Jerry back to his old self, I'm glad I made the decision to save his life because he has adapted better than I ever imagined he would!