Hello Everyone,

Hoping to find some advice about our pup Cody. He is a nine year old Sheppard Boxer mix, 65 lbs. He just had his rear left leg amputated on Monday. We are still unsure of his exact diagnosis. He had a wound that would not heal for months. Initial biopsy came back negative, so it might have just been persistent infection. He was using the leg right up until amputation. It has been over four days now since the surgery and he has had consistent improvement. The first day he was at the vet so we could not observe him. The second day, once he was home, he did not want to move at all. Yesterday he started standing on his own to drink and eat. Today he is wanting to stand a lot and move around a little. Our concern is that he is that he is dragging his back leg and curling his foot under and putting weight on the top of his foot. We're concerned that he'll hurt his one good back leg and that will be a disaster. Are there any tips anyone has for helping him learn to flip his foot around?  We have mostly hardwood floors, but got some carpet runners to help. We try to help him while we are home, but will have to leave him most of the day Monday when we go to work and don't want him to drag around and hurt himself then.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  This is much harder than we thought it would be!

Thanks!