We recently adopted a loving 3-5 yr old adorable pooch who had an apparent history of horrid abuse. (Was dumped at a shelter with a months-old untreated femur fracture, had a healed but crooked tail fracture, and whatever else happened to him) . He was saved from the shelter by a wonderful rescue organization and a loving foster Mom before we got him. After consulting with several orthopedic surgeons, we proceeded with amputation of the leg due to the low likelihood of successful reconstruction based on the condition. He was hopping around only for brief potty excursions day 2 postop when he let out a shreik and collapsed, unable to walk on the remaining rear leg. After 3 weeks of cold laser, rest etc conservative treatment, he is now post op lateral suture blown CCL and meniscus tear repair. He is remaining hospitalized in a tertiary referral/ rehab hospital for initial healing and rehabilitation since he literally doesn't have a leg to stand on right now, and to keep him safest. (Our other dog wants to play!) I wanted to share my story and am wondering if there are any other tripawd members who have had a rear amp have to have surgery on the remaining back leg. Any insight is welcome due to the challenges. We do have a "babygate playpen" set up with a rug in it as he cannot be crated (goes ballistic- must have been shoved in a small one for inordinate periods of time as part of his former abuse). We've already been seeing a certified therapist athough he had only had cold laser before and after his first (amp) surgery with her so far, but she'll be able to do pool etc later. Massage and range of motion will be tough because of his history- he is hypervigilant with any attempts at touching his whole back half. I also need anti-floor slip advice. We have 3600 sqft hardwood floor house and can't have rugs (to trip my 90 year old shuffling mom. ...) Does that glue-sand paw stuff work? He pulled off the socks.....nails and between pad fur were clipped under sedation....