HI! Thanks for the quick response, he got up and wanted to eat but he's still yelping when I touch his neck. He has also been yelling whenever I go to connect his leash to his collar, I'm wondering if that's just anxiety. He was on gabapentin, Rimadyl, tramadol, and an antibiotic. He has finished everything but some tramadol which I am giving him incase he's still in pain. I think he finished all his meds about a week ago. He did seem to be maybe a little less yelpy when he was on the gabapentin but since the surgery he has seemed to be sensitive around his neck and shoulder area. I thought maybe it was because of his stitches but those have been out about a week now. He's 8 1/2 maybe close to 9 (he was a rescue). He's been doing so good walking but it breaks my heart whenever he yelps, I've been trying to go easy on him and we do very short walks, but I know it's good for him to get up and hop around if he wants to. 

Thank you! That helps! His walks are typically about half way down our street block and back. We live in NY so it's hard for him to find spots he wants to use. Within the house he moves around pretty good and his balance is getting better everyday, he even has traction on our linoleum floors which is awesome. He gets up and down from the couch and I have my bed on the floor now so he can sleep with me. I guess I didn't know about any core strengthening exercises . The vet where he got his initial surgery done hasn't really been very helpful to me at all with any information. His initial recovery was really rough and I couldn't get him to walk for almost the first week. So I had an at home vet come to see him which is the one that will be seeing him tomorrow. Once I figure out how to get a picture on here I will! Haha

Thanks for the info every one! The vet came by today and said she thinks that given what he has gone through that it isn't irregular for him to still be in pain. She reccomensed we put him back on gabapentin and rimadyl while he is still healing and that she would recommend a Chinese herb to give him that helps to make him heal faster all together. She also reccomended I start also giving him supplements to keep him healthy and strong and help with his joints etc. She gave me the name of a place in NY that does water therapy for dogs called Green Dog, but she said it is not certified. The other place listed on the directory here I think relocated to Oakland :/ my vet also told me about something called laser therapy? Has anyone ever heard of that? She said it is supposed to help them to hear faster and revitalize the cells and reduce pain. This sounds like a decent thing to do but a lot of the different therapies are very priceybso I want to be sure I choose the correct one.