Hey All! 

Just joined this forum after somebody suggested it to me! I have a 8-10yr (not sure how old he is because we got him from the local SPCA) old male GSD. He was recently diagnosed with Soft tissue Sarcoma in his left hind leg. After much thought we decided to follow through with the amputation since he still was very energetic and his diagnosis never seemed to slow him down. 

so a little back story on him that we know about: he was picked up as a stray in Lake County, CA during the bad wild fires about 3yrs ago. The SPCA moved him to a local shelter and we met him and fell in love. He knew sit, stay, shake, was house trained and never chewed up anything in the house when we were gone. The more time we spent with him, the more attached he got to us (mostly my wife than me)

he’s always been like our shadow when we would go anywhere, he would get up and go with us. Walking into the other room? He’s there. Going to the bathroom? He ls waiting outside the door. As Covid hit he got extremely attached when my wife started working from home. He follows her everywhere. 

Now that he’s got 1 less leg, we are more concerned with his constant up and down, hopping, and following where we go. It seems like it’s gotten worse since he can’t go on longer walks because his mobility isn’t quite there yet.

our vet prescribed acepromazine along with some pain killers but even a half suggested dose causes him to be totally out of it. His walking gets worse but he still doesn’t try to stop following us. We were also given some doggie Zanax, but that doesn’t seem to work for his anxiety at all. 

When I say his walking gets worse, I mean he still

tries to follow us but he isn’t balanced anymore, he falls over and slips out, causing him to Bambi on the hardwood floor. 

we don’t know what to do, and are looking for any suggestions that might help calm him enough so he doesn’t follow us and fall down.

thanks!