Welcome home Xena!  I'm so glad you got a happy girl when you picked her up.  Be careful not to let her overdo it.  That local anesthetic is keeping her from feeling the pain so she may try to do more than she should.  

Libby is a front right amp. She came home bandaged so I didn't have a visible seeping issue.  After her bandages came off I cut one of my husbands t-shirt right at the waist and trimmed the sleeves.  I put that on her to keep the area clean.  I used a safety pin to secure it so it didn't drag and get her good foot caught in it.  That may help your issue.

Others here may have better ideas.

Way to go Xena!

Chloe,

I'm very glad to hear that Xena is doing so good. 

Here's my recent experiences...

Food:  My Brendol is on day 10 post amputation and she's acting like nothing has changed.  But when I got her home, she was very lethargic (as expected) for the first 3 days.  She wasn't all that interested in her food, so I would add some moist food to her kibble and then she thought she was in heaven and ate like a champ. 

Stairs:  Stairs were a huge concern for me too.  We have 3 to get up to get into the house, which was a breeze for her since she's a front amputee.  But then we had 2 and then another 4 to get out the back of the house to the yard.  That she wouldn't even attempt for 4 days.  I tried a sling that I made of an old pillow case, so that it could distribute the weight under her for support and it was long enough for me to stand upright and give her help.  Turns out, she didn't trust me with it and still wouldn't attempt the stairs, so I ended up having to carry her down.  When I had other people there to help, I could spot her down with the sling because then she was interested in going to them.  I also have a two-story house, so I slept downstairs for the first 3 nights and then on the 4th day, I went upstairs to get something and she followed me up the whole flight on her own.  Bad news was I still had to get her down.  So for the first two times, I ended up carrying her down.  But by the morning of the 5th day, she was going down all the stairs on her own.  She's a bit stubborn and just doesn't like me helping her.

Depression:  Some have mentioned that your dog may go into a little bit of a funk.  My Brendol didn't completely go into a funk, but she just wasn't as peppy as usual while still healing.  I understood.  But I also got friends to come visit which always made her so happy.  I think having visitors come over has helped her cope so much better.

Incision:  Brendol's vet did not bandage up her incision.  We did have a drain for the first 4 days.  So I kept a t-shirt on her the same as others on this post have said.  It worked great to keep her from messing with her stitiches and also to protect furniture from the small bits of weeping that occured from the drain site.  The incision site never had any problems so far.

Once I had to come back to work, I put her in a tshirt and an e-collar.  Now that she's feeling good, the t-shirt didn't stay on very long.  She somehow has figured out how to get it off.  So I've abondoned that.  But the e-collar is on when I'm not there to monitor her.  Today should be the last day for the collar because we will already be getting the stitches out on Monday. 

That's the extent of what I've dealt with so far.  I hope Xena continues to impress you, as I'm sure she will .

Karma and Brendol

Super duper!  Yey!  Bathroom activities and a bit of normal routine.  Keep it up!

Oh how sweet.  I just want to cuddle up on the couch with her.