Thanks Jerry.  I am keeping a pretty close eye on him.  We never leave home alone, even overnight my daughter has been sleeping on the couch in the family room where his kennel is just in case he needs anything. He seems to be comfortable with the meds he's on now but we'll see as time goes on.  The sedative is more to keep him calm which is why we only give him some at night, we noticed he gets really restless and with the cone he doesn't have a lot of space.

I did want to mention, as I am sure you will all understand, he pooped today. First time since Friday...talk about a relief for both of us.  LOL

I was reading up on the rehab exercises posted here and talked to my daughter about it.  She is all for helping me with those and working on his strength.  We'll wait a bit until he gets his cone off before we start but I think between the two of us we can do it.  She has been a huge help with him and is really into training him.  If you have teens or had them you understand how big a deal this is....

He did get snappy with all of us last night, about an hour before he was due for his next does of meds so we will keep an eye on that as well. Overall I'm happy with how he is doing so far.

That's awesome news about the home rehab, just in time for us.

He's still doing well, eating more, walking well and no more snappy episodes. We even get kisses now and his cone comes off on Monday.

This week has been a whirlwind around here.

We are one week post amputation and you would almost think nothing happened. The vet says his incision is healing nicely, his hair is growing back, he has a snazzy new bed, no cone and is allowed outside in the backyard without a leash (supervised of course).

We have increased our walks to fully around the block and he still want to keep going, his strength doesn't seem to be lagging as he can still pull me around like before (he's always been a puller despite obedience training). 

Sunday i accidentally left the basement door open when checking laundry and someone decided that he could go down the stairs.  Surprise...Mom. Getting back up was a different story and we had to call Dad for help.  Yesterday, much to my chagrin he went up the stairs to bed on his own and back down this morning with no issues.  Personally I think it's too soon but I am losing the battle against my hubby and Marley so I do my best during the day to keep him relaxed and calm.  He seems to like his snuffle mat but so does his sister though so need to watch for competition there.

Most days he is happy and you would almost never know anything had happened. I'm amazed and grateful that his recovery has been going so well.