Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat

Little update... Doris is doing really well today. She's eating really well! She's still having some fluid drainage from a spot in her incision. I sent photos to the vet hospital this am and they said it looked normal. Then I spoke with our regular vet to give them an update and they also wanted to see the photos. They also said it looked normal. Which is super relieving to hear!! Doris is more active and alert today (and even yesterday). She's getting around really well! She's tried to scratch her incision a few times today, I assume its itchy, so the shirt is def staying on! She still seems comfortable and not in pain, so we're happy about that but also keeping up with her pain meds. We are pleased with her progress so far and hope she keeps it up! Thank you all so much for your reassurance and support! It means so much to us! 

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Thanks guys! I'm definitely feeling a little more comfortable and confident. Not as anxious as the first few days, that's for sure. We had been doing a cold pack for the first 3 days and then switched over to a warm pack. Drs orders. She seems to be getting a little more uncomfortable a little sooner so I've been giving her the gabapentin a little sooner. She's been more tired today and a little less spunky. To be expected I suppose. She stumbled twice outside but no big deal. All in all, not a bad day... Just a lazy one lol 

Has anyone experienced muscle spasms with their dog before? I'm not positive that is what it is but it definitely seems muscular. New today, Doris has been tensing and straightening her front leg. She'll hold it out straight for a few seconds then relax it and will keep repeating that. It has happened twice today. Once this afternoon and once tonight. Tonight I tried gently rubbing the muscles of her leg and around her leg. It seemed to help and definitely decreased the frequency. Happens while laying on either side. At first I didn't know if it was a pain thing but I'm pretty sure its muscular. She doesn't seem to be in pain from it. And like I said the massage definitely seems to help. I'm assuming her muscles are tired and sore from trying to keep up with life on 3 legs. I could be wrong. She is definitely being limited in her activity, only allowed limited walking. No stairs, running, jumping, etc. Lots of sleep and rest. Let me know if anyone has experienced something like this before. Thanks!!

This isn't so much of a stretch. She's been doing it for over an hour. Its like a twitching or something. At first she was straightening and tensing her leg, would hold for a couple seconds, relax and repeat after several seconds. I massaged and it became less frequent. We went to bed and she is laying next to me just until her next pill at 11:30. She's twitching her leg. I can feel the muscles tense. Its much less frequent now, maybe once or twice a minute. Its often a small series of twitches instead of one long tense stretch. I'm pretty sure its just her muscles being exhausted. Her leg was shaking earlier when she was sitting up. Was just curious if anyone had experienced something similar.  I appreciate your response!!