Hello and welcome, your future posts will not have to wait for approval.

I hope you don't mind that I moved your post here to your own thread.

Why did your boy need an amputation and what is his name?

It is quite common to see what seems to be a setback a few days after a pup comes home.  The good surgery meds are out of their system, any short term pain meds like patches or injections have worn off, and a new Tripawd tends to wear themselves out with their new gait.

You did a good thing by going to the vet to address his pain.  Most pups here are on pain meds for two to three weeks, some a bit shorter and some a little longer.  It's not unusual to need to tweak the dose or dosing schedule so keep an eye on him and let your vet know if you think he is in pain. One thing that often helps when giving multiple pain meds is to alternate the doses so they don't get everything at once- that helps keep pain meds on board more consistently.  Of course talk with your vet before changing anything.

My first Tripawd was a Pug named Maggie who lost a back leg to mast cell cancer and my current Tripawd is a little Pug mix named Elly who was hit by a car at 7 months old and lost a back leg. Maggie was 7.5 years old at the time of her amp and after she recovered she could do pretty much anything she wanted except she wasn't able to go up more than 2 or 3 stairs at a time.  Elly is now a little over 7 years old and can do anything a dog her size and age can do including flying up and down stairs.

How else can we help?

Karen and the Spirit Pug Girls