Ohhh boy can I relate!!! My Happy Hannah, a Bull Mastiff, did not lay down or sleep for almost nineteen hours!!! She may have eventually laid down for a few moments at a time, but I really don't remember her doing thst!

She was restless, she sced, she moved from on spot to another, she cried, she could not get comfortable. I could not settle her down no matter what I did. She spent the first night at the hospital and she still jad a lot of hospital meds in her. Some dogs are given a morphine patch, Happy Hannah did not have one.

Most vets send dogs home with Tramadol, Gabapentin, Rimadyl and an antibiotic. Make sure you are giving the pain meds consistently so the pain doesn't get a head start. As Jerry said, it may be because she is in pain and/or a reaction to the pain meds. They can make some dogs act a vit whacky.

My Happy Hannah also resisted any help and woukd not move if I put a sling on her.

Dogs have developed their own personal pattern of how they "circle" and in a certain direction. Losing a leg can disrupt their habit of which way they circle. She'll figure it out

Jerry gave great advice as usual. Try and comfort as best you can vut, for the most part, all you can do is just offer reassurance. Exhaustion will eventually take over. I think the most I slept the first three days total was five hours.

Stay connected to us and keep us posted. Recovery is no picnic, especially the first several nights.

Take some deep breaths, and know that it will get better! This is major surgery and the dogs are adjusting to three legs while trying to recover.

Sending hugs

Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!