Dog's hip replacement......ulp!

Really wish you all the best for the op and a quick recovery.

We had our eldest dog put down today due to lots of medical reasons and I must say it's hit me a lot harder than I could ever have thought so I fully understand why you are so worried about it.

well done on the insurance as well, we didn't have any and had to have a baseball sized tumour removed from the base of his tail last year, £1500 dent in the pocket but it go him another year so well worth it.
 
AHarvey said:
Really wish you all the best for the op and a quick recovery.

We had our eldest dog put down today due to lots of medical reasons and I must say it's hit me a lot harder than I could ever have thought so I fully understand why you are so worried about it.

well done on the insurance as well, we didn't have any and had to have a baseball sized tumour removed from the base of his tail last year, £1500 dent in the pocket but it go him another year so well worth it.
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Really sorry to hear that mate, one thing for sure, you'll almost certainly outlive your pets (unless you get a galapagos tortoise).

She'll be operated on today, hopefully a full hip replacement, but due to her size it may not work so they will perform and excism (sp?) instead, which is the old way of dealing with hip displacia whereby they shave some off the femur yadda yadda yadda. It doesn't give full range of movement but still massively improves on her current condition.
 
Well.........got the call from the hospital. She is fine, but they couldn't do the full hip replacement procedure as when they tried to put the stent in it started to split the femur, so they have done the exism, which will be a little more uncomfortable for her, but will still better he condition and improve her range of movement.
Will be picking her up tomorrow morning, then book her in to the physio.

Thanks for all the well-wishing folks, it's much appreciated.
 
Yeah i know.......mind you, the fact that she awoke from the anaesthetic is good enough for me. That really worried me. Had a friend who's 3 year old golden retreiver went to be speyed. She never woke up.....they were devastated. :(
 
I came back into this thread & got the result I wanted, Thread delivers hope. :D
 
Ok,
got home on saturday after my lads hockey match, and there she was, looking all miserable in her cage with one half of her back end completely shaved. They put metal clips into a 6" opening. She still wanted to get up, fuss me and go out for a walk, daft bugger!

But yesterday was dreadful. She kept whining/crying and wanting to go out to the toilet. When i opened the door she would back away due to the noise of the fireworks.
She was so stressed that whilst in her cage she tipped her water everywhere and chewed up her bed. Then after numerous failed attempts to go outside, she ended up poo'ing on the living room floor. She just couldn't hold it in any more, poor girl. A proper mess, but can't blame her for it. Immediately after she was fine. She must have been so stressed and in so much pain as the evening dose of painkillers had not taken effect yet.
After that she managed to settle down and get a good nights rest.
The wife is off for 3 days to be with her, so hopefully, tonights fireworks and vet visit aside, things will be better for her.
 
Poor thing, damned fireworks! At least she's getting better that's the main thing.

We are really lucky with our two German Shepherds and fireworks, one couldn't give a hoot, the other goes to the patio doors, sits behind the curtain and watches them...think she must have been an army/riot police dog in a previous life!
 
TheBigCheese said:
Poor thing, damned fireworks! At least she's getting better that's the main thing.

We are really lucky with our two German Shepherds and fireworks, one couldn't give a hoot, the other goes to the patio doors, sits behind the curtain and watches them...think she must have been an army/riot police dog in a previous life!
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Yeah, i'd imagine some are more sensitive than others. Thing is with ours, she'd usually run upstairs and hide under our bed, but in her current 3-legged state, she can't do that.
 
It's probably worth getting something to calm her down if shes scared of the fireworks when inside, theres a few things that can do it if you ask your vet, the last thing you need is her freaking out and hurting herself!

Obviously walk her ect before they start and whack the radio on loud.
 
our collie is the same, tbh walks are a nightmare this time a year as soon as one goes off the poor dog absolutely paps herself and starts to pull and claw her way back home. shes the same on a night with her toilets you can see she's bustting and will sit at the door but goes to pop her head out and is expecting a bang to go off so just runs back in. we bought some calm tablets the other year and they tend to make her sleepy so she doesnt hear them as much and we put the telly loud and stay in one room with her. Pain in the bum this time of year if you have a very nervous dog tough.

Really hope Skye is feeling better soon though :)
 
webmonkeyuk said:
our collie is the same, tbh walks are a nightmare this time a year as soon as one goes off the poor dog absolutely paps herself and starts to pull and claw her way back home. shes the same on a night with her toilets you can see she's bustting and will sit at the door but goes to pop her head out and is expecting a bang to go off so just runs back in. we bought some calm tablets the other year and they tend to make her sleepy so she doesnt hear them as much and we put the telly loud and stay in one room with her. Pain in the bum this time of year if you have a very nervous dog tough.

Really hope Skye is feeling better soon though :)
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Thanks, yeah that sounds just like out mutt. She is a nervous dog i guess, soft as grease but slap your thigh/clap your hands and she'd off upstairs like a shot.

She's got vets today at 3.40, so we'll see what they say.
 
I know this sounds silly

My wife (who's a vet)
Says try Calm Restore Herbal Drops in your dogs water bowl shes had good results using on dogs & cats this time of the year :-)
 
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