2nd FHO - Recovery Day 3

Milo's been home for 3 days now. The first day wasn't too bad, as he growled at Marley to leave him alone and he backed off. Now, Marley is trying to test the limit with Milo and it's tough to deal with. Sometimes he's great, then the next second he's trying to chase him across the room. We've been doing our best to keep them calm and stop any bad behavior.

When Milo came home he was already toe-touching. This has been happening more and more over the past 3 days. I caught him today walking across the room and partially using his leg. This is a huge improvement over his last FHO.

There has been one huge difference with his last FHO, and that's his tolerance for the exercises (specifically PROM). He seems to have a harder time when we stretch his leg back, so we only get 2-3 times in when we do the exercises. Hopefully over the next couple of days we will have better luck. He is allowing us to ice it though, which is an improvement from last year.

The vet said not to let him jump on and off things, or excessively use the stairs. He's been using the stairs (controlled by a leash or by holding his collar) when I'm home by myself and worried about carrying him (he is 57lbs now!). He's also been climbing on the couch on his own. This wasn't our intention, but he starts to eye the couch and by the time you put the computer down to get up and pick him up, he's already climbed up. Thankfully the couch is not too high, so it's not too hard on him.

We are eagerly awaiting swim sessions again at the Northern Virginia Animal Swim Center in Middleburg, VA. We did this last year for about 10 sessions and we found it was really helpful. This place also allows additional dogs at a reduced rate, so we are able to bring Marley with us. Marley loves to play fetch in the pool while Milo gets his laps in. Going home with two tired dogs is wonderful, plus they have a washing area that you can clean your dog off after. This was great, as we could bring our own shampoo/conditioner and leave with clean smelling dogs. Granted my car smelled of wet dog for awhile, it was still worth it.