It’s been 6 weeks since his surgery on October 31st and he is doing awesome!
Two years ago, my youngest dog Eddie tore his ACL. As a matter of fact, it was also in October and Eddie’s Halloween costume was just like Shooby’s was this year:
When researching how to best deal with Eddie’s torn ACL, I found a very
informative website: Topdog Animal
Health & Rehabilitation. The website is: www.topdoghealth.com.So, once again, I combed every page of the website and I found an excellent (and FREE) Home Rehabilitation Guide. The guide is a step-by-step booklet that takes you through every phase of ACL rehabilitation. It starts out with how to prepare the house for the homecoming post-surgery and thoroughly explains when and how to perform various exercises to strengthen the dog.
On the website, I also found many short videos on how to perform the exercises suggested in the booklet.
In addition to our in-home rehab, Shooby has been for several visits to Tails of Rye, a state-of-the-art canine rehabilitation center in Rye, New Hampshire. At Tails of Rye, Dimitra performs ultrasound/electrical stimulation, laser treatments and aquatic therapy. You can check out her website at: www.tailsofrye.com. Here are a few pictures of Shooby on the underwater treadmill :)
Shooby is also receiving acupuncture treatment with Dr. Toolan at Oyster River Vet, in Lee NH. He is not as excited about it as my dog Onyx is, but he is beginning to accept it better with each visit.
Shooby and I have been working very hard at home to follow his home rehab and continue to visit Tails of Rye and ORV for weekly acupuncture.
It’s been a lot of work and is pretty time consuming, but I am happy to say that Shooby is well on his way to a healthy recovery and I cannot wait to see him running again in the spring!
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