TPLO X-rays at 4 weeks

Healing is going very well and Niko is responding well to his physical therapy. However, it amazes me that we still have to keep him on the leash at all times, he can be alone with the other dog and we have to continue blocking off the stairs as well as the couches. It's not easy walking him because he sometimes refuses to move forward and I have to use lots of treats to get him to walk. He'd much rather run so he can hike up the bad leg and I have to constantly slow him down to a walk to force him to use all 4 legs.

Here are some x-rays of the plate and pins from the TPLO surgery. In the x-ray to the right here you can see where they cut the bone and it still has the vertical crack from the incision. That's what we are waiting to be filled in by bone

before he can do anything. We're still talking 12-14 weeks recovery time before the bone fills in.

The leg is a bit atrophied and I'm going to have to reall focus on more exercises to build up his muscles. We don't want the bone to heal and then have the leg be too weak to stand on.

Next week we start the under-water treadmill.