Floyd's Road to Recovery

It’s been a week since Floyd’s ACL surgery, and he’s already putting weight on the knee. This week we start physical therapy, which we’ve chosen to do ourselves to save money. It basically means massaging and stretching the leg with ten minute leashed walks twice a day. Right now, Dr. Au recommends seven more weeks of therapy.

As far as Floyd’s demeanor, he hates the “lampshade” collar, but in another week, his sutures will come out and the shade comes off.

Overall, he’s not as grumpy as I expected. They recommended crating him for the first few days, but he suffered an anxiety attack in the crate, drooling all over the place. Instead we’ve decided to keep him in the bedroom with his dog bed and a bone, where he seems perfectly content.

Floyd likes funny movies, so over the weekend he watched Big Daddy and What About Bob? 🙂