He still doesn't like to put his leg straight down when standing still but eventually it will drop. He is really good at walking on it now but he is restricted to walking only on lead and so controlled and slow. If he wasn't on lead he certainly wouldn't be going slow and would be hopping round 3-legged.
Standing still with his leg down OMG!!
Doing some ab work outsTai has been doing the ladder now and has build up from 1-2 reps to 4. Here is a sequence - you can see he is actually doing it 4-legged!!!
Concentrating hard!!!The rat leg is still there, albeit a bit hairier, and the photo below shows how much less muscle it has. Sean reckons his leg and shoulder muscles feel a big bigger but its not even been two weeks since everything came off. He still has the sutures in his elbow which are healing nicely and not looking infected (thank god!) so they should come out this weekend. In a few weeks he'll be able to start his hydrotherapy which should make a huge difference.
The rat leg
Typical pose - holding the rat leg up... wish he'd bloody put it down already!We are still doing the exercises his physio has prescribed and he gets to go for 1-2 walks a day for ~10min. We've been going to the park and also walking down the street. I've been impressed by how focused he is at the park, even when there are other dogs walking by or chasing a tennis ball. He has got to meet some children (who he loves!) and sniff smelly things.
We're off to the beach this weekend so I might drive him down so he can walk along the sand. Will make sure he gets to go on the harder sand as I don't think his leg is up to walking on soft sand just yet. We will be at the beach for 2 weeks over Christmas/New Year so hopefully by then he will be able to walk for longer and also have a workout walking through softer sand.
Anyway Tai is loving not been restricted to his crate and toileting on-lead now. Best of all he is still pretty tired after his exercises!!!
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