Jedi got to go on another field trip today, as we returned to Watertown for Ren to run in the AKC trial. We lucked out and got the same parking spot under a tree where we parked on Friday. I'm glad everyone else is too lazy to want to walk "that far" and didn't take it. :) I was slightly concerned by some of the noises coming from Jedi's crate in the last few miles of our ride. Given his history of seizures, my first concern was that he might be having one (I mostly heard the blow-up collar scraping against the crate). When we arrived and I checked in on him, though, it appeared as though he had just done a lot of "re-arranging" and the crate pad and towel were all bunched up. He really hates being hot and forced into laying on bedding....
While Jedi was once again very well behaved, I do wonder if we may have overdone it a bit these last few days. We're walking well (although still pulling on the leash altogether too much), but as the day has worn on Jedi is choosing to put less weight on the leg when not in motion. That said, there were at least two instances today where he again put all of his weight on the right leg to pee. I'm glad we have several more days of pain meds. The last dose of cephalexin was given with dinner this evening.
I think the surgery incision is looking fantastic! While I didn't specifically ask her to look at Jedi's incision, when I asked our vet friend at the trial today how to know when it's okay to go without the cone/collar, her comment was that the #1 reason that TPLOs fail is because dogs get at their incision and compromise the plate. She recommends that dogs stay in the cone a minimum of two weeks. We can certainly continue on that path since Jedi really has done well in the blow up collar, although you can kind of see in the top picture how gross it's starting to get. It gets food stuff on it when he gets the lickimat, so it's smeared in peanut butter and pumpkin.
Here's Jedi's video from day ten, once again taken during one of his walks in Watertown today. (Link for mobile: https://youtu.be/VA8RDw8-Efo )
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