If you click the #TPLORecovery hashtag you can see most of my posts from rehab last year.
Tonight we had agility & I did great!
It was almost a year ago (Christmas Day) that I tore my CCL and 11 months since my TPLO to fix it. I worked really hard in rehab so I was able to get back to hiking, agility, running with friends, and everything else I enjoy!
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It kinda was but after months of working hard at rehab I’m back to agility, hiking, park zoomies, and everything else I love! You can see a lot of my recovery work at the hashtag #TPLOrecovery
It’s a great day frens; it’s my last therpawpy Thursday because after four months of physical-rehab I “graduated!”🧵
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Hello! Sorry I’m a bit late, we were out on an evening walkie in the cooler weather. 😊 The human has tomorrow (and maybe Friday too) off from work so instead of therpawpy-Thursday I went today for workout-Wednesday! 🧵
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Hello frens! Sorry we’re late but I was at class and it was another double therpawpy Thursday! 🧵
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It was another double therpawpy Thursday! In the morning I had my rehab-therapy where I’m making slow, but steady progress. And then tonight I had class again to become a therpawpy dog. 🧵
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Then I did some strengthening and balance exercises. I’m not always good, but I’m happy and try to do my best!
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It’s a double therpawpy Thursday! First I had my rehab therapy appointment in the morning and then tonight I had my first class to be a therapy dog! 🧵
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My rehab-person is busy tomorrow so instead of therpawpy Thursday we had a workout Wednesday! And boy was it a tough one; we did all sorts of new exercises. After my water-walk, of course 🧵
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Therpawpy Thursday! I was planning on being done with therpawpy last week, but the humans decided I needed to build more muscle. Last time I made it very clear I didn’t want to run, so the humans let me plod along but increased the incline. 🧵
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It was another therpawpy Thursday! It was going to be the last time, but the humans agreed I still have some muscle to gain, so we scheduled two more weeks. 🧵
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Rory, a medium size, red and white dog with light blue eyes stands in an enclosed treadmill with water up to about his chest. He is mid stride and looking towards the camera.
Overall a good training/rehab session! I’m going to keep working hard to get the rest of my strength back. Humom says it’s fine if I have a funny walk (it’ll just make me more unique) and/or move slower, as long as I’m not in pain 😊
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And all my hard work is paying off! I’m walking for a longer time, at a faster pace, and the therpawpist usually adds an incline for a little while!
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It was another therpawpy Thursday! After dropping off Finley at his training group, the human and I went to the rehab vet and I did my water-walkies and exercises. As always, I was a good, hard-working boy!🧵
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I went to therpawpy again today and walked for a whole 30 minutes! The rehab-person noticed I was a bit limpy & humom said I seemed a little extra sore this week, so we took the rest of the exercises easy. 🧵
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Tomorrow afternoon Finley has another agility practice, but the human said I can come too and we’ll use some of the time and equipment to do some of my therpawpy exercises!
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Working hard. I want to be ready for spring adventures! (And maybe FastCAT if the dogtor gives me clearance)
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And this one where I stretch up and need to keep my body stable while my legs are on the bubble
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Then we did some exercises for strength, movement, and balance: like this one where I was supposed to use my good pivoting skills over barriers.
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Good evening frens, it was another water-walk Wednesday at my therpawpy! To no one’s surprise, I was a very good boy. I walked for 28 minutes, a bit faster, and on an incline at the end! 🧵
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Then when I was done with all the hard work, the humans gave me a frozen treat while I got some laser on my leg & knee. I guess this is supposed to help me recover faster and with less soreness after all my exercises.
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Rory, a medium size, red and white dog with light blue eyes stands with his front to paws on an elevated platform. He looks towards the camera with a somewhat curious expression.
Lori, a medium size red and white dog stands with his front two paws on an elevated platform. He is looking slightly behind him and away from the camera, putting his head in 3/4 profile.
Then the rehab person had me do some exercises and taught humom what we need to do at home. Here we’re getting ready to do “lumbar extensions.”
We’re also going to work on: sitting squarely, sits-to-stand, front leg lifts, and pelvic extensions.
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It’s Wednesday which meant that I went and had my therpawpy this morning. I walked for 23 minutes and the rehab-human sped it up!
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It’s a special day frens! The human decided that since I’m doing so well and I’m a trustworthy boy she could take down my recovery-pen.
I’m happy to have more freedom in the house again, but I did enjoy having some Rory-only space.
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More smiling on the walkie.
You can see I still have a noticeable limp (I’m still working on getting strong!) but my tail still works just fine 😊
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I got another walk today!
The human says she’s not sure if I enjoyed it, what do you think? 😉
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Rory, a medium size, red and white dog with light blue eyes stands on the edge of a paved road, looking up at the camera with a slight glimmer in his eye
I got another walk today and lucky me the human has “time-issues” because we went for 20 minutes! I feel as though I deserved the extra time because this morning she abandoned me for “the office” while Finley was walking with the trainer and left me alone!
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A picture of x-rays of dog’s repaired knee and leg. One x-ray is taken with the leg bent while the other is straight. In both you can see visible plates and screws, going into the areas above and below the joint.
After seeing the x-ray from the weekend I’m considering changing my name to Rory the robo dog! 🐶
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I had therpawpy again today & walked in the water for 17 minutes! Once again the humans commended me for being such a good, cooperative boy.🧵
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