March 26, 2020

The past two days seem to be much harder on Akeela. She sleeps almost 90% of the day and we have to really motivate her to go on her potty walks. We wait until she gets up on her own before we attempt any outings. Since she normally comes to the office with me, our regular routine is 5-6 walks per day. Today she only went outside 3 times and they were all begrudgingly on her part.

The stairs aren’t getting any easier as she tries to figure out the proper step maneuvering. She currently slide/steps down with her two back legs first before moving her front leg out (so all 3 legs are on one stair), which makes for a very unstable wolfie. Today she even acted like walking on flat ground was more challenging than previous days. I am concerned that her front leg is becoming too strained with the excess weight it’s now having to carry. I am hoping that rehabilitative therapy will help her through this – which we start on April 2nd.

She is still unsure about her standing food tray and doesn’t have much of an appetite, so I’m currently hand feeding her (again, yes, very spoiled dog) every night. Tomorrow morning will be her last round of antibiotics, so hopefully that will have her feeling a little bit better.

Her stitches are healing nicely, but she started scratching at them today. Even through the shirt it caused her to bleed a little and left red marks on her bare skin. We had only left her unattended for less than 10 minutes when that happened – and it was the first time leaving her completely alone since the surgery. We were in the next room rearranging the bedroom to make it a little more tripawd accessible. Apparently she still needs to be supervised 24/7! I purchased some A & D ointment to put over her stitches to help keep them a little bit softer throughout the healing process.

Here’s to hoping tomorrow is a little easier on my poor baby wolfie!