Back to normal now with exercise, but still troublesome tooth

Since 17th March, when Dylan's new insurance year started, he is now back to normal with exercise and off lead all round the park. He is enjoying it.
He does currently slow down a little at the end of the walk, so not sure whether one of the backlegs is still uncomfortable... He also doesn't always shift all the weight onto the operated leg. We'll see how he does over the next few weeks and reassess. For now, we are happy about how well he is doing.
He also had his chiro session yesterday and he will have two more hydro sessions, then he will have finished the rehab too.

His tooth however is less successful as the filling has already come out yet again yesterday after John Sauvage redid the filling on 4th March. So the next step is extracting the tooth. I will see how quickly John Sauvage wants to do this or whether he thinks we should leave it for a bit.

I am a bit reluctant for both leaving it and extracting it. With leaving it I can't be sure that he isn't in some kind of discomfort, and extracting is of course a pretty big job, so definitely needs to be considered carefully too...

Poor old Dylan. :-)


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Just got an email back from John Sauvage and he said that last time he saw him, the tooth and gums looked well healed and we should leave well alone to be rechecked in 3 - 6 months. So that's what we'll do.

Dylan off lead

For the first time this morning, I let Dylan go off lead in the park. He really enjoyed himself and took off immediately at 100 mph after Flash. Then he stopped and looked back with a huge grin on his face! He loved it.

I won't let him off for full walks yet, just a few minutes at the time and when there is little chance that he will go off chasing things. But I need to get him started so today was the day!

Tooth to be fixed in March

John, the vet, can't do the tooth until 4th March, so that's when Dylan is booked in. In the mean time I apply Dentisept toothpaste to the tooth everyday to keep it clean and prevent any infection.

Broken again

Dylan's filling came off on Sunday, 30th January. So I have contacted John again and he said he would like to give it another go as the gums are not inflamed and bleeding so much now. So I will book Dylan in for next Friday to have it done again.

Tooth fixed

Well, Dylan went to the dentist on Friday, 21st January. It is John Sauvage in Cranbook that did the dental. The tooth is filled now and looks good. Dylan is definitely a lot more comfortable again.

The vet, John, said that there is no guarantee that the tooth will hold, but if it doesn't, then he will do the extraction for free. I will not give Dylan bones anymore, so hopefully it will be ok. Even if not, it is worth a try.

Dylan was very whingy after the procedure on Friday when we were at Karen's for the rest of the day, but by the evening he was ok again. Saturday he was fine and we went to hydrotherapy - though we kept it light and short for him.

Yesterday, 25th, we went back to Cranbrook for the check up and John was very pleased with the outcome.

Dylan's tooth can be saved

I got a call from Mark today and he said that his friend, the dental specialist, said that the tooth could be saved. So I called that surgery immediately and booked an appointment for Friday. So Dylan is off to Cranbrook on Friday to get his tooth fixed. I am so glad that it doesn't have to be extracted.

Dylan's molar

I took Dylan to see Mark this morning as his broken molar is covered in plaque and doesn't look good. Mark wasn't happy with what he saw. He pulled the slither or tooth off and I've got some antibiotics for Dylan.

Mark will talk to a friend of his who is a dental specialist whether anything can be done. Perhaps the tooth needs to come out after all. And a little perhaps it can stay as it is... (unlikely though).

After a bit of research I have just found that this type of fracture is called a slap fracture!

15 weeks post TPLO

Wow, how time flies. It's 15 weeks since Dylan had his surgery. He is doing so well, he comes on our usual 1-hour walks without problem, though of course he is still on lead only.

He does well at the hydrotherapy every week and rehabilitation is going well. He now doesn't have to stay in the kitchen anymore when I am in, and he also does the stairs up and down without problems. In another two weeks, I will leave him out when I am out of the house too as by then he should be healed and strong enough for it. He will however stay on lead for another three months until February to make sure that his knees (both of them) can handle full on running and chasing which he will do once off lead again.

Graduation Trip

Yesterday, I had my BSc (Canine Behaviour and Training) Graduation at Beverly Minster. Karen, David and I drove up there in two cars as we took all our dogs with us! I thought it was going to be quite stressful, but in actual fact, the boys were all so good and well behaved, it was no problem at all!

Here's a picture of all the boys ready to go in the Travelodge room.

And here's Dylan knackered after the long drive home last night

13 weeks post TPLO completed

Dylan is still doing really well. He enjoys the 1-hour walks eventhough he is on lead! And he is always excited to go swimming too; it's not the treadmill he is looking forward to, but all the treats he gets there. LOL

Karen, David, I and all our dogs are off to Yorkshire tomorrow for my graduation! That'll be fun. Dylan will be travelling in Karen and David's car.