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Post by Sara & Scooter on Mar 5, 2019 12:33:31 GMT -7
With answers to these questions we will be better able to help you.
☀︎1-- Scooter is a miniature dachshund, and I am Sara her mom.
☀︎2-- Scooter is 16 pounds.
☀︎3-- Our surgeon is a specialist. Surgery was 2/27, we are currently following strict crate rest with the following exceptions - small amounts of time in a small exercise pen, on carpeting to do vet recommended exercises.
☀︎5-- We have 4 different exercises ☀︎6--Strict crate rest for 4 weeks
☀︎7--Currently no pain, meds are working very well. Sedative works too well the first few hours, and then not at all for the last roughly 3 hours. Her 7 staples bother her, but do not seem painful.
☀︎9--Currently Scooter walks well when she goes potty
☀︎10-- No bladder problems
☀︎11-- Eating and drinking OK? Poops OK - normal color no dark or bright red blood? All of this is good.
Our problem, is that Scooter is doing too well. She is 11 years old, and has not been crated for many of them. First few years after we got her she was crated for roughly 7 hours a day. She had a summer where someone was always home, so when summer was over, she did not adjust well to her crate again. She chewed through the wire on her crate, and this was when she was only in it for roughly 3 hours a day.
She is adjusting a bit better this time, especially if she is not feeling great, but she is feeling great much of the time. She is doing too much jumping while in the crate when she is feeling well and wants out. I did read all of the emergency crate training info, however, I really need to figure out how to help her, not hurt herself because of her anxiety while crated.
**Editing to explain, I am not complaining that she is doing well....just trying to find more ideas, as she really needs quiet activities to occupy her, as she gets too excited/anxious otherwise. Kongs with peanut butter or wet food, frozen help....but not for long.
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PaulaM
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Post by PaulaM on Mar 5, 2019 13:02:42 GMT -7
Sara, welcome to Dodgerslist! A few more details, please
What is the name of the sedative. How many mgs and how often do you give it?
What are the details of the 4 exercises you do? Is one that she can walk to and from the potty place?
Have you tried a blanket draped over the top of the recovery suite down to eye height when she sits on her butt? What about behavior training?
Be aware you might be inadvertently training for unwanted behavior. To dogs rewards are: food, looking at them, talking to them, eye contact, approaching the crate, petting. So anytime you see unwanted behavior try speaking in your dog's language so he understands to calm down. Turn your body sideways, avoid eye contact until he calms and settles down. Preferable is to start teaching what you do want before there is too much practice in doing the unwanted behavior. Anytime your dog is sitting or lying down quietly, give a reward of a calm loving "good sit/lie." Soon your Buster will see they get rewards by quietly sitting, etc.
How to teach GREET with CALM. Of course all teaching will be with done in a contained area so she can't dart off and no overdoing things since she is recently post op.
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Post by Sara & Scooter on Mar 5, 2019 15:03:32 GMT -7
Hello! Her sedative is Trazodone, 50mg 3 times a day. She also gets gabapentin 100 mg 3x a day. Prednisone 5 mg 2x a day for two more days then we go to 1 time a day for 7 day. And metronidazole. I do not remember the mg but it is 1/4 tablet 2x a day. We have exercises for her front and back legs, while she is laying on her side, they are stretching exercises. We also have a standing exercise that is to help maintain strength in her backend. The exercise are done in an ex-pen where there is really not much more room than for a person to sit and Then for her to stand and lay down. We were instructed she could walk from her crate to her potty place just not down steps. We have hardwood floors, so she is carried from her crate past the patio step and then there is roughly an area with a 6 foot radius that she can go on. We put her down on the cement so that she can have a couple steps on level ground with no snow or ice.
We are going to start working on your suggestions for training right away! I think part of our current training issues began during our conservative treatment, as she got super sick with bad diarrhea for 4 days. She was needing to go out 6-7 times a day, and often she would get frantic if she really needed to go. Because we reacted to that behavior since she was having stomach issues, she now expects we will continue reacting.
[Moderator's note: please do not modify
16 lbs
Prednisone 5mg 2x/day for 7 days, then 3/8 test-for-pain Pred taper
Gabapentin 100mgs 3x/day.
Trazadone 50mg 3/day
Pepcid AC ? mgs ?x/day]
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Post by Romy & Frankie on Mar 5, 2019 15:30:30 GMT -7
Is Buster taking anything to protect his stomach? All anti-inflammatories, including pred, cause excess stomach acid which can lead to serious stomach damage. Pepcid AC can help prevent that damage. Ask your vet if Buster has any health issues to prevent use of Pepcid AC (famotidine)? (doesn’t need it, we wait til there is problem…are NOT answers to your question!) If you get a “no health” issues answer, then go to the grocery store to purchase over the counter Pepcid AC containing one single active ingredient (famotidine). canigivemydog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/can-i-give-my-dog-pepcid-ac-300x300.jpg Doxie weight dogs: 5mg Pepcid AC (famotidine) every 12 hours. NOTE: Pepcid AC (famotidine) for dogs is 0.44mg per pound, 30 mins before the anti-inflammatory and thereafter every 12 hours for as long as your dog is on the anti-inflammatory. www.1800petmeds.com/Famotidine-prod11171.html |
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Post by Sara & Scooter on Mar 5, 2019 15:39:52 GMT -7
Thanks! I just put a message into the vet.
On a side note, I think I am a bit scatterbrained right now. I tried changing my profile information as I signed up with my male doxies info, however it should have been my females (scooter)
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Post by Romy & Frankie on Mar 5, 2019 15:42:18 GMT -7
No problem. I will take care of it.
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