DO NOT allow your dog free exercise in the house. Your dog can walk around inside on carpeted surfaces, under your direct supervision and on a lead. It can wander around the room at a slow walk as long as it is not constant. Running, jumping, bounding, playing etc, are NOT ALLOWED. Playing with other animals is also not allowed. If there are other pets in your household, you will need to keep them separated.
Your dog must be on a lead at all times when outside for “toileting”. If necessary use a “belly band” (long towel placed under the tummy, just behind the front legs). Your dog is not allowed to go for an actual walk or be off lead when outside.
One of the most difficult aspects of confinement is that animals will frequently feel better long before they are healed. At this point, your dog will start being more careless with the operated limb and more likely to become overactive and injure itself. Until the bone has healed, you must adhere strictly to the confinement guidelines and not allow your dog to do more.
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