| Week 6 with injury
A few weeks ago I posted regarding my Rotti Nikki who hurt her ACL. While I'm glad to report that she has definitely gotten better and is showing improvement, she is still favoring the knee while running and I continue to restrict her activity as much as possible.
The downside to this is a few things - I can definitely tell that she gets bored at times. I'm only supposed to take her out for 30 min at most in the mornings, and possibly another 15-20 min walk in the evening. She wants, and tries to run, but I have to restrict her for fear of her injuring it further. I've looked in to other way to exercise her, but taking her to a dog pool is costly and its still too cold to have her swim at the beaches.
Another big concern for me is that she is not getting socialized - AT ALL. When I walk her, and she sees other dogs, we would like to approach the dogs, but the other owner's either walk the other way or try to walk away fast because my dog is bigger and they are afraid. I'm dont want to take her to the dog park simply because I'm afraid of her running or playing too hard and injuring her knee. I could take her to PetSmart's Doggie Day Camp, but again, I'm afraid of her re-injuring the knee.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do??  |