Using belly sling before and after TTA Surgery

By Bosquebay

The most important thing is keeping your pet comfortable before and after TTA Surgery. When I’m writing my post‘s it will be about bi-lateral surgery since that’s what we had to deal with. When we had our girl to the surgeon it was five days before her surgery. At that point she could only walk about two feet before she had to sit down. The surgeon provided us with a belly sling. The sling is adjustable and made it convenient for both of us. We used it for about two weeks after surgery to take her out to relieve herself and going up and down steps. It was quite a challenge a first, being it’s a private time and she a pretty private girl. But when you have to go you have to go. She adjusted well to it after the first day. Along with the belly sling you must always keep them on a lead a well. Dogs are amazing creatures and they will try to jump and play in just a few days after surgery. It’s is really important to keep your pet from applying pressure to the knee(s). After surgery she had to be on her sling four weeks.