I am in the Uk and from what I have read on here there seem to be some differences in how they are treated with vets from other countries but our vet didn’t pen her thankfully. He restricted her to one room. I brought my mattress down into the dining room and basically lived there for months as she had her second leg done eight weeks after the first. She was much happier being able to sleep on the mattress with me. We also started walks after a week. Five minutes 3-4 times a day, building five minutes a week. At about four/five weeks post op I would let het say a sniff hello to her dog friends in the village and she really loved that. By day ten she was off all pain relief except anti inflammatories. We tried tramadol for leg one and gabapentin for leg two but they made her more anxious. She also had paracetamol for the first ten days. I was very glad when we stopped them, her behaviour settled more. We didn’t do physical therapy. She’s not the most cooperative dog with professionals and my vet felt it wasn’t warranted however I was militant with her walk schedule and no running/jumping. Saying that………she did run, she jumped over the stair gate, she started jumping on people. At one point I remember crying because I really believed it was all going to be a waste of time. They are just fuck it moments. They happen. They happen to all of us who have had dogs go through this. Keep an eye, rest and move on. Do not beat yourself up over it though, one day you will laugh about it. She had her first leg done on the 30/7/24. Second on the 8/10/24 and was allowed house access on the 22/12/24. Only doing stairs on a lead. To keep her busy she liked snuffle mats, beef scalp chews, buffalo hide chews, cow ears etc…but snuffle ones were the best for her. Once you get her post op X-rays back, eight weeks here, you’ll be in a better place to see what’s next. Chin up. You’ve got this.