Thanks for asking but no he didn't as I rescheduled it as I was concerned about some itchiness he still has on left side, which is the same side of his ruptured CCL so he uses that leg to scratch himself and I needed to give him another week for the itchiness to abate. He has been on an elimination diet for a few months to find the food/combos that work best for his allergies and since the diagnosis of his ruptured CCL, I have put him back on the Hills prescription Z/D with Kangaroo meat which so far seems to work the best for him in dramatically reducing his skin irritations and level of itchiness.
However just to exacerbate things, we have been having some awful humidity for months on end which is highly unusual as whilst we normally get some humid days in our warmer months, this spring and summer has been the worst ever for constant high levels of humidity (80-95%) day in day out for the last couple of months and it is not helping his allergies. He had chronic ear infections, which after months of treatment under the care of the veterinary dermatologist specialist, thankfully these ear infections have now cleared up but for these warmer months he needs regular ongoing maintenance (every 2nd day) of a special ear solution the dermatologist mixes up for him to help keep these infections at bay. This is really important as after the TPLO surgery he will have a cone on and would not be able to scratch his ears if they were itchy, so thankfully this will no longer be a concern, but I will be monitoring his ears very carefully anyway as I apply the solution every 2nd day. I have brought a soft cone/collar for him to wear after the surgery that I can fold back the collar to get to his ears and hopefully this cone should be less stressful for him than a plastic cone. Will see how he goes with the soft cone as I have heard some dogs have been able to manipulate these soft collars and get at their stitches, but I will be home with him apart from running quick errands and taking my other Lab boy out for walks etc, so will have the plastic cone as a backup if needed.
Anyway I rescheduled the surgery to this Tuesday (27th) but still concerned about his itchiness so rang the orthopaedic surgeon on Friday about my concerns and was assured that the operated leg will be strong enough for him to use to scratch himself and the scratching action will not do any damage to the leg, so will be proceeding with the surgery on Tuesday. The level of itchiness under normal circumstances is minor, but I was concerned that having to deal with the TPLO recovery in itself would be enough for him to deal with without having issues of itchiness that he may not be able to scratch or may be able to scratch, but possibly cause issues with his operated leg .
This poor boy has had a rough trot and when I adopted him in April last year, he came to me with bad allergies and anxiety issues from being bounced around a few homes after his family separated and didn't want him or their other dog and just as we were turning a corner on both the allergies and anxiety issues, he ruptures his CCL .