Originally Posted by
jacksonsmommy
I was also going to suggest Ace. Jackson had elbow surgery last Monday as well (sounds pretty similar to the one that your pup had) and his surgeon sent us home with pain meds and Acepromazine for sedation. Jackson is mostly off of the pain meds, but we're giving him about 1/4 Ace every 12 hours or so to keep him mellow. I hate having to sedate Jackson, but it's imperative that he stay quiet for his elbow to heal properly. Tradeoffs, right? The surgeon did say that we may have to increase his dose if he develops a tolerance over the 6 week recovery period. But hopefully we can add some swim therapy to help burn some energy.
We are also doing a lot of frozen Kongs, pickle pocket toy, new bones for chewing, etc. It takes Jackson over an hour to eat his dinner, when it normally takes about 5 minutes, and he's pretty tired afterwards. Never thought I'd want a dog to be this lazy, but I'll take it for the next 5 weeks.