26/11/2025
We’re now 6 days into Bodie’s recovery and I’m very relieved to say things are going well.
Our day 4 vet check-up was brilliant – the wound is healing beautifully, lovely and clean with hardly any bruising. Huge credit to the team at for such careful, considerate work.
Bodie, however, is feeling very lively… and would very much like to resume running, jumping, rolling and launching himself around the place. Sadly, all still firmly on the “no” list.
So we’re sticking to a couple of very short on-lead walks each day while everything continues to heal.
What is saving our bacon right now is ACE Free Work, brain games, and little bits of trick training at home. Slow sniffing, exploring new textures, using his brain, and gentle movement are giving him safe outlets without risking his stitches – and they’re keeping me sane too.
If you’d like some calm, safe ideas to help your own dog on rest days (post-op or otherwise), you can download my free ACE Free Work starter guide here:
👉 https://go.puptalk.co.uk/how-to-get-started-with-ace-free-work-landing-page/
Roll on day 10 when those external stitches can come out and we can take a step closer to normality again.
Let me know what activities helped your dogs through recovery.
