My dog (80 lb Rhodesian RIdgeback) was just discharged from the hospital after having surgery to mend a broken femur (probable hit by car) by screwing a plate in and grafting from hip.
The next few weeks' priorities are keeping him in crate/pen so that bone heals, keeping him from picking at/licking wounds, keeping the leg swelling down, starting gentle range of motion exercises, and addidng any supplements that will help healing.
He is currently in an x-pen but may switch to his crate as he is trying to get over the top of the fence (may try a tarp as a roof to the pen first). He is getting his leg iced and is on a pain med and I think an antiinflammatory. He is taken on leash maybe 25 feet to potty. Not sure about adding glucosamin/condroitan/msm or gelatin, or other supplements,
It is a miracle that he was found and a miracle that his surgery went well.
Agnes