We were lucky to find a foster home committed to the four - month rehab period after her first TPLO (for tibial - plateau - levelingosteotomy) surgery, and then through the same surgery and rehab process for the other leg.
After a successful TPLO (tibialplateaulevelingosteotomy), the recommended 6 - 8 week recovery left her leg muscles severely atrophied; she was literally skin and bone on her left rear.