I did, i gave him a soft surface and i also give/gave him DGP... dog gone pain....you can get it at petsmart (i think perhaps petco) it is a holistic pain medicine. Although, they are sore for a reason, and sometimes it is better they feel the pain so they don't over do themselves...(at least that is my thoughts) it is like when they spay a female, and tell you to keep them quiet but they will give you deramax or remadyl to get rid of pain. Well...if you want them to be quiet, then let them be. Some times these pain meds are horrible on the poor little (well in our case big) bodies.