As a former recipient of a high ankle sprain, I can tell you that keeping all weight off of it is the way to go. Unfortunately I didn't. My olde-tyme doctor put me in a walking cast and said "let pain be your guide". Big mistake. All these years later I believe it caused the buildup of scar tissue that never goes away. I have been fighting it for a couple of decades and lost about 50 percent range of motion. OTOH, I had neck surgery 2 years ago and the doctor said go home and sit on the couch for 6 weeks because if you stress the injury, inelastic scar tissue builds up. I didn't exactly sit on the couch but I was very careful and now my neck feels completely normal. I hope the Griz can afford to rest DS until his ankle if fully healed.