Another Amazing Tripawds Three Legged Dog Blog
Some of you may remember that Baby got a secondary cut from skin tearing that had nothing to do with the amputation – the when it rains it pours concept. Now those stitches are out and she is finally incision free! Yay!
Every step’s a big one when you’re a tripawd!
Wags and Slobbers
Judy and Baby
When I look at this I am so grateful that we didn’t listen to the first vet or Baby wouldn’t have been here for this special moment of true love!
Smart girl – she just sits and waits for Toby and Dad to get around the block. She seems to feel like she’s joining in on the walk this way. I hope she gets stronger, but at least she’s happy!
When we get home Baby and Toby are so excited they rush the door to see who gets to see us first. Note – thats 300 lbs of dog rushing us…. you get used to it.
Yesterday Baby slipped on a rug and did what I can only discribe as the splits, hmmmm can you do the splits with one leg? Tricky. Luckily she caught herself before she was too far down and was just a little sore last night. Scared me half to death! It was good for lots of message – she’s a happy girl!
Baby’s doing great! Now the problem is, she thinks she can do everything. She doesn’t understand when Toby gets a long walk, or a ride in the car to the dog park and she doesn’t get to go. She gets so sad! Those darn Monky Butts!, but if we don’t give Toby enough exercise he becomes a MB to the max!
What’s worked for you? I would love ideas.
Wags and Slobbers
Judy and Toby
Saw our regular vet today. He’s so happy with Baby’s progess! She got the rest of her stitches out and everything looks good. She also had stitches put in, sigh, because she got a small sore from her harness which tore like a piece of fabric. It was the weirdest thing! Doc Kunan stitched it up and she’ll be fine, but I was so mad that she had to have more stuff to feel pain about. Enough is enough already. Although, when I hear of some of you battling infection and recurring cancer I count my blessings. We have her, she’ll heal (although maybe not ‘heel’) and she’ll be fine.
Wags and Slobbers all around!
Judy and Baby
So I’m about to go to work this morning and a warning light comes on saying tire pressure is low. This is such a no big deal problem, yet for some reason, all the emotions I had been holding in decided to burst out. I went in the house and had one of those gut wrenching sob cries.
Suddenly, I heard this soft whimper/howl sound. I had never heard it before, then I looked at Baby and sure enough – she was crying with me. This is a dog who has never complained about any pain, about surgery, about post-op pain, or anything! Yet, here she was being empathic and comforting for me.
My Baby’s heart is as big as she is! Love my girl!
Judy
Some of my new ‘blog friends’ asked for pictures. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this – pages perhaps?, but I have only figured out blog and forums so far. Enjoy.
Had a great appointment with the vet today! She’s amazed at how well Baby’s doing and how sweet she is. (I could have told her that!) About half the stitches came out today. The rest need another week. She has so much weight sitting on that wound, it’s taking a little longer to heal. She’s still a little drippy. The vet explained that large dog like Baby has a lot of space inside that collects fluids more than a little dog. Guess we won’t pick up the puppy pads quite yet.
Baby was so happy about leaving the vets she practically ran out to the car. Then she jumped in, got settled and spent the trip home taking turns laying her head on Roger’s shoulder and mine. Such joy and contentment! (Such drool and shirts to change)
Just to let the Monkeybutts know, I took Toby to the dog park when we got home. Don’t want to leave him out of the car rides. I keep expecting to find a little section of tree with slash marks where Toby and Baby are keeping score :- )
Wags and smiles,
Judy and Baby
So we had decided to keep Baby from trying to use the doggy door (yes, it’s a very large doggy door – comes in handy when we lock ourselves out as we can crawl right through) until her stitches were out. Then we would introduce it very carefully and slowly. Well, once again, we make plans and God laughs.
Today my husband brought in the garbage cans and as usual Toby came trotting around the corner to greet him. This involves leaving the house via the doggy door. The surprise was Baby hop-trotting right behind him. Evidently, we hadn’t closed off the door well enough and she did what came naturally.
Our Baby is full of surprises.
Learning every day.
Judy and Baby