Great news to bring in the new decade!

Bugsy got great news from the surgeon the other day - his bones are healed!! He can increase exercise and in three weeks we can start some off leash activity -
REJOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He seems to realize that he has been semi-freed and is joyous and impish 24/7!

This morning we had a nice walk by the lake and up and down a hill. His nose was to the ground the entire time, the look on his face - when he looked up - was priceless.
He is clearly overwhelmed the the scents of nature, he appears to be on opiates, and his brain is engaged with nothing else. No command is effective, he has no sense that he is 'owned' or being walked. He's just out there doing what he loves to do. He gives me this, um hello I need to go THAT way, expression when we have a difference of opinion on direction.
Despite having aching shoulders now it is so incredible to see him doing what he loves to do again. Its been a long road. A road some day we may need to traverse again for his other knee but for now we will all rejoice in seeing my crazy, wild child dog being who he is!


Happy New Year everyone! May it be your best year yet!

Note to self............

Don't give a dog a stuffie that has little beads in it LOL
Bugsy was full of the devil earlier and needed an outlet so I gave him the last of the stashed stuffies, which of course had a very short life. It was a cute little bear that had some beads in the butt I suppose to make it more stable when sitting.
When I went to check on what beastie was doing I found little plastic beads all over the place. They were contained in a little pouch but he had opened the pouch and clearly enjoyed slinging it. Gulp.

I am glad though that he doesn't eat the innards of stuffies and I am also glad that he could care less what I do when he is 'playing' with his toy. He was lying there finishing off the little bear while I was lifting his paws trying to clean up all the little beads.

He's a good boy most of the time ha ha ha

In other news we had a great walk by the lake yesterday, said hi to a pretty yellow lab today, and I was able to squash an attempted zoomie!!

Tomorrow we have his 8 week xrays!!! Wish us luck

Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing day!

I am so thrilled as it isn't long before xrays now and that hopefully will mean we can increase activities. Bugsy is so happy and lively of late, one can't help but smile in his presence.
He got a Gingerbread House hide a toy for Christmas and he likes it
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I had to pull it away at the end because he was beginning to chew it - that is instant death for stuffies!

He also got to go on a short walk in a field which was filled with things to smell!
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Hope your holidays were fun!

can he please stop hurting now?

Just a quick post to say that I am tired of seeing my boy limping. Seems everyday he does something at some point that causes him to limp. It usually passes but it is so sad to see over and over and over.
Lord let the pain become a much less frequent for my boy. He just wants to be happy and free again.
Thanks

He's been discharged

Its official Bugsy has been discharged from rehab. Save our souls now because getting to expend energy there has been a lifesaver for us. For example he has whined all morning but once he gets back from rehab he'll make nary a sound until tomorrow some time. He is so very pent up we try to be patient but it isn't easy.

Thank you Michelle for loving the slobbery boy. Your hard work has clearly helped him more than anything else!

One week from today and we will have done our 8 weeks xrays and know how he is doing. Very exciting!

OK off to enjoy some peace and quiet

hill workouts day 1

Bugsy has been doing very well with his 1/2 mile walks so today after taking yesterday off, we drove to a long hill and went up and down it a couple of times interspersed with a walk in the field near the lake.
I've noticed that when his nose takes over he walks very evenly, as if he forgets he has a bad leg, I imagine that is good for him.
He was certainly happy to be out in the open air doing what he does best - sniffing!



A real nuisance for me but we have to keep working on his recovery. I wonder if he knows how loved he is?

Oh Bugsy NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

After a long and vigorous chew on his antler he decided he needed to go out for a poop or a pretend one as it turned out to be. Guess he just wanted to check out the sleet!

After dragging DH out into this awful weather, just to have a mooch around he came back inside and launched into major zoomies, leaping over the baby gate and running up and down the stairs and then down the hardwood hallway and tiled kitchen
I believe he didn't slip and that his knee is still intact.
I however nearly had a stroke.
He is now sleeping so innocently I can hardly believe he is the dog that was a lunatic earlier.

Two more weeks and then 8 more of restricted activity - pray for us please [:S]