We just came from seeing my vet and I am a free pup! I can go back to walking and running and I couldn't be any happier!
We did jump the gun this morning and we did go for a short walk. I was very excited and happy to get back to it!
I missed you, duckies!
Mom and I thank you for all of your helpful and positive feedback! When mom returns from the grocery store, the britches come off and we will see how it goes.
It's been ten days since my big boy surgery. My vet's instructions were for me to stay exercise restricted for the next ten-fourteen days and I should be wearing my cone continuously during this time. I've been a very good boy wearing my cone and then my dandy britches all day and all night long. The limited exercise has been very difficult as I am a Spaniel pup. The Trazodone was okay but three tabs would have been more effective than one😉
My appointment to see my vet is on Wednesday at 9am. Seeing as I have been such a good boy and it has been ten days - what do you think about me going britches-free on Tuesday? Mom thinks waiting one more day isn't going to make me heal any more or any less plus she is anxious to see how "nosy" I am going to be with my surgery site. She's also has had enough of taking my britches off and then on again every time I go outside for business!
Love ya lots♥
Duke
Last night Amazon arrived and the package was for me! Mom bought me dandy britches so I can get rid of my cone!
My tail is missing, mom!
We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~
Obviously, no walking happened this week but mom discovered that another African Violet was in bloom~
How can it be a whole year since you left, Molly. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you and wish you were here but I know that you were tired and that you hurt. Now you're running free and no longer in pain.
“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us”.
I miss you, Molly - so very, very much♥
Love ya lots♥
Mom
Our weather is up and down here with warmer temps and cooler temps and always plenty of rain. Mom decided to make Clam Chowder. She doesn't normally make the Manhattan style but she did this time.
Mom discovered Sunday night that I was scooting on my hiney. No - I don't have anal gland issues. It feels good to scratch my stitches itch. Carpets are abrasive and we have wall-to-wall carpeting here.
Monday morning, mom called the vet and sadly, he was not available to talk with today. We searched the intermutts and they suggested Benadryl, which mom would never do as we don't know how that would react with my prescription drugs that I'm taking post surgery. The other suggestion was a diaper.
Mom was out on her errand on Monday and she decided to buy a package of diapers. Geez, she didn't need 16 of them! We did find directions about how to put them on me and to cut a hole for my tail to stick out of.
Mom has an important errand to run today and it can't be put off.
Mom called the vet's office yesterday and vet tech told her that the first three days after surgicals are the most crucial for healing. Tomorrow I can have my Hartz squeaky balls back. YAY!
This was my project yesterday and I think I did pretty well with the cone firmly in place! Mom can't believe what a happy boy I am with this cone on me twenty-four seven♥
Mom picked me up yesterday around 3pm. It wasn't long before I found a new toy that she had put in my toy box. She says his name is Mister Bill~
We are joining Rosy this week and Nature Friday~~
Mom has had just about enough of my pulling so hard on every training device that she gets for me. She reads lots of stuff on the intermutts and she read very good things about the 2Posh2Pull head collar from the UK. Our Springer Spaniel friend, Ollie wears it and it works for him! We read that it's a game changer!
So this morning was my very first walk on my new head collar. It doesn't help matters that the birds are singing and flitting everywhere gathering materials and building their nests. They taunt me and it's very hard for me to be a good boy.
