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Finally, Louie pooped on his own this morning and didn't seem to have any problem with balance or anything 🙂  so proud of my boy!! Also when it was time to bring him in he kept lying down and rolling over on his back refusing to go back in the house. I have horses in the backyard and needed to feed them and clean the stalls so I decided to leave Louie in the shade if he wanted to stay out and proceeded to the barn. Let me tell you that my barn is about 400 feet behind my house and when I turned around Louie was hopping after me as fast as he could! He would stop and lie down and rest and then get up and hop some more until he made it all the way back to the barn where he proceeded to greet all the horses like he used to every day and then lie down on the barn floor while I cleaned the stalls. Afterwards he was just so exhausted that I decided to put him in the car and drive him back to the front yard where the ramp to the house is. Nope......he wanted no part of it! My gladiator dog,my hero, wanted to walk on his own all the way back to the house!! He hopped and rested,hopped and rested,hopped and rested some more, barely made it up the ramp and proceeded to lie down on the kitchen rug where he promptly fell asleep and has remained snoring loudly 🙂  He  was always my body guard, always my shadow, and today he was determined to resume that role. What great big hearts our tripawds have!  What heroes they all are! My eyes are full of tears and my heart is so full of pride!!

Sue and Big Lou