Hi everypawdy! This announcement is 7 days early, but as we will be vacationing at the lake when the great day arrives I am going to post it early and let the celebration begin! I just finished reading about Brandys 1 year ampuversary and I can really feel I think the same things that her pawrents feel... I can still so vividly remember holding my breath wondering 1 month would ever arrive.. and then it did.. I held my breath the whole time - especially given Coopers infection and the resulting necrosis of his incision area, I saw things that I never would expect to see on a living animal and sure wondered if he would survive..then 3 months , then the magical half year! And now it will be 7 months and we have had scares - even another recent one, Cooper started Duralactin a week ago tomorrow and progressively through the first week he has lost his appetite , gradually reverted back to walking even less and more poorly than ever, well old Cooper is lactose intolerant, we took him off the Duralactin and he is now back on previcox until we get home next week ( the vet was on vacation when I called ) I have asked about rimadyl or a generic of it. Cooper rebounded after his first two doses of previcox and his loose stools and loss of appetite are all but gone. Anyway... here at Coops pack we wish our old boy the hoppiest of 7 month ampuversaries... and I feel stronger and stronger that Cooper will continue to fight on and before I know it I will be posting his 1 year ampuversary. Thanks to all of you for all the support and friendship! Sorry for posting early but given the last 3 weeks and the content of them I feel this 7 month ampuversary is a huge milestone and not to be missed because we are out of town! Thanks again!

And Shanna - I sure hope that this 26th you will celebrate with us and our old darling Cooper - and you will share a smile with us!

Coopsdad