My computer keeps freezing up when I try to go to the bottom of your last post – I sure hope I'm the only one!

I'm guessing no luck yet, or we would have heard back by now?   Drew is soooooo cute.  He's bound to charm a great family soon!  Come on Tripawd fans – spread the word if you can!!!

Is the need for amputation a certainty at this point or still up in the air?  Sorry it was looking that way last.  Poor guy sure deserves to catch another break (in addition to getting rescued by you and your family!)

Drew is basically off all of his meds, the vet is sceptical about amputation so we have just decided to let him walk on it as much as he can for now, i have him off all of his meds ecept for what is lefft of his antibiodics which are only costing me about 4.00 a month so we are doing alot better. He is off his pain meds but not hurting anymore, he is still limping and is going to have a perminant limp due to the bone growing funny as it tried to heal himself, so he can only bend the knee joint about half way. He is gaining weight, looking good, and feeling even better, he is being really puppyish, trying to jump up when you are in the yard with him and i even turned him loose to run with the older more energetic pups (he went from handing with my moms 5mo dobie and 2 yorkies to running with my 10mo dobie and my great dane) he is happy with them and i even left him loose in my house last night without any problems, he just laid at the foot of the bed and slept until i made him get up and go out. 🙂 things are looking up for him i got a couple bites on him but none that are a complete yes yet but i figure as long as i go without getting into a big hurry i will eventually find someone that is willing to love him as much as he deserves 🙂

oh and btw the bottom of the first page is new pictures of drew, i will try to pm them to you

   i am starting to think there is more to drews problematic history than i know about, i lightly scallded him last night around 9:00pm i was in the livingroom with him and i couldnt get him to lay down, i know it is hard for him to lay down cause of that leg but i had been asking him for 30 minutes, so i changed my tone a little bit and spoke a little louder "Drew if you dont lay down I'm going to put you in your crate" he tucked his tail between his legs and went down the hall to my room, at 10:30 when i went to bed he was laying in the little closet i pet him, told him goodnight and went to bed, when i woke he was still in the closet and he stayed there until i made him go out about 8:00am

I got Chloe at 8 months and when we brought her home (from a Petco rescue) I saw that she had worms.  She was either in a very unsanitary environment where other dogs had worms or they didn't use flea meds to prevent that.  Plus we found out she was extremely submissive around other dogs and that she was  DEATHLY afraid of fireworks/thunder.  From what I remember the "foster" person saying, she grew up with some not-so-nice (one might even say vicious) dogs, probably scarring her as a puppy as to how other dogs act.  

For example, when I first tried taking her to the dog park as a pup, not only would she cower and pee herself she would also bark and snap if she got too afraid.  I stopped taking her to the dog park because it was more stress than it was fun.  Now that she is older and has grown up around her sister for the last 9 years, dog parks are nowhere near as traumatic. History definitely plays a part, but by establishing a new "norm" around them, it will help them in time.

Chloe is still afraid of fireworks and thunder…don't know how to fix that one since some dogs are more sensitive to those noise pitches.

-Chloe's mom

When I got Yoda I made a similar mistake of hollering "no" at him too loudly to keep him from going into a room that was off limits.  I was so surprised when it scared him.  It wasn't long though before I could have used the same tone and volume and he would have been like, "Yeah, right Mom, I know now what a pushover you are."

Any chance actually mobility issues that kept from laying down that long (leg hurting again?) rather than just the scolding?  Is he up and about now?  That reminds me, I need to take a look at that post Jerry put up about being able to tell when your dog is hurting and about limping without hurting - both sounded like they'll have handy info for the future with any dog...

If it was the scolding that upset Drew, I'm sure he'll bounce back.  Thank dog he has someone taking care of him now that cares that she accidentally upset him and is sensitive to his reaction.  He's so lucky to have you!