Hi Jake's Mom,

I'm glad to hear it sounds like a false alarm on the wet bed thing.  Although he is still working on recovery so an accident isn't the end of the world.

Try not to worry.  (I am telling myself that as well.) We worry did he pee too much, he isn't peeing enough, he is sleeping too much, he isn't sleeping enough, and on and on. Only in my case replace he with she.

I'm glad to hear that Jake sounds like he is doing well.  

Debra & Emily

Oh Wolfie – no body slams yet!  I can relate.  My nearly former roommate's dog is the jealous type who thinks everyone should love him first.  After Yoda had been limping and I eventually found out it was cancer and that there was the risk of possible fractures, what did Rummy (Yoda's roommate) seem to do all the time?  He'd come bumbling between us when I was giving Yoda attention.  Yoda would be laying down and Rummy would repeatedly just nearly miss stepping on Yoda's fragile leg over and over.  Ohhh Rummy and I had a very rocky relationship between then and Yoda's amputation.

On the other hand though, Yoda's former roommate and good buddy, Lando, who moved up to Minnesota, seemed sensitive to the change in Yoda post-amp. when we went to visit.  Lando's wrestling strategy always use to be to attack the legs, especially the front ones, to put Yoda off balance.  But when they play-wrestled at Lando's house in MN, Lando left Yoda's legs completely alone.  Of course, this meant Lando lost repeatedly, whereas he used to win most of the time, but what a sweetie!

Way to go with your recovery, Jake!  Keep fighting the good fight against your cancer.  And Jake's Mom, keep fighting the good fight against your paranoia

Jake & Family

We are very sorry that we were not able to get here sooner, but as you can tell there are many supportive people here with excellent advice.  I often say that we must remember to treat the spirit as well as the body.  Find something that they love and exploit that love to help give them purpose.  Much like I did with Cherry, you appear to have discovered that love/purpose by accident very early in Jake's recovery.  Swimming is an excellent exercise now that the incision has fully healed.  If you are like me, you keep the chlorine levels in the pool at minimal levels.  My first two Standard Poodles would swim for hours and were such good swimmers that they would make retrievers envious.  (Actually Standard Poodles were bred for retrieving and have webed feet.)  The only issue that concerned me was the Sandy would splash the water with her paws and then catch the drops before the hit the surface.  Drinking too much chlorinated water is not good, but if Jack was used to swimming before, I cannnot see any reason to worry.  Paddle on Boy!!!

Good Luck and we look forward to photos/movies of the swimming adventures,

Bob & Cherry