Otis slept through the night, in his bed next to ours.  No whining or crying. I woke at 5:30 and took him out.  He was actually standing up straighter and doing more of a hop.  This morning he walked out to his water bowl and drank standing up!  He went outside a little while ago and laid down to try to poop. He abandoned that plan and took a poop just like he would have if he still had his other front leg!

Amazed at the resiliency of animals. 

Otis slept through the night again.  Today the delivery guy came to bring him his Big Barker Bed and well he jumped up like he had all four legs still and started barking.  So he has resumed his guard dog duties already!  He takes the initiative to come off his bed and come over to lay in front of the couch to visit with us.  We all laid on the floor with him last night.   He pooped again today too! 

He did get stuck on his bed last night.  His back was on the edge and he was laying on his side, the one with no leg side, so he had nowhere to push off from.  We grabbed him gently by the legs and rolled him off to his other side and then he was able to get up.  I am amazed how long he can walk without a rest now.  I do make him rest however he ignores me sometimes and keeps going until he is where he wants to be.  He is hopping pretty good now, he looks where he is going so he can hop over certain parts of the house and makes sure his back legs follow correctly. 

A few days before his amputation, I noticed the spark was gone from his eyes.  I was afraid to leave him home so I could go to work.  The next day the spark was back, however now that he got rid of that painful leg, he is so much happier and even played with his toys.

I hope we can continue to give good news and hope, to those with big old dogs -- that three legs is possible.