Pearl joined the tripawd family yesterday and she is doing great! Was restless when I picked her up from the vet, but as soon as we got her in her kennel she did not want to move. She was still really doped up from the surgery. I had to have my best friend help me move her kennel with her in it from my truck to the garage floor where I let her rest for 4 hours or more until my boyfriend Erik got home and he helped me help her up to go outside because I knew she had to pee. The vet let me know she had not done so yet. She did pee with a little assistance from me, than I got her kennel set up in the living room. I finally got her to eat 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter on it, and after that 1 cup of boiled ground turkey and rice with about a teaspoon of chicken broth, and meds of course. She still did not want to drink plain water and I remembered I had read on here somewhere to try putting a little chicken broth in the water and that worked YAY! I am so happy that I found this site it has helped me a lot.

It was a lot easier to get her up and outside this morning for her 2nd pee. I got her back in her kennel and started getting food ready and when she heard me stirring Bears (my other GSD) food she got up on her own which made me super nervous, so I ran over to help make sure she did not fall and get her comfy on a dog bed over by me in the dinning room. She ate another cup of turkey & rice with fish oil & half scoop of nupro. Took her outside again and she had her first poo YAY! Of course with just a little assistance to make sure she does not fall. She was pretty much holding herself up though. She than ate another cup of turkey, & rice with half scoop of nupro and drank plain water.