Hi everyone!

Sorry we haven't posted for a few days but we've all been busy catching up on things, Christmas prep and for some of us....getting used to life on three legs! We have decided to give Rosie yet another name (as if Rosie girl, Babygirl, Ms. Shedsalot, Princess Waggy Tail etc weren't enough). Her newest name is Rosie the Rockstar because that's what she is! We are so pleasantly shocked with how well she is doing. Every day we see her adjust a little more...able to hold herself up better when peeing/pooping, able to easily hop up the two stairs to our door or down the stairs to the field (haven't tried multiple stairs and don't plan to for awhile), jog/hopping around the field. We are still limiting her walking etc and she does get a bit tired and pants more after a short walk outside in the field. But, I'm sure her tolerance and stamina will improve with time.

She seems happier than she has in about five weeks since we first started noticing her limping at the beginning of November. Her eyes are bright and alert, she is more engaged, back to doing her usual begging for treats, following us around (she had been just lying on her bed much more), trying (not quite succeeding yet) to roll over for belly rubs.

Her incision looks good, swelling is slowly going down and no signs of infection. I'm including two pics of the site just so you can see a comparison between Day 3 post surgery (when she came home) and Day 8 (today). I know others have mentioned but it is important to prepare yourself for how big the incision is especially, at least according to the surgeon, on front leg amps as the have to take the scapula as well.

She has been having episodes of fine trembles throughout her body. They last maybe 10 minutes but a bit hard to tell because we aren't always able to tell when they started or stopped. At first we thought it was from the anesthesia but as the days progressed we then worried it was pain related. But, she is on a great pain regimen and no other signs. She would be wagging her tail and trembling, sleeping and trembling....So, we called the surgeon just to be sure and she thinks it is from the Tramadol. She said she had heard of this in other dogs post surgery on Tramadol. Whew.

So far, that's been our main concern but otherwise Rosie has made it easy for US! Love that girl!We feel incredibly lucky because we know that not all dogs will respond this well but we also wanted to put our experience out there to hopefully show how well dogs CAN do and maybe help someone else to make the decision we were struggling and agonizing over just last week.

Back to beggin' as usual.

lovin my chewy

lovin' my chewy outside

Incision day 3

Incision day 8

Getting used to 3 legs