Checking in with a pupdate: Sophie continues to do well. She got her stitches out several days ago and everything looks good at the incision site. She’s off the pain meds and has completed the course of antibiotics, but still feels entitled to peanut butter crackers at medicine time! Mom and Sasha went home Friday, and I think Sophie misses them (yes, even Sasha, though Sophie will never admit it).

She’s handling normal stairs just fine, but I can’t get her to use the steps up to the bed yet. I bought a set of steps for her a year or more ago, since my bed has a tall mattress and I didn’t want her to have to make that big jump as she is getting older. So, she had been using the steps before the surgery, but she can’t seem to figure them out with three legs. I’m working on the same training process (lots of encouragement and treats on each step) that I initially used to train her to use the steps, but progress is slow.

Also, now that Sasha has left, Sophie seems less excited about going out and doing her business. She doesn’t ask to go out as often as she did pre-surgery, though I still take her at the routine times that I always have, so maybe that’s enough for her.

I gave her her first post-surgery bath yesterday, and that went just fine. She doesn’t love baths, but she tolerates them. (Secretly, I think she likes the attention!) She’s enjoying a Sunday afternoon nap right now: