Hey guys.  Thanks for the responses.  I read through some of the Doxorubicin topics and sounds like it's mostly positive, so that's good news!  So far Wally is doing well.  He had a little bit of leakage last night while sleeping, but that has happened in the past so could be a coincidence.  The vet said if there are side effects they pop up 3-5 days after, so fingers crossed that he doesn't.  I am going to run out to Walmart this evening and get prepared for it though.

I do have a pet stair for him to get into and out of the bed.  I noticed in late spring/early summer that he had become hesitant to jump up onto the bed, so I had bought one for him then.  He used it to get into the bed but would always hop down, so he used it to get into the bed the past 2 nights (with my assistance) but has put on the breaks hard when trying to go down them.  So I've been lifting him up off the bed to the floor and then helping him down the steps to the 1st floor.  Do most tripawds figure out doing down stairs ok?  In no need to rush Wally, but I was just wondering.

As far as I can tell his eyesight is still good.  I might look into a nightlight when at Walmart though.

Finally, as requested here is a pic of Wally on his not as comfy living room arrangement, lol.  Although by the look of the pic I'd say it's comfy enough.

Thanks guys.  Trust me, he wasn't happy about posing with his ribeye sitting right in front of him, lol.  But it was well worth it I'm sure!

Jerry - Yeah, I tried to be as clean as possible with that comment, and now that I know it's nothing serious it's definitely funny.  When the vet tech called with the update and told me he didn't have a UTI and just to keep an eye on it I responded with "What about all of the stuff coming out of his thing?  That has to be caused by something."  LOL.

Hey guys.  Well we had a setback last night .  I took Wally for his evening "walk", which is the shorter of the 2 we go on and has been at most 1-2 driveways down before he decides to head back.  A little after his dinner I grab his web master plus (which has worked out great) and ask if he wants to go for a walk.  He hops down off the loveseat, sits for his harness at the front door, goes out the door and down my front steps fine, pauses for a minute at the bottom (nothing unusual) and decides to take a left.  We go about ~20 feet and I notice he's dragging his hind leg and soon after his leg seems to give up on him and he sits.  I give him a minute to rest then encourage him up and we get about ~10 feet and he's having trouble again and this time he lays down in my neighbors front yard.  So I give him a couple of minutes, encourage and help him back up, and with a lot help from me we get back into the house.  

Once back in the house he sits for me to get his harness off and then immediately lays down on his side near the front door.  I let him rest and about 10-15 minutes he's popped his head up and licking at his paws, etc.  Then another 10-15 minutes he's up and asking for a treat, which I oblige.  Another 10-15 and the tacos I ordered are delivered and he's up and doing his begging from a distance as normal.  I gave him the bite I had saved in his bowl (as normal) and he scarfed it down along with the rest of his dry he didn't eat earlier.  He then crashed on his dog bed and was zonked out and dead to the world for the rest of the evening.  

When I finally got up from the couch (I zonked out as well) he got up, went outside, and up to bed like normal (I did help him a little more than normal getting up the stairs).  This morning everything seems back to normal.  Got up, has been outside a couple of times, up on the couch and love seat, and came to see me a little earlier when I was typing this for some butt scratches.

Any thoughts?  I'm hoping that he may have just overdid it and we need to build his leg strength up more, but it didn't seem like he was any more active yesterday than the past couple of days.  Concerned that it may have been his first HSA bleed, which if the case is BAD news .

Thanks Sally for the response.  He's back to normal and the same energy level as the past couple of days, so I'm guessing it was just a little blip as well.  He's been on glucosamine and fish oil for a couple of years now due to achy joints, so maybe he overdid it along with some achiness.  I'll keep an eye on it and cut out the evening walk for the next few days.  If it happens again I'll give the vet a call.  Also, I'll take a look at getting him a rehab appointment now that he's cleared with the surgeon.  Thanks for the info!

Something else that I forgot to bring up is he's still on Gabapentin, and I had gotten busy with work and totally forgot to give him his afternoon dose.  So I gave it to him with his dinner, so maybe that had something to do with it?

Finally, the pic of the day comes with a story.  We did go on our morning walk, and Wally went further than I thought he would.  Not as far as the past few days, but still ~halfway down the block.  Then after we got back he immediately went to the back door and was begging to go out.  I figured he hadn't taken care of all of his business, so I let him out.  Turns out he just wanted to say hi to our neighbors visitor!!