Two weeks?
(Warning: You know, pictures that you shouldn't view while eating.)
Has it really only been two weeks?
We've been so used to Rocky's sluggishness in the past year or so, that we're struggling now to cope with his sudden increase in energy; I feel like the surgery reversed time somehow, and now I have back a puppy! Rocky doesn't walk anymore -- he runs, leaps, bounds. Sometimes I just stare in awe at how he can bounce around with all four paws off the ground.
I'm not complaining -- it's part of the happy problem that comes with the unbelievable success of the surgery -- I just never expected the surgery to be this successful.
Of course, with this apparent youth, comes differences in opinions with regards to the limits on his activities. Rocky is amazing with the split-level steps that separate our living room and dining room, but he hasn't attempted to climb the real stairs. My mom thinks that we should start letting him try, because he can probably manage it now; I don't think we should, because no matter how young and energetic he seems, he's still a 15-year-old dog with brittle bones and -- in the words of the vet -- "there's a 99.9% chance he has arthritis."Man, I'm going to be the kind of mother who will ground her kids until they are 80.
If anyone knows whether 15-year-old dogs are adept at climbing (full flights of) stairs, it would greatly help. I suppose, for now, we will have to work out on our own these disciplinary issues. No one said it was easy rearing a dog; I take my hats off to those of you who've endeavoured raising a child. Be good to your mommies and daddies, everyone.
One last look at the stitches (I count 32, how about you?) before we get them removed this Thursday.
Has it really only been two weeks?
Has it really only been two weeks?
We've been so used to Rocky's sluggishness in the past year or so, that we're struggling now to cope with his sudden increase in energy; I feel like the surgery reversed time somehow, and now I have back a puppy! Rocky doesn't walk anymore -- he runs, leaps, bounds. Sometimes I just stare in awe at how he can bounce around with all four paws off the ground.
I'm not complaining -- it's part of the happy problem that comes with the unbelievable success of the surgery -- I just never expected the surgery to be this successful.
Of course, with this apparent youth, comes differences in opinions with regards to the limits on his activities. Rocky is amazing with the split-level steps that separate our living room and dining room, but he hasn't attempted to climb the real stairs. My mom thinks that we should start letting him try, because he can probably manage it now; I don't think we should, because no matter how young and energetic he seems, he's still a 15-year-old dog with brittle bones and -- in the words of the vet -- "there's a 99.9% chance he has arthritis."
If anyone knows whether 15-year-old dogs are adept at climbing (full flights of) stairs, it would greatly help. I suppose, for now, we will have to work out on our own these disciplinary issues. No one said it was easy rearing a dog; I take my hats off to those of you who've endeavoured raising a child. Be good to your mommies and daddies, everyone.
One last look at the stitches (I count 32, how about you?) before we get them removed this Thursday.
Has it really only been two weeks?
posted by Laughingcow at 1:52 am
5 Comments:
Glad to hear that Rocky is doing well! :)
Here's to rocky's good health.
Thank you both! :)
is he light enough to be carried? I'd rather he not climb the stairs leh..
Of course, how else have we been getting him up and down the stairs? :p Ironically the heavy rain today (he's very frightened of thunder and lightning) sent him running up the stairs -- and he did it very well too! :) But I think I will try to carry him as far as possible. I'm guessing breaking something might be horribly painful.
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