19-52 - Della - A Roller Coaster - From the Hip Challenge
I feel like we have been on a roller coaster with Della lately. She gave us a scare this past week. My husband took her for her late morning walk and all of a sudden she started dragging her rear leg and knuckling under. He brought her right to work and the doctor saw her immediately. She was concerned she might have thrown a clot or was having neurological issues. We brought her home to have her settle down but she couldn’t seem to settle. Every time she would try to lay down her back leg would start to spasm and she would get up and pace dragging the rear leg. We decided to give her some nerve pain meds and she finally settled. When she got up after sleeping for a while she was much better. We have been keeping her quiet and she hasn’t been bugging us for walks. She has been happy just going out in the back yard with us. She is walking well now and even jumping up in her favorite chair which has a clear view of the street and all the people walking their dogs. She never barks at them, she just watches.
Della has had the good fortune to be healthy her whole life so this is new for us. Like I said, a bit of a roller coaster lately.
Here she is this morning. I was happy she wanted to go with my husband for their Sunday morning ritual, pick up the bagels and go for a walk around the park. This is a "shot from the knees" shot. I caught her all happy when she came in from the garage with my husband. She came running up to me and I got several cute shots. The photo drives me a bit crazy because I didn’t straighten it. I figured because it’s a "from the hip" shot it is expected to be a bit crooked. I also loved the fact that my boy Tug (hanging on the wall) is watching the whole scene.
Best Mother's Day gift was to have my girl come running in to see me.
19-52 - Della - A Roller Coaster - From the Hip Challenge
I feel like we have been on a roller coaster with Della lately. She gave us a scare this past week. My husband took her for her late morning walk and all of a sudden she started dragging her rear leg and knuckling under. He brought her right to work and the doctor saw her immediately. She was concerned she might have thrown a clot or was having neurological issues. We brought her home to have her settle down but she couldn’t seem to settle. Every time she would try to lay down her back leg would start to spasm and she would get up and pace dragging the rear leg. We decided to give her some nerve pain meds and she finally settled. When she got up after sleeping for a while she was much better. We have been keeping her quiet and she hasn’t been bugging us for walks. She has been happy just going out in the back yard with us. She is walking well now and even jumping up in her favorite chair which has a clear view of the street and all the people walking their dogs. She never barks at them, she just watches.
Della has had the good fortune to be healthy her whole life so this is new for us. Like I said, a bit of a roller coaster lately.
Here she is this morning. I was happy she wanted to go with my husband for their Sunday morning ritual, pick up the bagels and go for a walk around the park. This is a "shot from the knees" shot. I caught her all happy when she came in from the garage with my husband. She came running up to me and I got several cute shots. The photo drives me a bit crazy because I didn’t straighten it. I figured because it’s a "from the hip" shot it is expected to be a bit crooked. I also loved the fact that my boy Tug (hanging on the wall) is watching the whole scene.
Best Mother's Day gift was to have my girl come running in to see me.