Champ&Candice
Recovery 43/52
Last night was a rough night. At about 1 AM, I woke up to an urgent barking coming from the living room. I got up to see what was wrong and I saw Champ just sitting in the middle of the living room. It seemed weird why he'd bark to try to wake me up as he looked just fine...until I told him to "come here". He barely was able to stand up for even a second and just scoot half an inch toward me. He would not get up. So naturally, being the neurotic person I am, I started making assumptions like "oh no, he's a 10 year old golden...must be hip dysplasia or arthritis" til I was in tears. I could not get him to get up to take him back to my room so I just sat down with him massaging him for an hour. Finally, I was able to coax him to his bed in my room with a treat, but it took a while as he kept sitting down and shaking. He and I were able to get about 3 hours of sleep til he woke up at 5:30 AM wanting to go potty; however he couldn't go potty because he was unable to squat since he was in pain. So I spent the next few hours just sitting with him til the earliest vet opened up at 7:30 AM. The vet did some bloodwork and checked out his hips. His bloodwork and hips are perfect. It is a disc in his back that was the problem and he gave him a cortisone shot and some prednisone pills. Champ must rest with no running or jumping for one month. But he will be fine, thank gosh. :) After only 3 hours of sleep last night, Champ and I are exhausted. and I didnt want to make Champ get up for a photo tonight so just took a natural one of him taking a relaxing nap...he's already doing much better and can move around.
Recovery 43/52
Last night was a rough night. At about 1 AM, I woke up to an urgent barking coming from the living room. I got up to see what was wrong and I saw Champ just sitting in the middle of the living room. It seemed weird why he'd bark to try to wake me up as he looked just fine...until I told him to "come here". He barely was able to stand up for even a second and just scoot half an inch toward me. He would not get up. So naturally, being the neurotic person I am, I started making assumptions like "oh no, he's a 10 year old golden...must be hip dysplasia or arthritis" til I was in tears. I could not get him to get up to take him back to my room so I just sat down with him massaging him for an hour. Finally, I was able to coax him to his bed in my room with a treat, but it took a while as he kept sitting down and shaking. He and I were able to get about 3 hours of sleep til he woke up at 5:30 AM wanting to go potty; however he couldn't go potty because he was unable to squat since he was in pain. So I spent the next few hours just sitting with him til the earliest vet opened up at 7:30 AM. The vet did some bloodwork and checked out his hips. His bloodwork and hips are perfect. It is a disc in his back that was the problem and he gave him a cortisone shot and some prednisone pills. Champ must rest with no running or jumping for one month. But he will be fine, thank gosh. :) After only 3 hours of sleep last night, Champ and I are exhausted. and I didnt want to make Champ get up for a photo tonight so just took a natural one of him taking a relaxing nap...he's already doing much better and can move around.