Dog Days

          Buddy is recovering from surgery.  After a summer of limping and near-lameness on his back left leg, he is finally on the mend.  We had several vet visits and a referral before learning that Buddy tore his cruciate ligament.  He is a week post-op, and he is doing so much better.  In fact, I think he's walking better now than he was prior to surgery.  He'll go in next week to remove the staples in his leg, and then he'll still have about a month of restricted movement before he'll be back to "normal".  I'm impressed with the improvement so far, though.  Buddy is still wearing the "cone of shame" (e-collar), and he isn't quite used to it yet.  He'll ram the cone into furniture, plants, people, you name it, but he is much better than he was his first day home after the surgery!  The cone stays on until the staples are removed, so we have one more week of dodging Buddy and his e-collar.  He's a good dog, though, and he puts up with the meds, the physical therapy, and the e-collar without a complaint.  Hopefully, he'll be as good as new soon.