Dale had back surgery Thursday. He's been out of work for a year & a quarter because he injured his back. It took this long for approval by the insurance company.
Here he is pretending to sleep right after he was brought to his hospital room. He stayed in overnight, and then came home. It should be an 8 week recovery process that includes a lot of walking. His doctor also said something about physical therapy. The goal is to return to work, of course.
It's been a long and painful journey for Dale, and hopefully he'll feel a whole lot better as he heals. Meanwhile, he's got our dogs and me cheering him on and trying not to be too obvious about taking care of him.
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He looks dead.
Yeah, he refused to open his eyes for the picture. He didn't look very good at all when they brought him out of the recovery room.
I came across your blog and the dog that you had as your service dog, is he a mix? Ours looks exactly like it. We have a Bernese Mtn Dog and Rottweiler mix. We are in the process of making a huge decision. Our Dog, how do I put this, opened his mouth and "nipped" at my 7 year old daughter today. She was eating goldfish, he begged, she said "No" and he obviously did not like that. He did not puncture her lip but it was a little swollen. The next day he went to the bathroom in her bedroom. He is NEVER upstairs! I just don't know what to do. He growled one other time in the Spring and that is it.
Anonymous, no, Lucy was a full rottweiler with a fault in her coat. It's seen sometimes in rotties that they will be born with a recessive gene that results in a long wavy coat like a Bernese.
As for your dog, you need to contact a behaviorist and get him into obedience class immediately. It sounds as if you are having an escalation of behavior that is dangerous to say the least. Regardless of this, you should never allow your children to be unsupervised with a large dog. Until you consult a behaviorist and begin your dog on a training program, you've got to make sure your daughter is never allowed to be in the sort of situation that you describe prior to the bite.
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