We are almost six months post recovery on all of Doug’s surgeries. We have a few daily reminders that he is part metal. I can see and feel the hardware in both legs (I do not enjoy either of these), extremely cold temps make him creaky and sore, and he cannot go up steps very quickly. In fact, he goes up as slowly as Jake did. True story.
But aside from those things, he cray. Like he is fully back to being BAT SHIT CRAZY.
If Doug had a car, it would have a bumper sticker that said zoomies-R-life and that car would sit in the garage because Doug would rather run to wherever he is going. Doug is constantly in motion. I forgot that he is impossible to keep weight on until we went to the vet and found out he lost six pounds. SINCE DECEMBER!
He runs in the morning, the afternoon and the evening. No time of day is left out. He is an equal opportunity zoomist.
Luckily for me, the thing he does 2nd best after zoomies, is sleep all night. He usually puts himself to bed by 9 and if I don’t wake him, he sleeps until 9 the next morning. It’s a simple life, sleep, zoom, zoom, bark at Bob, sleep. Zoom. He eats in there somewhere, but clearly his metabolism does not notice.
There is a FB page for folks going through leg surgeries like Doug had. I stay on it because they were so helpful when I was going through Doug’s back to back surgeries so I want to provide support to newbies going through the same. So many of the people who are finishing up surgery one are afraid to let their dogs resume activity. I totally get it, it’s very overwhelming. The only reason I was able to do it, rather easily is, I WAS TERRIFIED OF NOT LETTING DOUG RESUME ZOOMIES. He was an inmate for five months. If he did not get to run when he did, the warden was gonna suffer a brutal coup.
Doug does not recall that he was ever incarcerated. I opened the door for that first bionic zoom session and he never looked back. I am actually glad that we got both legs done back to back because a lot of folks have to live in fear of the other leg tearing. That said, Doug’s legs will never be right. They are barbie legs, put on backwards. He is always going to struggle. But he’s good enough. And good enough is really great.
Bionic legs. Bionic butt. Bionic attitude. Powered by joy.
Bionic legs. Bionic butt. Bionic attitude. Powered by joy. YOU FORGOT ….and the best MOM EVER!!!!!
Awwwwwww, thank you! Bionic love!
Zoomies for life! I have learned to always keep my knees bent and if possible my back against a wall as 50 lbs of lab fly around the house. Sophie just sits on the couch and watches the zooming yellow blur.
😂😂 we need to do a Zoomies for Dummies book!
My pittie had 4 leg surgeries (3 on one leg, 1 on the other) and I remember that first zoomie like it was yesterday! She didn’t walk for over a year and was incarcerated (like Doug), then 2 years of rehab. She started her zoomies that glorious sunny day 2 years ago, and hasn’t stopped since.
Oh my incarceration! How did you survive!? They are amazing, they are built to move forward ❤️
Way to go!
Yay us!!!
So great to hear……..HE’S BACK!!!! Kudos to you for having him restored. The only thing I notice different about Noel is she no longer jumps up on the bed, and yeah, she too can be slow to get up, but in motion she is beauty to behold. You did a great job “doctoring the dog”.