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I am really worried about Harley. She is struggling with her leg and seems to drag it at times. She struggled getting up one step (front door) yesterday. We go out every day to a different park and she will walk for a few mins, stop for a few mins etc. We do a max of 10 minutes walking. Vets say...

I’m driving to the local park every day so we can have a mooch. Some days we meet with my dog Walker and a few of his oldies which is great as they all have sniffs and mooch gently. I’m letting her do as much / little as she feels like each day 😊

Sorry for being AWOL. Unfortunately I went down with pneumonia and am only just feeling a bit human again. Harley is in antibiotics for 6 weeks to try and get rid of it. If it doesn’t go they will have to remove the plate. The swelling has gone down quite a bit, but is still there. It’s no...

I am so sorry Sonia. I am glad you have friends to help over the next few days. Thinking of you. :hug:

Big hugs @Loraseal There is something going around as I am feeling rough today too. fingers crossed that the sample taken is all clear x

Swelling is still there, but she seems a bit better in herself. She’s picked her teddy up twice today and spent a minute or two shaking him about which is an improvement. She’s still not walking much. We’ve got an appointment with the surgeon at 2.30pm tomorrow so will know more then. Fingers...

I had to put Harleys big collar on around 8pm last night as she kept licking her leg. She shut down and didn’t move for several hours. I took it off and she hasn’t licked it since. She was up and down in the night. She’s currently led in the garden on the cool patio. Hoping today will be a...

Harley has a severe infection and has a temperature. Her leg is very hot. They’ve given her an antibiotic and painkiller injections. We’ve got painkillers, metacam and antibiotics to give her too. They are calling the surgeon today and they may want to see her. She can’t weight bear and her leg...

Harley has woken up with a very swollen back leg (the one that was operated on) and she is weeping fluid from her front paw too. She’s struggling to walk and have a wee / poo. We are off to the vets in 20 mins.

So hot today. We topped 29 degrees. Harley didn’t have her trip to the park to people watch as was too hot by the time I was able to stop work for a break. My daughter and granddaughter are also with us so we spent a lot of today inside or under the oak tree in the garden.

We cancelled our insurance last year as they wanted £125 a month for Harley and excluded anything to do with her arthritis and her tummy. We also would have to pay 40% of any costs. Lo and behold….9 months later her surgery cost us about £4500 to date!

How are you both doing @Loraseal ? Hopefully the itchy stitches have calmed down a bit and that it is a bit cooler for you.

A few mishaps here this week. My OH left the baby gate open when he went to answer the door and she ran through and jumped down the step and landed awkwardly. She wouldnt weight bear and held her leg up staring at it. I ended up giving her paracetamol and later some metacam which helped. She was...

So glad that Hunter is starting to settle more and that he has had a poo 💩 woohoo 🙌 Apologies for not being around much the last few days but had a few mishaps here! I only used a cone if I couldn’t watch Harley and found that she settled better without it. Great news that he is weight bearing...

I am glad that you got a few wiggles this morning. I hope he continues to recover quickly. we could see Harleys stitches and vet said as long as she wasn’t licking it wasn’t a problem.

I’m glad that he has settled in your room. Harley wanted to be on cool grass / vinyl flooring as she was hot and panting. It took about 2-3 days of her struggling to find how to go to the toilet, how to sit and how to lie down. I think this was the hardest part of it u til she decided that...

Today I drove to a local park so Harley could have a short walk. We walked for about 3-4 mins then spent about half hour chilling watching the world go by. Met another dog owner who spotted Harley and put her dog on lead. She then came over to ask about Harleys leg - turns out that her dog had...

Good luck in your search. There is a charity called Many Tears who are based in Wales. My dog Walker got his 2 dogs from there and they seem to very honest about the dogs they have. Might be worth looking at them.

I brought this one and it’s been so helpful...

Enjoy your break @Loraseal I know recovery is hard, but I think it is worth it. I was really worried about how we would manage, but I think we just adapted to her needs and I’m sure you will do the same.