Nana is on house rest and anti-inflammatories after her puppy park trauma of a week ago. I mentioned in my last post that Nana was lame on a front foot. Well....it just didn't seem to get better and my friend Pat, who conveniently is a vet, looked at her and said, "get her to the Orthopod" or something like that. Sigh.....fortunately for Loomis Basin Veterinary Hospital's financial sheet, they happen to have one. So off to the doggie bone doctor on Thursday for a complete exam and treatment plan. After some discussion, I decided to pass on the $700 worth of x-rays and try the rest, anti-inflammatories for a week then light exercise the following week.
It does seem to be helping, but try telling a 10 month old Briard with lots of energy that they need to rest and not exert themselves - particularly as they are trying to rabbit around the tiny living room I have in an uncontrollable burst of exuberance. It was a nice stress test however and she wasn't limping after her zoomie moment which is a good thing. So...I think she is getting better and probably just pulled a muscle playing with the other dogs. A little rest, a little Ace at night to try and get her to calm down and we will both survive the next few days of house rest.
Someone commented that they couldn't tell what the picture was of in the last blog post. It is Nana, upside down with her legs over her face. I thought it looked like an "Oh no...." picture after all the things that she had been through. :)
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