First I would like to thank everyone who gave me great advice in the forums regarding my concerns as stated in the previous post. Less for me to worry about now…Anyway, onto more exciting news! Today is Chloe’s one week ampuversery.  I am happy to report that she is still doing great: eating, pooping and drinking lots of water regularly. She is also alert, has good energy (but still resting most of the day even though all she wants to do is play/explore outside), wiggles her booty whenever a human family member comes home, and is getting up/sitting down with more ease. Chloe hasn’t needed pain meds for the last few days which is good because it made her drool more than usual (maybe numbed mouth a little) and suppressed her appetite the first few days she was on them.

It seems that having a three legged dog has allowed Chloe and I to meet and talk to more of my neighbors than ever before. This happens on almost a daily basis while taking her on short bathroom outings. I have had conversations with at least 4 people I have never met and have talked to 3 other neighbors I know pretty well, all wanting to know about Chloe.  I think its good attention/ego boost for her since she always loves to have people pet her and they always say how beautiful she looks, how sweet she is, or how she acts like a regular dog even though she had the surgery recently. Guess she is a popular girl now! I am more convinced than ever that my blog tag line “Being 4 legged is so overrated…” is definitely true in my experience with her in the last 7 days.  Just one more week till the staples come out!