Roxy's New Life

Hi guys.  Thanks for the well wishes and your concern.  As always, it’s appreciated. 

Roxy is getting better bit by bit.  She has slowly started to use her injured leg more often.  Last night, when I got home from work, she jumped up on her hind legs to greet me.  Of course it scared the bejeezes out of me because I don’t want her to reinjure the leg.  But it says a lot about her progress because that’s the first time she’s done that since Sunday. 

Another sign that she’s getting back to normal is she decided to brave the wood floors in our bedroom last night (with me hovering of  course).  The dogs’ beds are in our room, and she’s used to a routine of going to bed the same time I do.  However, when she hurt her leg she couldn’t get around on our floor.  We’ve tried non-slip rugs, and all the great ideas I’ve read on here, but when there’s a rug down, she does everything she can to AVOID it.  It’s so strange.  So, since our floor was dangerous for her I decided best to lock her out of our room so not to take any unnecessary chances.  And of course I couldn’t leave her out of the room by herself all night…so I’ve slept on the couch all week.  Just so she would have company until she gets better.  Hey, if it were me, and I couldn’t do my usual thing for some reason, I would hope someone would keep me company too. 

She’s been staying with my aunt during the day.  I’m so thankful that she was willing to keep her for us.  I would have been a nervous mess all day if she were home with the others.  Not only are the others almost twice her size, they also seem completely oblivious to the fact that she’s having issues.  Some dogs are sensitive about these things…not my horses.  So Roxy has been hanging out with Vickie and her Golden/Lab mix Mason, who looks strikingly similar to Kenmore…but with a pink nose.

I was talking with a co-worker this morning about how she’s been hopping around on her two right legs this week and how amazing it is, and it hit me.  I should have taken video.  But I was too concerned for her safety to think of something like that.  And hopefully I’ll never have the opportunity to get it on video again!

Fingers crossed that she continues to get better!

Leslie