Scooby is doing so well. I’m impatient to get my old doggy back but I keep getting glimpses so hopefully it won’t be too much longer.
He is off the pain meds now and just 1 day left of being on the anti-inflammatories. His fur is slowly growing back.
It’s not been an easy 10 days. Lots of mixed emotions and with it all being over Christmas and New Year that’s only added to the heightened emotions. Trying to stay jolly for my children (who are so incredibly pragmatic about the whole thing).
Scoobs still loves going out for a good old sniff… he’s not keen on the lead (never has been) so stood still and wouldn’t move until we took it off and then he was free to have a little hobble and sniff on his own. Only 5 minute walks each time but enough to fight off the boredom and try to build up his strength.
His eating has been ok – he’s eaten all his food but he needs encouragement at times and a few times we have had to hand feed him. We’ve had quite a few visitors which always cheers him up and certainly hasn’t stopped his tail from wagging like a whip (ouch!)
We got Scoobs a new bed as the one he had just wasn’t big enough for him to lie completely flat in comfort with his wound as it is. It’s an orthopedic one with a a memory foam mattress and he absolutely loves it. He seems a lot happier in that than his old bed.
The hardest thing for me at the moment and I’m just going to have to try and get used to it is the stares you get from other dog owners when you go out. Scooby is obviously still getting used to being a tripawd so it is obvious at the moment but I really don’t like the pitying stares!! I know people aren’t being malicious and it’s a natural thing to look at something out of the ordinary but it makes me feel sad. This is obviously an issue for me rather than Scoobs though so I just need to get over it!!
