underwear
Sorry it has been so long since Lyndon and I have written, but this past week has been crazy busy. Aside from the usual holiday craziness, Lyndon had a pretty eventful week too. First of all he got his stitches out on Tuesday! I was surprised how quick it was, they just took him in back for about 5 minutes and then we were free to go. The bad news is that he is still banned from messing with his scar for another week… hence the cone is still in power. Due to all his misery over the cone of shame I asked the vet if there were any alternatives. And the alternative turned out to be… little kid’s boxer shorts…
swashbuckler boy
Needless to say that Lyndon is not fond of his new britches, but he likes them better than the cone. It is a really good solution too as Lyndon can sleep and move around and even go down the stairs with the shorts on. The problem is that they don’t stay up very well, and I’m constantly having to pull them back up (it doesn’t help that he only has a little stub instead of a tail).
The other night we had a funny night with Lyndon. We were staying with my parents for the thanksgiving weekend and my mom decided that she wanted Lyndon to sleep in her room the first night. It was a decision she soon regretted. She first put Lyn in the bed with her and he wandered around the bed, crying for about an hour before my mom put him back on the ground. Once on the ground, Lyndon wandered and cried for another two hours. Finally my mom said she heard a tearing sound coming from the master bathroom, so she went to see what it was. To her annoyance, she found Lydon sitting on the shag bathroom rug picking out every single piece of string. He had a little pile of torn pieces sitting next to him on the bathroom floor and when she caught him, he just looked at her like, “WHAT?!” Needless to say he spent the rest of the nights with me.
Lyndon the day before surgery
Well, I guess that’s all for now. This coming week we are going to start working on going up the stairs. He’s a pro at going down, but he’s not confident in the slightest going up. We even got him a ruff-wear harness to help him. More on that next time.
November 28th, 2010 at 3:39 am
My pug Maggie was also a left rear amp. When she became incontinent I tried to put doggie diapers on her to keep her dry (I was trying to avoid more meds). But without that other leg the dang things just would not stay on!
Mag also had problems going up stairs. She would go down anything. Part of her problem was that she was so little, only about 12″ at the shoulder, so most stair cases were just to long and steep for her remaining back leg. She always would go up one or two- on to the deck or into the house. And a short flight of 4 or 5 was manageable, but nothing longer than that. As she aged I was a little more careful and didn’t really want her to stress her back leg.
Good luck with the shorts, and stairs!
Karen and the pugapalooza
November 28th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
lyndon, it’s good look for you…like you’re a ‘gangsta rapper’ with your drawers showing….get down with your bad self big guy – but be careful on the stairs!!!
gayle & charon