Kentucky Derby Training

This is video of Belle at feeding time. She is in training for the Kentucky Derby. I think she has a good shot at winning. We just can't figure out how she doesn't lose any weight??

On the mend

Today Woody's bandage came off and the stitches were removed. He will have to go back next Wednesday to remove the staples but at least we can function without the boot. He is a little lame and doesn't have the support to jump on the couch or stand on that leg to pee but he is walking on the leg. It will take time.

Will this ever end??

Will this ever end? That's what Woody wants to know. We went to see Dr. Burnett yesterday and he had to build the bandage up further. Because Woody's legs are so short the bandage was slipping. I was able to see the incision and although it looked good we don't want to press our luck. So now it goes all the way to his hip. It makes it a little hard to maneuver but he seems to find his way to the couch just fine. All he wants to do is go for a walk. All in all he is doing fine.

Wednesday is our next big day. The bandage will come off. Until then.....

Not the way I wanted to start spring!

Woody had surgery today for a partially torn ACL. He was brought to the vet on Monday for a dental cleaning and to check his leg better. He had hurt it running in the yard about a month ago. Ever since then he had been limping. While he was under anestisia they felt they would be able to see the movement and xray it if necessary. Dr Mac called us at noon and said it would be better if we wait until Tuesday so if he needs surgery Dr Burnett would be there to do it and we would only have to knock him out once. We agreed and he spent the night (no charge). Anyways today he had his teeth cleaned, one rotten tooth extracted and it was discovered that his ACL was partially torn. Dr Burnett performed a surgery that puts a device along side his ligament to prevent damage to the knee if fully torn. He said he was the perfect candidate and that his hips looked good. Of course we did not expect a full cast. It will be difficult for rainy days. Overall he does pretty good with it. We will post pictures tomorrow of him standing. Today he is TIRED and has a morphine patch to help with pain. I will stay with him tomorrow and monitor him. The satelitte dish is recommended but for now we are seeing how things go. Soft food for 4 days and we are to remove the patch on Sat morning. He will return next Wed for the staples or stitches to be removed. Wish us luck!

Patriot Place

Today we went to Patriot Place and visited the Hall of Fame. Pretty cool!