So much for the last few months. I'm not even sure where the time went and what we were doing the whole time. To be honest, most of the time between Thanksgiving and now went into helping our pup recover. Turns out that even a free dog isn't free. Shortly after we got him, we noticed a limp in his hind legs. Dee being the intuitively concerned "parent" that she is thought it a good idea to put her hands on his hips while he walked and yep...clicking. After about 2 second in the vets office it was confirmed, hip dysplasia. Poor little guy has his whole life in front of him, and the vet told us that with how advanced his condition was, by 5 he'd have trouble walking.
So we decided to give him a shot a normal dog life by taking him to a vet surgeon (recommended over U of Penn animal hospital I might add) in Malvern. Our pup Jake ended up having two surgeries during which each hip had a procedure known as TPO (Triple Pelvic Osteotomy). See here for details (http://www.gcvs.com/surgery/triple_pelvic.htm). The short story is that they cut the pelvic bone around the hip joint and reposition the joint so that the head of the femur stops popping out of the socket. They use plates to hold the pelvic bone in place while the bone heals.
We are pretty impressed at how well Jake took all of this. Never fussed about pain or being confined to his crate for the bulk of a few months. He has recently gotten back to 100% bone strength and we are building his muscles back up. I think we are also now dealing with his pent up puppieness for the past few months as he's starting to drive us nuts, but a nice walk takes care of that.
Anyway, we ARE actually plugging away on the master bathroom, and a dedicated update will be coming shortly. We should even have some tile pictures!
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