Friday will be 3 weeks since Miley has had her hip replaced. Next wednesday, she will return to Mississippi State University to have a 4 week post surgical evaluation. I am hoping they tell me “she is doing extraordinarily well and can be walked longer”.
This would be a dream come true!
You know when your pet gets overly excited when you first come home, jumping around so happy that you have finally arrived, and you’re annoyed? Well, you never know how much you enjoy that sudden release of energy until your pet has been made to keep still and not allowed to jump. This of course causes them to “store” their energy until they are about to burst. Miley is at that point now. It is unbelievably frustrating and annoying.
I’ve started taking Miley on very short walks to try to release a little of her energy. It usually goes well…except for the fact she tries to pull you everywhere now. She’ll need leash trained….again!
On tuesday, during our lunch time outing, we were almost home and then this black and white dog came running over to Miley. The dog had teeth showing and hackles up and was growling. Miley, of course, reacts in the same manner as the dog lunges at us. Soon she’s trying to lunge at the dog, while I’m hanging onto the leash, trying to place myself between them. (I know I know…silly me could have gotten bitten!) I wasn’t worried about getting bit….I was worried about a $3500.00 hip popping out! The owner of the dog
finally came WALKING over to us to get her dog. I don’t think I was ever so mad at a stranger!
Fortunately, Miley’s hip is fine and no animals were harmed.
We’ll be keeping our fingers and paws crossed that Miley will be released from her playing restriction.
Maybe then she’ll stop looking at me when the other dogs are outside playing and jumping with the sad eyes that say:
March 31, 2010
Molly
