Thank you everyone for your help advice and support. If I could teach middle school/junior high kids for 18 years one little bitty pup is just going to have to tow the line too. Blessings to you all. Karen
Thank you everyone for your help advice and support. If I could teach middle school/junior high kids for 18 years one little bitty pup is just going to have to tow the line too. Blessings to you all. Karen
When my molly hurt her back, she wasn't allowed to jump or do stairs for 6 weeks. Talk about trying to keep a good dog down. It was impossible and we too invested in a doggie playpen for her and it helped a good deal. She wasn't thrilled but she did much better because of it. Then we got stairs to the window seat so she wouldn't jump up there either. The stairs really came in handy when she could no longer jump due to the cushings and still wanted in Her window seat. So you never know how things will work out. I also loaned that playpen to a friend when she got her new pup.
Hopefully she will be feeling better and healing well in no time at all.
Sharlene and the late great diva - Molly muffin (always missed and never forgotten)
I work in a SDC (Special Day Class). I have worked in my local school district for 27 years. I have had classes ranging from preschool through 8th grade. I am now in a 4/5/6 combo. Having said that, dealing with my own family, and fur child, is tons harder. As much as I care about my students, I don't take them home with me. So, I do understand how this is difficult for you.
Hang tough and know that you are doing the right thing for your sweet girl.
Kathy and Angel Buddy. The mightiest of all lizard hunters!
Hi Kathy, I just don’t know how you all work and have families plus everything else it take just to manage daily life and then add a Cushpup into the mix it is just mind boggling to me. I loved teaching but I ‘m very thankful to be retired. Both Gracie and Annie were a handful even before they got sick. Blessings to you all.
Annie has finally given up the whining, crying, climbing, barking and anything else she could think of to just hack me and the hubby off to no end. The first night, Jerry slept on the floor next to her play pen and I slept in the recliner. Last night he said he couldn’t take it, so he moved the recliner next to the pen and I slept out here in the living room by myself next to the baby. She whined a little because she’s such a daddy’s girl, but finally gave up. I can be the bad cop when I have to be. Thursday can’t come soon enough!!! That’s when the stitches come out. Blessings to you all and your pups. Karen
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Could you possibly move the playpen into the bedroom at night so that both you and hubby could get some sleep?
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Kathy and Angel Buddy. The mightiest of all lizard hunters!
We thought about it but decided that a consistent spot would work better for her. Plus she’s used to sleeping on the bed with us, pre-surgery, and thought that might be harder on her. Last fall, I had to have two spinal surgeries within five weeks and had to wear a neck brace for two months—basically my own e-collar and had to sleep in the recliner so a couple more days are no big deal. Thanks for thinking of us though! Blessings, Karen
I'm glad she is accepting her limitations and hope you and hubby can find a way to be comfortable while watching over her. I bought an air mattress after Squirt had her surgery and slept on the living room floor with her so I would be close so I understand the need to be with her very well. Soon this will be in the past and she will return to her normal routines...and so can ya'll! You're great parents and she is so lucky to have you both!
Hugs,
Leslie
"May you know that absence is full of tender presence and that nothing is ever lost or forgotten." John O'Donahue, "Eternal Echoes"
Death is not a changing of worlds as most imagine, as much as the walls of this world infinitely expanding.
I have been sleeping on the couch since Gable started showing symptoms and was diagnosed so that I hear him get up when he needs to go....over a year now...I miss my nice, comfy bed. Hopefully after we see the specialist next week we will all be more comfortable!
Joan, mom to my Angel Lena, Angel Gable, Angel Phoenix, Angel Doree, Cooper, Sibble, and now Raina.
I've been thinking about you and Gable and was glad to see your post. Is his appointment on the 6th or 9th? At any rate, Annie and I have been counting down the days with you. At one time or another, I think we all have spent nights sleeping on something other than our beds for either kids, grandkids or pups. But in this case, you need a big trophy for first place couch mom! Blessings to you, your pups and your couch. I'll be thinking of you and Gable from my recliner tonight. Karen