feeling much better today
i am feeling much better today. i woke up this morning and had to go to the bathroom really bad. so i whined and momma took me out. after that i wanted to go lay with tiny instead of in the cage all alone. i can walk now very easily. and i climbed the stairs all by myself! i was scared at first but i didn’t want to be outside alone so i climbed up the stairs. next week momma says i can try climbing down the stairs. the only thing i hate is that she still gives me medicine. i dont like it. it tastes gross. i know i should take it though. momma says she is so proud of me and she is shocked at how fast im getting over my injury. what can i say, im just not the type of dog to lay around all day. i wanna go go go!
on March 10, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I’m so glad Pepper is feeling better! You must post a picture, we want to see this cutie-pie.
I had trouble giving Tate his Tramadol, I’d pop it in his mouth toward the back and hold his muzzle shut and he’d squirm and wrestle and spit it out. After about the third time, he just stared at me and would not swallow. It was the only time he ever was angry with me.
The vet told us about Pill Pockets, you just stuff the pill into the pocket and roll it up like Play-Do. He loves them. But they are pretty expensive and so we tried Velveeta cheese and that works just as well.
Good luck!
on March 10, 2011 at 4:27 pm
hahaha yeah i did the same thing for pepper. but what i do is put it in bologna…thats his favorite. he usually just swallows the bologna whole so i have to just rip it in pieces and he never even knows about the pill. i think i have a pic posted (if i did it right) its him sitting with my great pyrenees, tiny.
on March 11, 2011 at 12:30 am
We’re all very proud of you Pepper! Keep up the good work.
on March 13, 2011 at 12:07 am
Go-Go Pepper!
Don’t worry about those stupid pills, they’re not forever. In the meantime your folks are gonna try to fool you by hiding them with all sorts of realllly good treats! So if I were you I would pretend I REALLY hated the, then they’ll pretty much wrap those pills in beef carpaccio or whatever else your little heart desires to get you to take them!
on March 13, 2011 at 4:40 am
…to late! i was fooled. but i dont need pain meds at all anymore (momma still gives them to me though)…i hop along fine without being in pain. in fact i can jump off a bed with out falling over. i saw my best friend zoey playing but im to sure how to run yet…its kinda hard with just one back leg. i hope that when i get my new pool then i will be able to get in it and play in the water…it will be one miserable summer if i cant….i also have my biggest challenge yet. have the guts to walk out of the front gate and into the back gate where the water is…i am to scared right now.