Injuries, Recovery and Hope

Fortunately, not my own injuries...  For the past two weeks, our dog Hope has been recovering from ACL surgery on her back knee.  She's had to wear a cone around her head this whole time to keep her from chewing out the staples, and she has used it as a battering ram around the house, scratching paint off walls, scraping our calves, and knocking over everything not nailed down.

She is by nature a very active dog, getting a long walk each day and having constant access to our backyard to run and play.  Keeping her in an enclosed space has been difficult to say the least, but the vet has insisted on it for her to recover.   This is what she had to say about that:

 

Our bathroom doorknob, or what's left of it, is now a constant reminder that Hope does not like to be trapped in such a small space.  After this episode, we moved her recovery to our bedroom, more specifically, our bed.   We are not dogs-on-the-bed people, but she has been so pathetic (and stubborn) that we've just given in.

 

I'm doing my own recovery this week as well.  The fourth week of every month is a recovery week in our training schedule, and I'm in week 4 of month 2.  Yay!  I need it!  Lots of additional bed time for me too, much of it with the cuddlebug that is our pit bull.