Dog of the Day

Yesterday I was Dogster's "Dog of the Day!" I was very proud, my picture was on the homepage and everything. I got 51 new pals and a bunch of stars, rosettes and bones too! And I was invited to join some new groups. It was so cool. My Mom says not to get too excited because I'm "Dog of the Day" every day at home. That's true, she spoils me rotten!

Merry Christmas to all my Dogster friends!

Chocolate puppy kisses,
Hunter

Oh the pain!!

I was just running around like I usually do, chasing squirrels, sticks, balls, you know, dog stuff, when I hurt my knee. My Mom didn't notice when I first hurt myself (and I didn't tell her because I'm a big, brave girl) so I just kept aggravating the injury. It finally got to the point that I had to hold my leg up after I ran and turned around, so Mom took me to the vet. My vet sent me to a surgeon -- I knew this was not goodness -- and he said I had torn my cruciate ligament and had to have TPLO surgery. Bummer. It hurt a lot and I had to spend the day at the hospital and the night in the emergency clinic. Mom was not allowed to visit me either. She came as soon as they would let her the next day and brought me home. I pretended to be mad at her for a while, but I was really happy to be home. It's been 7 weeks since the surgery and the bone in my leg is healed. Now I get to go for walks again, but I still can't get on the furniture and I can't go upstairs and sleep in my room. The Dr. said 3 more weeks til I can climb stairs. 6 weeks after that, I'm supposed to be good as new, but I don't want to wait that long. Mom really has to keep an eye on me.