Update:

So I wrote the post, Is it just me? And I laid out about four different scenarios of how it could play out in my mind, BUT I never told you what DID happen.

This is what happens when I don’t write a post in the morning and digest it during the day and tweak it at night. I was rushing to get it finished before bed, decided to add in the bullet points and totally forgot to wrap up the post.

So here’s what happened…basically nothing.

I hurried Delilah along and once we got on the downside of the hill, the other dog couldn’t see us anymore. Whether that made the dog change its mind or the owner bought a vowel, I’m not really sure. All I know is as suddenly as she began pursuing us, she stopped.

And I spent the rest of the walk playing out that last scenario where I dropped Delilah at home and drove up to the park and punched her in her stupid face, But, once I got home and released my frustration to Hubby, cooler heads prevailed and I settled in to enjoy the rest of my Sunday.

Note to self, read and re-read your posts before hitting the schedule button.

TummyWorks: Last week we had a review and giveaway for TummyWorks, a new probiotic being offered by Finest for Pets. I told you I would announce the winners today and thankfully, I remembered to pull the names.

So without further ado, my winners are:

• Mandy Imburgio
• Andrew Barella
• Jan  – The Poodle (and Dog) Blog
• Dianne
• Sandy Weinstein

I’m in the process of gathering e-mails and forwarding them along to Steve. I’m super excited for you all to try it!

Steve at Finest for Pets is generously giving Heart Like a Dog readers a one-time 25% discount on a purchase of TummyWorks, simply use this code HLDWorks at check out.  You can purchase TummyWorks at Amazon, but just a reminder, if you click on THIS LINK and order TummyWorks, we will receive a small discount. And we thank you.

Sampson update: It has been six weeks since Sampson did a partial tear on his ACL. I’ve got him on a host of supplements and medications which I fully intend on writing in a post for you all. I’ve tried to keep him as quiet as I possibly can, and limited his walks in terms of timing and speed.

Yesterday he went to see the Physical Therapist for his first visit. It was worse than I expected, because he basically has no muscle left in his right leg, which means he’s been struggling with that leg well before he did the partial tear.  And I missed it. I’m not beating myself up over it, dogs, especially stoic dogs like Sampson can be very good at not letting you know when they are struggling. I can’t go back and change it, I can only move forward and do my best from this point on.

His therapy consisted of some cold laser therapy and five minutes on the underwater treadmill. The plan is for him to have the cold laser and underwater treadmill twice a week for four or five weeks, with the goal being to add in some land exercises once we build up that leg.

After the therapy package is finished, we will re-evaluate his progress at that time and determine if more therapy will be beneficial to him, or if our money can better be spent in other types of treatment, such as acupuncture or chiropractic.

The therapist and I also discussed other treatments that might help him and I’ll be researching those and of course I’ll let you know what we decide.

 

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