Update From Home

Post-rehab session in the sun

Thank you for the tips on how to get Romeo to eat his kibble.  To our surprise, he started eating it up again without any further problems so that's great.

On Thursday, Romeo had a case of lazy legs compared to the day before and we figured out why:  He had finished his pain medication.  He's back to moving his legs a bit more now, but he groans a lot.  We need to chug past this stage because we don't want him hooked on pain medication, obviously.  He took a break from rehab sessions yesterday so we'll do some light ones today.

Romeo's still trying to walk, but his right leg isn't progressing as quickly as his left.  He'll walk/hop a bit and then his right leg will either give out or trip his left one.  Hopefully it starts strengthening up.  He wagged his tail a lot, the most we've seen yet, yesterday evening and today so that's awesome.  He and Mia try to play together, but we have to remind them (or, more specifically, remind Mia) to be gentle.  Oh, and Romeo's getting far too brave for his own good.  He tries to jump on/off things and, in fact, has been successful in jumping off the bed twice now while one of us has been asleep.  He definitely can't be doing things like that so we'll have to watch him like a hawk.

He had a couple of accidents in the house yesterday which is surprising because he'd been doing so well.  We'll have to keep watching him carefully and trying to get him into a better routine.  

Romeo has his first acupuncture appointment since coming home on Tuesday so we're optimist that will go well.  

Update From Home

So that video is of today's progress:  Romeo has started flop-walking (as I've dubbed it).  Flop-walking = Romeo stands himself up, takes a few steps, and falls over.  And repeat.  It's progress, that's for darn sure.  :)

He started flop-walking out of excitement when I got home.  I took him out in the yard to go potty and thought he should spend some time outside since the weather was nice so I started gardening.  You can't keep Romeo in one place if he doesn't want to be there.  So, he got bored and started dragging/flop-walking around, barking at people passing by, etc.  We came in for a bath and to do some aquacising for his legs.  He rights his back toes in the water, but outside the water he still usually knuckles them (instead of putting his feet pads flat on the floor).  It's very odd.  Anyway, he did very well in the tub and, as you can see, did a good length flop-walk.  I'll give him a much needed leg massage later.

Romeo has his first acupuncture appointment next week and a check-up with his regular vet, Dr. Sexsmith.

One problem we have, and this has been an issue pre-all this, is Romeo is very, very finicky about eating kibble.  Now that he's had over 2 weeks of canned food, you can imagine how much harder it is now.  We switched him to a kibble that we thought he might prefer, but he doesn't seem interested in it.  We soak the kibble for awhile to make it softer, but that doesn't always get him to finish his whole meal (or eat any of it, for that matter).  Any suggestions on how to encourage kibble eating would be greatly appreciated!