Bad news from the veterinary. Bear is crook. Thankfully we can rebuild him, its structural failure not anything sinister like a tumour, but without surgery Bears days walking are limited. Even though dogs have three legs and a spare, big dogs like Bear need all four to keep going. Whats happened is that a ligament in his knee has snapped and a four figure sum will put it right. Once again we are lucky that our vet has performed the necessary op 100's of times and they are 90% successful, and 100% of dogs benefit from whats done. So next Wednesday Bears going under again and will wake up with a reconstructed knee. All we have to do then is keep him still for six weeks. Its not like theres a Berner pup he would want to play with, or 3 litter mates to chase, or his mum and dad to go for walks with, or uncle Reuben to chase squirrels with. Nah. Its gonna be a breeze!
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Hope Bear has a quick and full recovery lots of hugs and licks from Buddy (The Budmeister) and Reuby
ReplyDeleteOh no! why do you think we called Jesse a "robo dog"? He had both knees and an elbow done. (elbow injured while hiking, fell on some rocks.) and then, he tore the first knee cruciate while wearing the cast for the elbow- did a little skid'n'slip movement on the marble floor. the second kind of happens sometimes if one goes the other weakens later- :( we did have insurance. don't know if they offer vet-ins in the UK. Give Bear a big hugging kiss and we will keep him in our thoughts. so sorry Bear.
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