Toby ......and Skip

First of all,  we got Skip home from the vet on Wed. of this week.  He somehow got Parvo.  Serious stuff.......fatal many times.  I took him in on Wed. the 14th and he was put on IV....and the vets remark was "I'll do my best to save him".  He had to be there for 3 days, but he spent a week at the vet in Valentine....partly because we took Toby to Rapid City for his surgery on Monday the 19th.   Rather than strapping Don and Jeannie with a possible still sick puppy.....we left him with the vet.    He seems to be totally back to normal.  Loves to follow Gary around and would LOVE to get at Toby.   Toby, however, has to be kept quiet.

We headed for Rapid City on Sunday afternoon to beat the bad weather that was predicted.   So Toby spent the night in the parking lot of our motel.

We did some shopping......    That evening we got a call from the vet at Dakota Hills Veterinary that Toby's surgery went good, and we should call the following morning after 10:00 and she would know if Toby could go home that day (Wednesday).

We picked Toby up at 1:00 and headed for home.  We made the necessary stops for Toby......

.....lifting him down was Gary's job.  Toby must NOT jump or run.....but he can use the leg.  From my point of view Toby's recovery time is longer than mine ....but I can certainly sympathize with him.   He also has some metal on his leg....his is a plate and a screw....mine are pins and screws.  He doesn't really seem to care what happened to me!!   He is wondering what the heck he did that has earned him  this stay in this box.

This is Toby's new home for many weeks to come.  He stays in the plywood box that has screens on both ends.  Then we added 2 gates on our deck and fully enclosed it.  Toby can go out of the box -- IF he behaves and does no jumping.  He has gave us some indications that he doesn't want to obey that rule.   So we have to be real careful with watching him. He'll be able to be out and lay on the deck too.

Poor Toby --- it's going to be a long haul.  Right now we have a few concerns for him.....he hasn't pooped since we got home. But the vet didn't seem too concerned .......  Anyway, we are rather home bound for now but this too shall come to an end.   It was our choice -- so we will make it work.

Holly, Clayton and Sawyer will be here --- coming by train on the 30th...  So Skip will have some boys to play with him for a week.  Sure he will like that --- and they will too. 

We'll try to keep you posted.....

Gary and Barb