RockNRollCav
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First of all, I have to apologize for not being on the board in forever. It is a very busy time of year, and work has really ramped up for me, so I just don't have any free time. But, I had a minute, so I wanted to update you on Corgan
So, Corgan is more of an angel than I even realized. This is his first Christmas, and he is VERY interested in the tree and presents, but so far has only opened one (before we even had the tree up! :yikes ). When we're not home, he stays in the kitchen with plenty of toys and a crate (our kitchen is the size of an X-pen, roughly!). Well, the other night we went out for my company Christmas party, and when we returned, the gate to the kitchen had been knocked over and Corgan was out. We immediately thought "Oh no, he's destroyed the tree and packages". Fortunately, we were wrong! He had had one potty accident in the house (more details on that below) and was an angel otherwise. I'm so proud I'm beaming!
On a different note, we had to take him to the vet the next morning because he had had the accident I mentioned here, and had had diahrreah (sp?) accidents in his crates 2 nites in a row - these were the first three poo accidents he's had since we got him! So, we took him to the vet, who gave us Metronidazole for his stomach, and told us to take away ALL of his treats (no bully sticks, no cow ears, no hooves, no raw hide, etc). We also asked about his left hind that we noticed he was limping on the day before. She tested his patellas - no problems there. She watched him walk, did some more poking and prodding, and thinks he's probably got a partially torn ligament in his knee
So, in addition to taking away his "keep me out of trouble" chews, he's also taking Rimadyl and is on bed rest for 10 days! It's been 3 days so far and he's doing pretty well with it - better than I had thought, actually - but I feel so bad because I know he wants to run and play and he's not allowed .
Only 7 days to go!! I'll try to post photos soon
Jenni
So, Corgan is more of an angel than I even realized. This is his first Christmas, and he is VERY interested in the tree and presents, but so far has only opened one (before we even had the tree up! :yikes ). When we're not home, he stays in the kitchen with plenty of toys and a crate (our kitchen is the size of an X-pen, roughly!). Well, the other night we went out for my company Christmas party, and when we returned, the gate to the kitchen had been knocked over and Corgan was out. We immediately thought "Oh no, he's destroyed the tree and packages". Fortunately, we were wrong! He had had one potty accident in the house (more details on that below) and was an angel otherwise. I'm so proud I'm beaming!
On a different note, we had to take him to the vet the next morning because he had had the accident I mentioned here, and had had diahrreah (sp?) accidents in his crates 2 nites in a row - these were the first three poo accidents he's had since we got him! So, we took him to the vet, who gave us Metronidazole for his stomach, and told us to take away ALL of his treats (no bully sticks, no cow ears, no hooves, no raw hide, etc). We also asked about his left hind that we noticed he was limping on the day before. She tested his patellas - no problems there. She watched him walk, did some more poking and prodding, and thinks he's probably got a partially torn ligament in his knee
So, in addition to taking away his "keep me out of trouble" chews, he's also taking Rimadyl and is on bed rest for 10 days! It's been 3 days so far and he's doing pretty well with it - better than I had thought, actually - but I feel so bad because I know he wants to run and play and he's not allowed . Only 7 days to go!! I'll try to post photos soon
Jenni
