Wordless Wednesday - Just For Laughs

Ruptured Cruciate Ligament

*WARNING: Lengthy post - Read At Your Own Risk!*

What is that??!  Simply put, it's torn knee ligament.  This short video has a very clear explanation if you'd like to know.

Poor me started limping on my hind right leg on 17 May, 2013 (yup, barely a week prior to my 10th barkday! what a barkday present *hmph!*).  Mommy did not rush me to the vet as the affected leg was not painful to touch (I wasn't whining complaining) and could be lifted etc.  I told Mom might be just a pulled muscle and we decided to monitor first.

Unfortunately it didn't go away. THEN she assumed thought that it must be arthritis.  Appointment with the vet was booked anyway to have my leg checked out.

If you'd watched the above video, my vet did not perform the test for "Drawer Sign" because I was too frantic and hyper (need to be sedated otherwise diagnosis inaccurate) & Mom showed him my videos below:



An X-Ray was taken.  Bones and all looked perfectly fine, no sign of arthritis yet.  One is not able to see a torn ligament from an X-Ray.  But from the way I walked, my vet more or less concluded that it was torn ligament.  But I was to take some painkiller for a week (helped with local inflammation, if any) to see if my limping would improve.  If it did not, then it is definitely torn ligament because if it was something else causing the limping, the painkiller would have worked.

Below is summary of treatment options:

Fast forward..... finished painkiller but still limping.  So I have 2 options now:

1. Surgery (costs about SGD2,000; approx. USD1,600 or AUD1,695)
2. No surgery

We are going with option 2 'No Surgery' for now because:

1. I'm small hence no 'too-much-weight' issue unlike bigger heavier dogs;
2. Complications from surgery (vet told us that in some cases after surgery, the 'thing' that is put in to stabilize the knee might snap if I play too hard etc hence re-surgery would be needed if that happened);
3. Vet said I might get away without surgery and still do well IF I do these:

• Lose some weight to lessen stress on legs' joints 
• Have long rests
• Short daily walks (no jumping and monkeying around)

So, I am now on diet.  Smaller kibble amount each meal and treats cut half!! *wails*

There is some improvement on my limping. When i walk slowly you'd have to observe enough to notice the limp. But when I need to run, it's 3 legs carrying the 'bad' leg like in the below video but at a much faster speed:

So hopefully the 'bad' leg gets better more and more with the dieting and long rests. Oh, now I  receive the royalty treatment of being carried up and down sofa, humans' bed, and steps during my walk. BOL

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Oh So Ticklish

"Oooh... this is too ticklish Mom!"

"Yea... this is much better!"

10th Barkday Follow-Up

This is pre-barkday treat, a day before my actual barkday.

Today's post is on the actual day which was yesterday.

This is my 'cake'.  Simple (just 2 ingredients put together and steamed) and healthy according to Mommy.

The torturous moments every buddy has to go through ... posing for camera before we are allowed to attack the food!!!  Sorry Mom.  I couldn't look up, my eyes must focus on the 'cake'.

Look carefully at the following 2 pictures, how my tongue came out in 'slow motion' BOL

By the time Mommy said 'OK' to eat and reached for her camera, I was done with my 'cake' boahahaha....

Yummy!!  Erm ... can I have 1 more please?

10th Barkday

Today (22 May 2013) is my 10th Barkday. Woof! Woof! Happy Barkday to Me!!

And yesterday, I had my quarterly grooming.

I looked like this before:

I was wearing a new clothes.  There's bling-bling on the back:

This is how I look after:

Do you prefer the 'before' or 'after' me? :)

Mommy baked me some cookies (recipe copied from here).  As a pre-barkday treat, I got 1 piece at dinner time, besides kibbles of course, and another 2 as my before-bedtime-treats :)

*psst..THEY ate more pieces than me! Unfair!!*

Wordless Wednesday - ZZZZ Buddy

Detachable Ears

Furriends, I have a secret.
My ears are detachable.  Don't believe?  See fur yourselves.

I detach them when Mom says words like 'No', 'bad boy', 'No licking the floor', etc etc...

I put 'em ears back on when Mom says words like 'treats', 'walk', 'eat', 'sleep' or 'good boy'.

Caution:  Ears are detached with years of experience and practice. Do at your own risk.

I Love Dirty Laundry

I got on to the pile of dirty laundry Mommy dumped on the floor faster than she could say 'NO' 

\(^_^)/

I rub, rub, rub... ... ...

I rub, rub, and rub some more... ... ...

Ahhhh........ I AM in Heaven!!

Wordless Wednesday - Where Is Me?

I Love Newspapers

Why is it so?  Beats me too!
Put them on the floor and this is what I usually do, besides bringing my toys to play on it:

They're MINE!

So nice....