House Arrest

Last Monday, Mokey went to the veterinarians to be spayed and she did great! All of the techs & her vet said she was easy to handle (she even let them take her muzzle off & put it back on) and she did wonderfully during the surgery too!

The only minor hiccup was that once they'd shaved her they discovered she had a minor skin infection hiding underneath all that hair & her ear infection isn't quite gone yet either. So, she came home with even more meds - but luckily all of her problems are pretty easy to treat and should clear up quickly.

At home Mokey pretty much slept for the first two days & was so well behaved we never had to put the cone on her! (I'll admit to being a bit pleasantly shocked over that one). Until day 3, when she magically perked up and decided it was time to go back to her normal activities - none of which were on the vet approved list. I had been told emphatically that there was to be no running, jumping, stair climbing, squirrel chasing or other such physical activity - basically, for the first 8 days, Momo wasn't allowed to be Momo. Which meant her sudden wakefulness didn't exactly factor into our plans. But having gone through a rough time when Kilo had surgery, we'd come prepared. With the help of new toys, several different kinds of chew treats and separate rooms for her and Chase - we made it.

Today was the first day Mokey was allowed outside off leash - and she quite literally went bounding out of the house. We're still not allowing stair climbing yet - mostly because with Mo it tends to fall more under 'stair leaping' - nor are she and Chase allowed to wrestle yet, but we did go for a walk today and she was more than happy to be out in her backyard, investigating the smells without having to cart her owner around by a leash.

So, here's a few pics from today in celebration!

Mokey out on her walk - prancing of course ;)

Chase was thrilled to play ball again - he'd been cooped up too

So, just because I think it's funny. In the above picture our two dogs are waiting - both of them would like their balls to be kicked. But they also have very different ideas about how this activity works. One of them will get angry & sass you if you don't kick its ball first, don't kick it's ball far enough or dare to be too slow about the entire process. The other dog will happily leap after the ball in a completely wasteful frolic and proceed to pounce it with gusto - then said dog will laughingly wait for you to come over and kick it again. Funny how such a simple game says so much about a dogs drive - I'm also pretty sure that everyone knows who's who in this illustration ;)