Sudden Cuddling!

Well I got a nice surprise from my baby this weekend. Ever since I got him he was not the most physical dog. He loves attention but has never really liked to snuggle. Unless I made him and then he'd jet after a few minutes. Well, two weeks ago my dad had to put our golden retriever to sleep and it hit me pretty hard. For the first time ever Winnie not only initiated getting in bed with me, but laid with me for a good hour or so!! I didn't want to push it too much because he like I said doesn't really like to snuggle. At the same time though I really wanted to encourage him to continue the behavior. Well last night I think it kicked in. My friend and I were watching movies and I decided to call him up and see how he reacted. To my surprise he has hardly gotten off since then. He is very polite about it too! I noticed after he got down and pottied last night that he came directly to my bedside and stared at me. I barely had to give him the command and he was back up! Okay well, that's all for now!

Post Hospital Observations

Well, in the last entry I talked mostly about preparing for surgery when you have an SD from a very logical stance. What I didn't get into was the emotional toll it took on me. By day 11 I found myself sobbing while watching Animal Planet, and by day 12 I couldn't even ask someone to pick something up for me. If Winston couldnt do it for me, I didn't want it done. Needless to say when my friend brought him home I was in tears. He quickly greeted me jumping up on my bed before checking out the rest of the house. He seemed to jump right into the new routine of sleeping in my other room and assisting me while laying down. The first time he tried to shut my door he was so remarkably excited that he tore the tug right off of the door! Hahah. He didn't start showing any signs of stress until early last week (week five of being bed bound and in pain). First he was whining out in the kitchen while he was completely alone. Then while a friend of mine was petting his ears he winced and cried, causing me to assume it was an ear infection. That was quickly disregarded as his ears were spotless, not red or swollen and had no oder. The next morning was by far the worst. He is always very excited to eat and I must be very stern and not allow him to eat one second before I say, well, this morning was just the opposite. I called him four times before he stood even and then he just stared at me like, "what do you need mom?" He was so slow to jump up to eat it and once he did he vomitted it all up. After talking with Roseanne I agreed it was just his way of showing severe stree signs. Sigh. My poor baby!! Thankfuly Nick came up Wednesday to practice and then Thursday to do a demo. By that night he was back to himself. Having a group of my friends here til sunday helped a ton as well. Okay, ive gotta go!