Norman's Recovery

Sorry for the delay in posting an update on our little patient. In a nutshell, he is doing really well. The vet's advice was no running, jumping or playing for 3-4 weeks... that's a tall order for a Golden Retriever puppy! That's basically all he does! So it's been a long few weeks, but he seems to be really healing. Since puppies grow so much, they heal quickly from something like this, which has been such good news. He's been getting around fine on his leg and doesn't seem all that bothered by the cast. He loves to come upstairs with us in the mornings and at night, so we're getting very tired of carrying him (at 55 lbs) up and down the stairs. Here are some pics of our little gimp:


Even with a cast, our little fella is a handsome boy!


Normie recieved a variety of get well toys, notes, and treats. Can we spell S-P-O-I-L-E-D?


Norm still managed to get in his crazy nap postions, cast and all.


Check out all the signatures Norm got on his cast. We had a big group of friends over for dinner one night, and everyone signed his cast.




After about 10 days, the vet had to take the cast off to remove his stiches from surgery. He got a blue cast the second time around.

He learned to work around the cast to do his "business".




His appetite didn't skip a beat.




And while we couldn't go on walks, Normie enjoyed sitting in the grass and seemed like his usual friendly self, greeting every neighbor that walked by.