So Relaxed

A deep Yawn.

First in weeks.

Photo by Sue!

Escape from Kitchen Island

Out for a joy ride, cone free. 

Her first car ride that didn't involve a vet!  She was pretty happy!

Our New Living Room

Maybe we should appear on Design on a Dime,
Or,  Canine Sisters Design Challenge.
A new HGTV series.

Foldable comfy chair on wheels.  

The trying times.

Exhaustion

After a day of Shirley showing she's healthy

enough to bark all day and be a pain, 

Bounce gets in a good nap. 

Feather Duster

Today she had to be where everyone was.

If not she'd bark like crazy. 

Which she did.

All day.

Over and over.

Again.

And again.

and again, and again, and again.

                          again.

                                                                         again.

                                                                 again.

I'm All Cooped Up (Elvis version)

Great Rockabilly song lyric.

"I've been mauled, I'm all cooped up."

Still not free indoors. 

So frustrating for the Goof.

But her wound's are weeping. 

Which is good.

Her left side is remarkably good.

Her right side, getting there.

I might as well turn on soap operas for her.

Fall Colors and Smells

After a good walk. 

She can smell something out there.

Deer?  Squirrels? Mice?

Neighbors.  The cold north wind?

Just the smell of not being tethered to

the dining room table?

Freedom?

Outside

Doing well enough to start to go on walks

and appreciate the smells outside. 

The raindrops are like tears.

Like Sands Through the Hour Glass,

and Tears in the Cone of Shame,

these are the Days of Our Lives.

Settling Down

Restricted activity for two or three weeks. 

Frick.

What the hell happened?

Shirley was Mauled

This was after spending the night in surgery and a trauma center. 

A neighbors dog, Barney, attacked her out of the blue.  Both on leash. All human's friends.  But he lunged, grabbed her hips in his jaws, and shook her in the prey/kill motion.  It happened in a flash.  Huge gash in her right flank, and severe puncture wounds in her left flank.  2-3 hours of surgery, overnight and a trauma center, then weeks of recovery.  I'm posting this at day 16.  She's doing quite well.  The left flank is in great shape.  The right side is improving.  Much better the last few days.  She walks like she always did.  And she's feisty.  So we just need the final stages of healing to happen.  And then the hair to grow back.  Then the Goof would be 100%.  We're getting there.