We have now had Freya for a little more than a week, and we are even more in love with her than we were when we got her. Because we know that a lot of people are interested in how she is doing I'll keep doing these updates until she is 100% healthy, and then I'll just do fun updates whenever I remember and get up the motivation to write a blog post- and to help keep my brain focused I'm going to separate this update into groups.
FREYA
Knee:
On Monday Freya had the stitches removed from her leg, she immediately started walking with less of a limp. She still limps a tiny bit, but not a whole lot. The vet has cleared her to start obedience class on the 23rd, pending the news that she is officially ours on Saturday. The vet also has said that we can start slowly exercising her more in order to build the strength back up in her knee. I was told that they believe she has Petellar Luxation, which is essentially a trick knee. So yay! No ACL issue! However, Scott and I are waiting to find out if she needs to have more x-rays done just to be sure. She is certainly putting weight on leg, which is something my parent's dog, Simba, didn't really when he blew out his ACLs. So we are hopeful that she
does not need any more surgeries.
Skin:
Freya is eating well, and will only eat her food if there is coconut oil on it. Since this is helping her skin we are perfectly fine with this (thank goodness for Costco since we can get a big thing of Coconut oil there for only $18). Her dandruff is doing away, and after the stitches were removed we were told she could have a bath, so she did. She is smarter than Nico since she realized that she only had to bump the shower door to open it. Washing her one handed was an adventure but her fur is already much softer.
Behavior:
Freya has been very energetic, so trying to make her rest has been a bit of a challenge. We've been alternating her between her crate and laying on the floor beside us while leashed. Freya doesn't seem to understand she is still healing and really wants to play. We are now very sure that we need to work with her on play biting since she does that A LOT and her little teeth are freaking sharp. However, we know she is not trying to hurt us, only play with us. She and Nico are getting along. We are still watching them carefully, but we think we know one of the reasons that Nico was so cranky. Which brings us to a ........
NICO update.
Nico has been unusually cranky for the last week or so and this weekend it was finally clear why. Saturday he started shaking his head a lot and scratching at his right ear. By Sunday he kept his head tilted to the right the majority of the time. So we took him to the vet and, yup, he has an ear infection. He has ear drops for the next week (which he just LOVES) but he is already messing with his ear less. Nico is also now on reduced food because he has gained weight. However, we know what caused this and are working on getting him back to a fit looking size. Once Freya can go on walks it will help, and then once we get the fence it will be even better!
As far as Freya goes, Nico has accepted her it seems and when she stole a benebone from him (it was a drive by theft on the way to her crate) he didn't even react. He is slightly confused by her barking and play noises while she is in her crate.
Either way, both pups are doing well and adjusting to having a new sibling and we're looking forward to watching that bond grow.
FREYA
Knee:
On Monday Freya had the stitches removed from her leg, she immediately started walking with less of a limp. She still limps a tiny bit, but not a whole lot. The vet has cleared her to start obedience class on the 23rd, pending the news that she is officially ours on Saturday. The vet also has said that we can start slowly exercising her more in order to build the strength back up in her knee. I was told that they believe she has Petellar Luxation, which is essentially a trick knee. So yay! No ACL issue! However, Scott and I are waiting to find out if she needs to have more x-rays done just to be sure. She is certainly putting weight on leg, which is something my parent's dog, Simba, didn't really when he blew out his ACLs. So we are hopeful that she
Skin:
Freya is eating well, and will only eat her food if there is coconut oil on it. Since this is helping her skin we are perfectly fine with this (thank goodness for Costco since we can get a big thing of Coconut oil there for only $18). Her dandruff is doing away, and after the stitches were removed we were told she could have a bath, so she did. She is smarter than Nico since she realized that she only had to bump the shower door to open it. Washing her one handed was an adventure but her fur is already much softer.
Behavior:
Freya has been very energetic, so trying to make her rest has been a bit of a challenge. We've been alternating her between her crate and laying on the floor beside us while leashed. Freya doesn't seem to understand she is still healing and really wants to play. We are now very sure that we need to work with her on play biting since she does that A LOT and her little teeth are freaking sharp. However, we know she is not trying to hurt us, only play with us. She and Nico are getting along. We are still watching them carefully, but we think we know one of the reasons that Nico was so cranky. Which brings us to a ........
NICO update.
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| This is the face of a pout-pout pup. |
As far as Freya goes, Nico has accepted her it seems and when she stole a benebone from him (it was a drive by theft on the way to her crate) he didn't even react. He is slightly confused by her barking and play noises while she is in her crate.
Either way, both pups are doing well and adjusting to having a new sibling and we're looking forward to watching that bond grow.
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