Bed Rest

Teddy is officially on bed rest for 14 days. Saturday morning he tore a ligament in his right hind knee. Don't know how exactly, we just let him outside in the morning for a potty break and when he came in, he was limping. The Vet says it can just happen by jumping or running under the right conditions and apparently his legs are prime conditions for this type of injury. If we are going to avoid surgery then he'll have to stay off of it for 2 weeks to see if it will heal on its own. Then if he's putting weight on it after that we won't have to spend the $800 on our 17month old dog that we've had for a little over a year.
Holy Cow!!! Who saw that coming? So we're going to try to keep him down for 2 weeks and just carry this 25lb dog around, and up and down stairs to go to the bathroom. Because 5 kids wasn't enough apparently. And this week 2 of those kids have some kind of stomach flu so we get to deal with that lovely stuff as well. Oh the joys. But this little bow-legged, dog with the major overbite has found his way into our hearts. He's a part of our family. We just want him to get better so he can go out and play when it gets warmer outside. So, here goes . . . Day 1.