Dobie has surgery......

It has been a long couple of weeks here in Kati-land. Kati lost her buddy to an injury and Dobie had back surgery to fix the injury. Seems Dobie ruptured a disk in his back. Let me tell a dog with a back injury is no fun for anyone. He came back from the groomer not wanting to walk and obviously in pain. So took him to the doctor the next day and he confirmed there was a back injury......well duh. So drugs for a week to see if things would get better and no such luck. Made a trip to the emergency vet for xray and those pretty much told the story of the ruptured disk. So from ruptured disk you go to the specialist and start forking out the bucks.....i will have to say i have dog insurance and was very glad i did. It says you really don't benefit from the insurance until you have a big injury/problem and i can see that now. I never thought i would have any of those but i guess that was living with my head in the clouds.


Dobie in the crate resting. The fun thing about a back surgery is that afterwards, not matter how good your dog things he feels............there is no running, jumping, playing and must always be on a leash when going outside to do his business. And Dobie being a terrier well that is just not in his nature.


He did get a real spiffy haircut out of the deal as you can see and about a six inch incision down his back. These pics are a week post-op and taken today. Saturday, i think he really started to feeling better and getting around without so much pain. So each day he is having a better day and that means we all are.........Kati is quite lost without her play buddy and would really like to have him back cuz Molly is not must into play time.



He almost looks happy here but even in this picture he is tethered to the desk. Based on the amount of money spent and the type of surgery it would not be in his best interest to even maybe think about letting him loose. I even took the bed down off the frame and box springs so he would not be getting up more than one mattress height. He would really like to sleeping on the bed but to early to take that chance in the big scheme of things. Maybe later in the week.


Just called the vet and he can have his stitches out a week from today..........yippie!! However, that does not mean he will be free to run wild yet, may be be another couple of weeks before that happens. Will keep you all updated and keep us in your dog thoughts!!