$315.00 Greeting

Should you knock on our door, you're most likely to be greeted by a nine pound puff ball called Cup Cake or "C" "C" for short. Well, last night that greeting got a little out of hand and in her jumping up and down with excitement to greet some friends, she injured her right rear leg. She seemed to be in a lot of pain, and her "Daddy" didn't think she could wait until morning ... so at 2:00 a.m. we made a trip to the 24 hour animal emergency center. After x-rays under anesthetic, it turned out to be a soft tissue injury, but no broken bones or torn tendons.

End result - Doctors orders - no jumping up on or down off furniture, no going up and down stairs, outdoors only if on a close leash, medication every day and a $315.00 Vet bill. She's spent the day on the couch being fed by hand - "Chicken of course" and getting lots of sympathetic hugs and kisses.

But, she is our special little girl, so we're just happy her injury wasn't more serious and we've been reading this book on how to make our doggie smile when we have to give her that old yucky tasting medicine!