Back to the vet today to remove the rest of Baron's stitches! His wound is totally closed now, but is still a little raw in places. Baron is getting very good at riding in his basket when we're in the car. We took a detour by the bank on the way home so he could say hi to all the nice people. They even sent him a treat through the Pneumatic Tube (If, like me, you've always wondered what the cool bank tubes were called, now you know). I'm sure he appreciated the gesture, but he wasn't having any of the treat. I guess a dry biscuit doesn't have quite the appeal when you can get yummy drug cheese at home (we put his meds in a small piece of cheese that he gets every morning and night.)

Sawyer found these cool baskets when he was cleaning out his room, and we discovered that not only are they perfectly Baron sized, but he absolutely loves them, AND they go well with our home decor. We put one in each family room and Baron is now rarely found out of them.

He's still as sweet and as cute as ever. And I'm hoping that soon he will be my Saturday morning date to the Farmer's Market!

My other dogs have been handling Baron's presence wonderfully, but I think they may be a little jealous of all the attention he's getting, so I thought I'd dedicate this post to Duke and Duchess, for being such good sports.

Baron and the Cone of Shame...

Baron decided it was time for some of his stitches to come out, unfortunately for him the vet disagreed.

We went back to the vet on thursday to have his fix-um stitches taken out and to check the amputation wound. The vet said that the bright side of his amputation was that he hadn't messed with his neutering wound at all (the down side being he no longer has a leg) and that overall he was healing really well. He didn't want to put any new stitches in, but Baron has been sentenced to the Cone of Shame until he finishes healing. He is not pleased. 

We had some trouble figuring out the car situation. Baron really likes to look out the window, but balancing on one leg in a moving vehicle with an open wound isn't the safest mode of travel for a three-legged-dog. So instead we buckled his basket into the passenger seat and he fell asleep for the drive.

He's starting to fill out now that he's eating regularly and his hair is getting thicker, so he's looking a lot less like a pathetic drowned  rat and a lot more like a dog.

There is also some suspicion that he may be suffering from doggy-phantom leg syndrome (if you'd seen him trying to scratch his existent left ear with his non-existent left leg you'd know what I mean)

Update on Baron!

Baron is doing so well!  He's healing very fast (although he did decide to remove a few of his own stitches last night) and he seems to be adjusting to life with only three limbs with admirable speed.

 He's very smart. He's already learned his name, and he comes when he's called. We've decided to skip over "Sit" for a while, due to the sans-a-hind-leg issue, but he knows how to get in his basket and is getting pretty good at "Stay."  He even helped me clean out my car yesterday (his version of help being to curl up in the driver's seat, look adorable, and take a nap.)

He is also eating real dog food again and drinking from the dog bowl. This is a huge relief, he refused food and  water for the first day, and then would only eat a few bites of wet food and only drink water out of our hands...literally I had to pour small amounts of water into the palm of my hand to get him to drink anything at all.

He is as sweet as ever, and my other dogs are slowly adjusting to having him around. We still don't leave them alone together, but they seem to be adjusting to the fact that he's allowed to be here too.


Thanks again to everyone who has helped Baron with his surgery.  I can't express how much it means.

Baron is walking!

Baron is recovering so fast! He's already walking on his own, only three days after surgery! He's still as sweet and loving as ever, and he seems to be a fast learner. He's still on pain pills and anti-biotics, but his wound is healing up well. We did have to take him back to the vet to get different anti-biotics yesterday, he wouldn't take the liquid drops, and a few extra staples to hold the incision together.

It's a little hard to see in the picture but this is how Baron goes pee, they must have removed the leg he was used to standing on, because he still lifts up his other back leg, and balances on his two front legs to go. Haha, how many dogs do you know that can do a handstand and pee at the same time... let alone do a handstand?