Golden Retriever,my little wood chipper

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Update

Dakota has been doing pretty well. Still doesn't have the full balance that he needs. Everytime i stand him up to push on the front of him to put more weight on the back of him, he just sits down lol. So I tried standing him up and just letting him have some weight on the back of his body, but he sat down then too...
We walk alot and he just has a very quick pace so I may end up getting some roller blades to just let him go at his own speed.
The muscle is slowly building up,but it sure is a long process.
He is a little wood chipper,his favorite past time is chewing a stick to wood chips in a matter of minutes. I am going to have to get a bunch of wood for him to chew on, on our back deck for this winter.
Being that we have mostly wood floors, it does not always work to his advantage. He is clumsy and loses his balance at times yet. Especially if he tries to chase the cats!
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Golden Retriever,Dakota today after fho surgery

Today Dakota is doing pretty well. The other day when swimming he tried jumping in the water lifting both of his back feet. This is the first time I have seen him try to do that, so it's improvement.
He has tripped occassionally trying to go up our few front stairs though.
Appetite is better, still putting bacon in with his food and his glucosamine,but he's eating it all.
When walking him the other day, I let him walk the way he wanted to instead of slow and next to my side. He wore me out,he walked very fast paced for 10 blocks never stopping the whole time. I was not prepared for that lol.
I will continue to post news on dakota every few days until he is in my eyes completely back to normal.
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video of girl and dog finishing the race together

This is up at Central High School Track, every Wednessday through the summer they have children's races split up into age groups. This is Ava's very first race and as you see she didn't make it running lol, as many others. You have to run half of the track for the younger ones, and she did get her first ribbon for finishing.
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Golden Retriever, Ava & Heather finish the race together!

Dakota walked up his first hill yesterday. We went to Central High School for Ava to race in the Wednessday night at the races. Their were 500+ people who showed up with their children.I took pictures of this as well. I know I have a picture addiction! The races were very fun and Dakota loved all the attention he gets every where that he goes. He even walked by one lady and just plopped down right on her lap! Good thing she is a huge animal lover. It started to rain right towards the end of the races, but not before Ava got to run her first race, well run might be stretching it a bit, she walked half of it with Heather and Dakota just to see that she finished it. But it was a good experience for her. When we left, their was a nice hill that Heather had Dakota walk up with her. He didn't slip or anything he did great.
He's not on pain pills anymore, he is still finicky about his food. We break up some bacon treats and put his glucosamine pill in with his food and then he will eat it. At least I don't have to keep giving him rice and hamburger lol.
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golden retriever taken off pain pills post fho surgery

I haven't written in a few days, but Dakota has been doing pretty well. We have been playing ball with him,swimming with him,walking with him, etc... He gets tired and wobbly, but doing well.
He took his last rimidal last night. We hope he doesn't have to go back on them again.
We started him on glucosamine pills which he may have to take forever. Do not make the mistake of giving them to him if he has not eaten first. I did that and he got an upset stomach and threw up 2x. Now, I break it into 4 pieces and put it in with his food after he has had a few bites. Hopefully that will continue to work, because he doesn't like these ones and he has learned how to spit it back out otherwise. The first pill that he hasn't liked to take..
If you are reading this chances are that you may be going through the same process we are. I hope that this information helps you to have an easier time with your pet.

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