All dogs go to....rehab?

Our baby boy had surgery right before Christmas. We always knew something wasn't quite right with his left hip when we picked him up at the shelter, but we thought he'd grow out of it. Unfortunately he grew right into hip dysplasia! We had a tough decision to make, but knew we didn't want our poor Jake to be in pain any longer.



We took him to Dr. Weale who works with Dr. Taylor at Healthy Pets of Wedgewood. They chopped the ball off of his leg (the thing that fits in the socket) and bam, no more pain! Well...surgery pain. AND rehab pain. The Dr. and Vet Techs have been SOOOO good with Jake. Probably because he just takes it. He's just sooo laid back.

He's manly; he rocks the pink.

The rehab folks came up with all kinds of fun contraptions for him to wear to work those muscles! He never used his left leg muscle really, so it was badly atrophied.

I'm pretty sure this was his least favorite thing. Sometimes you just have to hop on the treadmill, let the water rise up and run.

Darn he's a good pup! Going on 6 weeks of rehab this week...hopefully we'll have our normal doggie back soon.