Hi Yvette:
I’m still waiting for the urine analysis to come back, so hopefully should have that by tomorrow or the next day.
Laddie continues to do extremely well here. Everyone has adjusted beautifully, even Lucy who thought she could boss him around, is coming around.
I have contacted the vet that Jean uses, and who is the vet for SAINTS, as I feel that I should align myself with a seniors Dr. I like my vet, and Finn and Lucy can continue to see him, but I feel that Laddie will need that extra special touch, and this women likes seniors., I picked up a product that Jean recommended as she used it on her dogs, called Vetamino, and that stuff works wonders (for building muscle tone, and overall health) he is on his glucosamine, and he is also getting salmon oil, that not only helps his coat, skin, nails, but also is an anti inflammatory. I am still working on his coat, I am hand stripping him out, and work on him for 1/2 to an hour a day, I make it a part of our one on one sessions, and he loves the attention, and being told what a handsome boy he is. I have trimmed up his ears, (as if I was showing him) his feet have had a trim down, (show style) (his nails were done at the vets) and tomorrow I will spruce up his hocks. I do something everyday, today it was cleaning ears. it would be to much for him to do a marathon on him. you should see him getting up and down now, he is perking up more as the days go by, and acting like a dog, we can almost get that leg up to pee on something, and I know he feels pretty proud about that., he even turns circles now to lie down. we are almost up to bed standards, I started with one rug, (I bought 3 the same), now it is doubled, I will ad a layer of cushy underlay next and one more rug on top and voila! soft bed for those bones.

He’s been showing and telling me lots about the training he received. how he was trained not to take from the hand,(He flinches, and hangs his head down) and what happens if the other house dogs bark at him, or he stands up for himself( he immediately takes himself to the door) so I have reversed that, and have untrained him. and will keep working on it, we are successful 95% of the time now, he is eating and drinking out of his pail, and bowl, all in all after only a little over a week, is doing very well, you can see his personality start to emerge, his eyes and nose are much better, pretty soon you won’t recognize him. He is a wonderful boy, who now knows he is loved, and is part of a family, and I get the best collie hugs, and tail wags you’ve ever seen, he is a champion, he deserves the title, after all he’s endured, how he can still love and trust is beyond anything I comprehend, I am so lucky to have him.
will keep you posted.
take care,
Kate

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