today bohdan stayed on karine's bed until late in the morning. then he emerged and walked out into the back yard quite deliberately. then he threw up. white fomay bile with grass. I observed his shoulders seemed kinda rounded like he was hunching them (if he was a person). he pretty much refused his Yoghurt & Pumpkin, not by trying to flip the dish, but by taking a few licks then pretending it wasn't there.
I felt around his shoulders and they seemed solid and stiff. I mused that he could be throwing up from pain. he bared his teeth at me so I left his shoulders alone.
after a while bohdan settled in the backyard to sun his big self. then he napped on the floor of karine's room while the puppy slept on the bed. then I was Informed that He was Hungry as he ate all the puppy's little cubes. then he settled in the living room while I dealt with puppy housebreaking traumas.
after the puppy housebreaking traumas I gave bohdan more little cubes so his tummy wouldn't be empty, then gave him two cal-mags in butter. he was quite surprised that a butter-wrapped pill couldn't be ejected from the back of his mouth and had to be swallowed. I guess I learned soomething from crosby.
after pokying around in the fridge to the madly barking puppy, I brought out frozen lambneck pieces and gave them to the puppy to shut her up. bohdan came and was quite interested in this so I gave him some too. this made him very happy he could care less it was frozen. I gave him an extra piece.
as he was finishing the piece the puppy Informed us it was Time for a Walk. I brought out her harness and leash and bohdan said it was His Turn. it was difficult to get out the door because he felt he should Go Too. I told him His Turn would be next, then left him and he settled. when I came back I gave both dogs cookies. I put fresh water for the puppy but bohdan would not let her get to it he drank a good deal of it. then I put the ThingOnHisFace and we left for our walk. we left the puppy, who did not settle but apparently peed in protest while howling at the garage door (as karine discovered later)
bohdan was very set and deliberate as we walked. he did not pull excessively but I noticed he almost waddled. partially because of overweightness but I think in part was becuase his front legs are taking shorter than usual steps. he seemed shaky when he turned like to go back to investigate an interesting smell.
after about the first 3 pee stops, he stopped lifting his leg. the drinking of the water became clear as he peed about every 5-10 steps. didn't think a dog could plan, did you.
a lady with sunglasses was walking about 15 feet behind us part of the way. this did not bother him.
he whimpered as we past houses with dogs but did not really stop. he looked to me for cookies as he did this but I told him I wasn't his mom and he wasn't going to get any cookies from me for being bad. we stopped across the street from the shephards but bohdan did not bark or bounce. I kept reminding him to be easy on the downhill. I think this is good because if his shoulders are stiff the steady walking would help loosen then but bouncing could make things worse.
we got all the way back to the front yard and he layed down next to the phone pole. I told him I was proud of him for going all the way around the block and he was a Good Dog. he decided that the cookies were still not forthcoming and after about 20 seconds got up in disgust and headed to the garage door. we went inside and I took the ThingOffHisFace and gave him liver treats. he layed down in the kitchen and I brought the water to him because he looked sore. after a while he moved to the living room and went to sleep.
Posted by dracon at 07:22 PM