January 30, 2011

Running around nearly every day

For the past week or so, we've had pretty decent weather.  Lots of sunshine and a few days in the 60's so I've been opening up the gate between the yards or just letting the pups go out into the southwest side so that they can enjoy the grass and sun.  They've both been playing with the balls out there and Winston has gotten in some running.  Probably helps a little with the muscle atrophy.  So far so good on the pain, I haven't had to increase his dose yet, though I have given him his dose early a few times, and sometimes we shorten the walks if they've been really active in the yard.

January 22, 2011

Still doing ok -- no more incidents so far

I think I'm being more careful in my monitoring of him and erring on the side of just increasing the frequency of pain pills if I see any behavior that is a little "off".  So far so good; it looks like the plan is working.  Winston hasn't had any more really bad days.  In fact we've had some recent decent sunny days in the high 40s and 50s.  I've let both dogs out into the big yard and they've been running around and having fun.