March 6, 2011

Well, it’s a few days past three month ampuversary and Tundra seems to still be doing very well. Sorry we haven’t been on here lately – life has been crazy!!!! We wanted to begin taking Tundra for walks recently and then the extreme cold and a few dumps of snow happened. Nothing but ice out there. Not the best time to take the boy for walks. The only thing kind of concerning us is Tundra’s intermittent panting. The vet said it could be phantom pain and that there is some medication for that, but he doesn’t appear to be in any pain and he isn’t licking at the missing leg or anything like that. He can go long times without any excessive panting and then start it up and we don’t know if he is working himself up for S N A C K or meals. He always has water and may be drinking a little more than normal, but what is normal anymore?!? I looked at a few posts in the forum related to core strength training, but it seems like there is a lot of stuff out there. He is healthy in all other respects – right? We had all those blood tests and exam done before subjecting him to an amputation! All his tests came back with really good numbers. He does take soloxin, but his thyroid numbers have remained steady on a low dosage. Well, we celebrate every day beyond the original two month diagnosis and watching Tundra get just as crazy at S N A C K time as he did when he was a puppy is a good sign as far as we are concerned. Watching him run down the hallway when someone comes to the door means he is still able to and has the energy and every time he wants a little more petting makes me feel like he loves me. We Love him!