KING OLLIE HOUSE of BULLDOG
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Ollie had his follow-up vet appointment on Monday. His injured leg was most likely muscle pull. After a week of crate and Rimadyl, it's fine.
Now onto the bigger issue, the right hip dysplasia...We need to do the consult with the orthopedic surgeon. We have insurance. The best advice I ever got was "get a bulldog, Get insurance." One thing in Ollie's favor, he's young. Here are the logistics...
Ollie has 6 more weeks of Basic II Obedience. I have already paid for 4 more private sessions of Service Dog Training. I really don't want Ollie to loose his momentum with the training.
Also we need to go to Winter Park/Orlando for 2 days and this will be Ollie's longest car ride (2 hrs) and his first overnight hotel stay. We'll be doing his first restaurants. To say I'm nervous is an understatement. On May 14th WE HAVE TO go to Canada so I can say good-bye to my 93 year old Dad. Ollie will again have to stay in a hotel the night before we fly out, go through TSA, get on plane etc. etc. Etc. This is huge for us. One of the things I always worked on with teachers was for them to be proactive rather than reactive. To this end, there is a county transit bus that stops out in front of our neighborhood gates. I have discovered that Ollie and I can ride this bus for free. We could even go as far as Tampa on it (40 miles, 2 hrs) but I'm sure Id never need or want to. Anyway, I can get on here and get off at the first stop which is Walmart, just about 5 miles down the road. Ollie and I can meander around Walmart and eat at the Subway in there and then hop the bus back. John said he will go with me the first time "Just in case." I told him he can't talk to me or Ollie because we have to concentrate and he can sit nearby, but not with us. He has to be like a United Nations observer and only step in if needed.
So, I will schedule the ortho consult for after we get back from Canada and after Ollie completes School II and his 4 other sessions. And, FINALLY (yes, there is an end to all this drivel), for those who remember our discussion about Ollie's crooked front end alignment
the vet said the weaker right hip is causing him to compensate and lead with his stronger left foot/side. Seems possible to me.
Now onto the bigger issue, the right hip dysplasia...We need to do the consult with the orthopedic surgeon. We have insurance. The best advice I ever got was "get a bulldog, Get insurance." One thing in Ollie's favor, he's young. Here are the logistics...
Ollie has 6 more weeks of Basic II Obedience. I have already paid for 4 more private sessions of Service Dog Training. I really don't want Ollie to loose his momentum with the training.
Also we need to go to Winter Park/Orlando for 2 days and this will be Ollie's longest car ride (2 hrs) and his first overnight hotel stay. We'll be doing his first restaurants. To say I'm nervous is an understatement. On May 14th WE HAVE TO go to Canada so I can say good-bye to my 93 year old Dad. Ollie will again have to stay in a hotel the night before we fly out, go through TSA, get on plane etc. etc. Etc. This is huge for us. One of the things I always worked on with teachers was for them to be proactive rather than reactive. To this end, there is a county transit bus that stops out in front of our neighborhood gates. I have discovered that Ollie and I can ride this bus for free. We could even go as far as Tampa on it (40 miles, 2 hrs) but I'm sure Id never need or want to. Anyway, I can get on here and get off at the first stop which is Walmart, just about 5 miles down the road. Ollie and I can meander around Walmart and eat at the Subway in there and then hop the bus back. John said he will go with me the first time "Just in case." I told him he can't talk to me or Ollie because we have to concentrate and he can sit nearby, but not with us. He has to be like a United Nations observer and only step in if needed.
So, I will schedule the ortho consult for after we get back from Canada and after Ollie completes School II and his 4 other sessions. And, FINALLY (yes, there is an end to all this drivel), for those who remember our discussion about Ollie's crooked front end alignment
the vet said the weaker right hip is causing him to compensate and lead with his stronger left foot/side. Seems possible to me.
