"Tutored"

Danny had his first birthday yesterday.

Last week he got "tutored" which is PC for neutered.

He REALLY hated that plastic collar they made him wear to keep him from pulling out his stitches.
He chewed the heck out of the first one in 3 days of the 10 day period he was supposed to wear one. We got a second one and I REALLY fastened all lose edges down with industrial staples. I thought we we secure. Minor nibbling but good good.

Day 8.... Took him out of his kennel in the morning to take him outdoors for the doggies thing but checked his stitches first. They were gone. So much for a collar.

The vet said as long as the incision was staying closed and there was no sign of infection just leave him alone but take off the collar. That was one very happy dog.

Happy owners too. He had got enough used to the collar that he was constantly running into things (us mostly) with the edge. 65lb dog... you do the math!

He sure needs exercise, if he doesn't get it, he gets "wild" and can't figure which end is up and is really a pain in the butt. Take him out for a long walk and he is gold. Golden Retriever, that is. Not one of those blond imitations, a real red-gold, curly haired super friendly dog. With definite opinions on things. As in, when he goes out, when he comes back, and what he does in between. A trainer said I spoiled him. I answered "yeah, and your point is?"

I like to think we are most truly seen how we treat our animals. As you can see above, he suffers greatly. The blue is one knee of my jeans.