Hi Everyone,
Well here is my rant of the day and an update on Jack's
Lyme Disease...
I took my daughters and neices (total 7) to NYC for the day on Friday. It was a rainy miserable day but they had fun anyway.
Jack and Max were confined to the kitchen with access to their crates, toys and water. Jack is able to roam the house freely without making a mess of any kind but Max is too young- has separation anxiety and can't be trusted yet. Crating him for more than 4 hours wasn't an option - so... I confined them both to the kitchen thinking that Max would have an accident or two and it would be easy to clean up the tile.
HA!
When we got home I ran in expecting to be greeted by my loving doggies - but no one was in the kitchen!
HA!
I had double gated the hallway (one gate on top of the other) to make it impossible for Max the jumper/climber monkey dog to escape. I also closed the doors to the dining room and tied a rope around the door knobs (they are double doors)- AND put a chair butted up against the doors.
HA!
It was a plot - a conspiracy! They must have rammed on those double doors until the rope was loose enough and the chair moved.... Freedom!!
I came home to the remnants of a wild doggie party! My den was torn to shreds! Books, magazines, papers were ripped to bits all over. The baskets on my coffee table were emptied and strewn all around the room.
The large plants in my living room were pulled apart and flung around. In the middle of my white rug was a poopie present from Max.
The upstairs was even better! Max chewed on and ate every flavored little lip gloss he could reach. Torn up the girl's magazines, chewed and thrown around a box of random tampax that was left on a desk chair...
Nothing of value was lost - it was just a mess! I grabbed a bag and cleaned it all up. A while later I was tired, cranky and annoyed- I was in my socks storming around the kitchen picking up dog toys and BAM - up in the air I went landing flat on my face-
The outcome- torn ligaments in my hip and a baddly sprained ankle- and a sprained lower back.
HA!
So - I am confined to bed for a week.
Jack on the other hand...
He is doing great! I did tons of research on Canine Lyme disease and everything I read said to expect to see results from the antibiotic within 48 hours. I did! He is no longer limping, he looks much better in general, he is eating better and he's jumping on and off my bed like nothing ever happened! I am so happy and relieved.
I will continue his course of antibiotics for the duration. He will see the vet next week to check his progress. I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that things keep going in the right direction! I am thinking that since the limp is gone the vet may decide that it was caused by the Lyme and he doesn't have an ACL tear.... and he won't have to subject him to anesthesia to X-ray the leg??
Anyway - thanks for letting me vent! LOL When I think about the whole wild doggie party now it makes me laugh- but - whoa - what a sight to come home to!!
Have a great day everyone!
Deja
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Do you suppose he's laughing at, and making fun of you as he's jumping on and off the bed ?
I hope you heal up quickly, I know sprains aren't fun and I can only imagine the torn ligaments! 
*gross*... and he's the stuffed toy mutilator!! He is by no means the innocent little angel I make him out to be - LOL
