Some of you, my fellow animal lovers, have been here for me a couple of times already.

Good Luck, Mike...
Puppy prayers are in order.

Mike;

Man, I feel for you.  We lost a Poodle, a Pom and a Yorkie 1 year apart on Christmas nite every time.  darn near killed me, especially the Yorkie - Joe.  He was my bud.  We drank Port together at least once a week from the same glass.  I haven't been able to touch the stuff since and that was three years ago.

We now have a Lab/Chow mix (inherited when the kids were sent to Okinawa, 2 Poms (because I said I'd only get another Pom if I could find one that would be all black, male and under 3 lbs when fully grown...and darned if my stepson didn't find one - and we brought his brother home too) and a Yorkie - Fang.  He has become my bud even though I love all of them.  Having never had kids, they fill that spot for me.

Mickey will be in our thoughts and prayers. 

I will say that it is amazing what they are doing in the animal medical field these days.  My Poodle was part of a national study on alzheimers.  The drug they tested on her has since been brought to the FDA for final approval for humans.

The little guys are tough.  Seems the bigger the dog, the bigger wimp they are.  Monster is a real wimp.  Scared of his own shadow.

Please post soonest to let us know how he is doing.


FANG is praying for Mickey too!
dnv2008-02-05 20:56:39

Oh no, Mike!    Puppy prayers are being said NOW!  I have an old Chihuahua that has both back legs that pop in an out of joint.  She's 15 and I have not had them operated on.  So far she still gets around pretty good.  It's genetic in Chihuahua's and it might be for Yorkies too (super small dogs).

Thanks guys. For a while, I was able to pop the cap back into position, but it made no difference, he still wouldn't put any weight on it. The other one is almost as bad, but maybe a few weeks behind the first in terms of being bad. We hoped he'd grow out of it. But when the second was then diagnosed the same, we were pretty much told they won't fix themselves. One of our past Yorkies, Little B, had it too, but it seemed to come and go. He'd sometimes pick it up and run on just three. mkapp78792008-02-05 21:12:44

Take care of you and the pup!!!! Keep us posted.

Mike,

A lot of people just don't realize how much a pet means. I hope everything works out for your little one!

I'm a little pissed right now. Got the call that all went well and Mickey's doing fine. Didn't have to do bone implants which would have been needed if the notches had to be cut very deep. Asked the surgeon about his hip as she had expressed concern that he may have a problem there. She FORGOT TO TAKE THE HIP XRAY!

The main thing is that the little guy came thru with flying colors.  It really sux to have to do another surgery as the trach tube is harder on the smaller dogs but it sounded like he handled that ok as well.

When do you get him home?  If he is staying overnite, will you get to see him this evening?