Howllo fellow Basset Hound and Emma exercising more lovers:

Well, it was a bit hairy and scary at times with all of the excitement but all went pretty well. Grandma and I had a plan to exercise Emma a bit more now that she is getting better. She cannot be on hard wood floors so I set her up a carpet runway of sorts. We wanted to do this first to kind of tire her out before getting with her best friend, our Mayor, Chaps. The plan was to walk her down the runway in her sling and back a few times.

As soon as we started out of her holding tank she went crazy veering off the carpeted runway and making a mad dash to her beloved bed. My idea was a complete bust and Emma had to be hoisted into the bed to avoid injury. I was just besides myself and realized I had made a big mistake by trying this exercise. Of course we let her lay in her bed and relax. She was crying and loving her bed and we were so upset that we had to get her back off after a short time. I had no idea she was going to be so determined to get into her bed. Wow, I really missed the mark on this exercise. All is OK and we got her back into her safe area with a few beloved french fries. Whew………

She took a short nap and then we let Chaps in to see her. I am still loading those pictures and I will have them up in a new blog posting shortly.

That endevor went without a hitch and was a great way to get Emma’s spirits back up. She was a bit depressed she had to leave the comfort corner of her huge doggie bed.

I felt like a real heel. She was not ready to do that much exercise and was way to excited.

Oh well, live and learn from my mistakes. If you are reading this for back surgery information. Do not get too over ambitious with your hound’s recovery. We are nine days out and she is making great progress but this is an eight week recovery process.

More soon with some better blogging news! Here is a preview, Chaps was such a good boy!

Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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