not much change

its been a few days and Sony is still stiff on her RH leg. not terrible but its still there. she started her new herbs. and Although I have to empty 3 capsules because she is the queen of not eating pills, she is eating it. I'll continue to rest her and hopefully in another week she will feel better. she see Dr Angela again Tuesday and David on Sat.

Judy and Sony

time off

its been a very busy 2 weeks, with a 3 day trial and 3 day seminar plus working a lot of hrs. Sony still has her mysterious lameness on her Right hind. David Accinai looked at her this past weekend and said her back was pretty tight and sore. she really enjoyed her massage and we decided to put her on a low dose of muscle relaxers to help her be more comfortable. I took her to work today and had Dr Angela look at her again, her back was out of alignment and sore.however she didn't feel it was enough to make her lame. we took another look at her Right knee and although there is no swelling or thickness and no response to the drawer test we are treating her as if it did. her gait really looks like a dog with a sore knee. we did acupuncture on her and she had a few needles that were reactive confirming what we thought. so I will give her some time off with lots of rest and will do a few more acupuncture treatments and see how she does. I don' think there is any real damage but it really seems to bother her.


Judy and Sony

pretzel dog

Sony was checked by Dr Angela yesterday and when I took her out of the van she was very stiff and sore on the right hind , UGH!!! but when Angie looked at her her but was all twisted and not in the usual direction. we put her back together and she had an acupuncture treatment. which she really liked and stood there with her head in my lap. we decided she should skip her workout with Melanie and rest until tonight and I can swim her tonight when I get home from work. hopefully we are over this little episode and we can get back on track getting fit and strong.


Judy and Sony

recheck with Surgeon and a good weekend

we just got back from a trial in PA, on Friday Sony had her recheck with Dr Lesham and had some Xrays, I also had him check her hip/knee on the right and he said it felt fine to him. Xrays looked good, he suggests she keep going with what we have been doing for one more month before I let her off leash to go ballistic :) then she can be set free.

Sony was fine at the trial, not a lame step and even hung out at the ring for quite a while. she does seem a little tight in her back but that is not surprising considering how bad it was a week ago. I ma going to bring her to work tom for Dr Angel to check her again and then off to PT for a light work out. If she does well with that I will let her swim wed night and plan on a little jump work during lunch this weekend at the seminar in PA. hopefully get her back on her program

Judy and Sony

minor set back.

well what I thought was just over doing it turned out to be a little more. when I got Sony home from Flyball and she was sore I manipulated her leg and I heard a 'click' she seemed better. although still a little roachy in her back. Monday she was pretty sore again and limping on her good leg. so I took her to work with me Tuesday and had Dr Angela look at her. she felt her knee and said it felt fine , no swelling and no pain response also manipulated her knee/hip and could not get the click to happen again. however her low back was extremely sore and WAY out of adjustment. so she put that back as well as her Butt :) her front end was not as bad as her back end. the roachy back went away immediately and she was already walking better. our best theory is she did displace her patella and throw her back out. How?? only Sony knows and she isn't talking !! we put her on a few days of a NSAID and I am giving her some extra adequan to help the knee. and keeping her bubblewrapped for at least a week,maybe more. I am going to have her surgeon look at it as well on Fri at her regular appt. and then Dr Angela will recheck her low back again next Tuesday.

Judy and Sony

oops, over did it

So as to not over do it with Sony I am trying to keep her work outs with plenty of time to rest in between. so she was at PT with Melanie on Thursday and I gave her Fri off so she could work Sat AM at Flyball. all she did was runbacks, from the box over 4 jumps set at 7" she was great the first set, came out after for second set just fine. however the second set she was against another dog and she tried a little too hard. so when I got her home she was sore behind.and was off on her good leg. I gave her a massage and noticed quite a bit of heat in her low back so gave her a low dose of NSAID and muscle relaxer so she could sleep well. she is fine and dandy today but I am passing on her swimming I had planned so she could rest another day. She will swim tomorrow and Tuesday with jump work scheduled for wed after class.

Judy and Sony

FINALLY!!!!!!

Sony finally got to swim in her pool, she did about 15 minutes.and had a blast. she had a few toys and played fetch and I walked around the pool so she did some laps. Nick helped do a lot of the laps and take the pics. we set a kitchen timer soI didn't go too long. I had a heater for when she came out and a blower to dry her off.

so we will see how she does with the 15 minute swim and go from there. of course if you ask her she will swim everyday !!!!

Judy and one very happy Sony!