Harley's story

It has been 11 days since Harley’s amputation. Last week we took the kids outside, after many days of rain, and Harley stood at the back door barking up a storm. He had never thrown such a fit about not being able to go outside with the kids, and then it dawned on me. We  had been telling him prior to his amputation that once he got his leg cut off he would be able to go back outside with the kids. He was furious. I could hear him saying,”wait a minute, I got my leg cut off so why am I not outside?” I wanted to give his stitches a little more time to heal, because I knew if I let him out he wasn’t going to slow his “mighty dog” pace down one bit. Yesterday we finally let him go outside to play with the kids. He was so happy to be back outside, and I am pleased to say that he did AWESOME! It may sound funny, but he seems to run faster with 3 legs than he did with all 4. He did have a little tumble though, when he seemed to forget his leg was missing and tried to put it down. He bounced right up and looked at the kids like ” I meant to do that”. After a couple of hours I made him come inside to rest, but he wasn’t having it. He barked and whined at the door until I gave in and let him back out. By the time we brought the kids in, Harley was EXHAUSTED, but that still didn’t stop him from running around thew house after the kids. He seemed to be somewhat relieved when the kids went to bed. He was glad his shift was over and he could rest. When I walked in the living room there he was on his back 3 paws in the air, and snoring. Today he had a much needed morning of sleeping in. He finally decided to come downstairs around 10:30am. I am so proud of my boy, and even though I still feel a little sad about him losing his leg, I am thrilled that he doesn’t seem to care.