[DesertChildAZ]

We arrived at my sister's on Thanksgiving at like 4AM and I let Tahoe (my 10 lber) out of the car to pee. He proceed to to walk off a 5 foot tall retaining wall that my sister didn't mention that she had installed. He fell down onto 3 rocks, each about the size of his head. He was limp when I jumped down to pick him up and he was unresponsive. I thought he was dead. I tried to stand him up after I handed him back up to my mother on the driveway and he was totally disoriented and wobbling around. I was prepared to call the vet at 4AM on Thanksgiving. But after a little while , he was walking around like nothing happened. I was the only one freaking out and all my nerves were shattered. My sis's vet finally called and said that he'd probably be fine...if he's walking around and not wailing, he hasn't broken anything and he probably just blacked out on the initial fall. I like to call Tahoe "Superman"...flying leaps and bounds. When I got Tahoe thoroughly checked out by his regular vet, he said there wasn't anything wrong...he was fine and that I was the only one affected by the fall.


Sometimes they actually can take more than you think. I'm paranoid and don't let Tahoe jump on the couch (or off the bed) at 14 because I know he has arthritis. I'm sure he thinks I'm a neurotic nut, but I try to be careful with my baby!!!!