Wow...I just pulled up this thread and realized it's been six months since I've been on YT!
Anyway, just wanted to update on Buck.
Buck is finally on his way to being 100%. When I took him to the vet back in January, he wanted to leave the pin in for a while longer, like another month. Okay so we did that and on his checkup a month later, the vet was leaning towards wanting to leave the pin in and watch his progress, saying that many times pins are left in. True enough...my Scarlett has had a pin in her front leg for several years now.
Well, Buck seemed to plateau in his recovery with still *some* lameness. Really, going by the condition I found him in, I wasn't that surprised. In fact, I felt he was lucky to be alive. Then, last month he started to get some swelling in his hip area. It got really bad quick. In just a couple of days, the swelling filled the palm of my hand. Back to the vet.
This time a different vet saw Buck and kept him for surgery and removed the pin. His recovery went well and the difference is now night and day. Buck has found another gear (or 2 LOL). He is able to run and now can stand on his hind legs at the fence or on us to greet us (he nearly knocks my wife over). He is MUCH happier and seems to be in zero pain now.
So, we get Buck taken care of and then last Friday we had to take one of our rescue cats in for a tail amputation. So now we're nursing another one. If it's not one thing, it's another.
Honestly, one of these days I'll come back for some actual Yorkie talk.
