Thank you both for sharing your stories... I am so sorry about Ozzie, Tucker, and your dog with kidney failure. Dogs are such wonderful creatures and they touch our hearts in so many ways.
I think I heard a saying once... something like "recovery is not a straight line." That has held true for both of us. Yesterday was a good day and he did pretty well with his new bumper collar. He seems to be maintaining his forward progress and I'm pleased with that.
My dog is actually not food driven, which makes it a little difficult to bribe him to do things. I was working for a kennel when I first rescued him - it's a long story but more or less my coworkers were responsible for that happening. He spent some time with the trainers but it didn't stick. We got him to do "sit" a couple times but that was about it. He would just stare at us and the treat then wander off and do whatever he wanted. That's my dog in a nutshell. |