For almost a week, poor Rip had to wear one of those cones of silliness to keep him from gnawing at the burn-like sores, but the cone actually came in handy as his tail episode coincided with his neutering. Nothing like a two-for-one use out of that cone! Of course, he didn’t like it much. The first few days he wasn’t sure how to hold his head up, so he couldn’t manuever through doorways or up stairs. If he wasn’t so pathetic, he would’ve been very funny. But he handled that challenge the way he responds to absolutely everything, including our cat: good naturedly. My husband and I keep saying, "Oh, when he gets over this, we’ll see his personality” but we’ve already seen enough to know we are very lucky. He is a sweet, well-behaved, obedient dog who lets us know every day how happy he is to have a home. And we’re just as happy to have him, challenges and all.
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