14 days after his surgery, and 39 days since his injury, Bo took his first actual steps on his repaired leg today.
We were out on a pee break, and he just started walking! I've only seen him hop on 3 legs for almost 7 weeks, so it took a minute to realize something was different; his butt wasn't bouncing up and down!
While I was trying to figure out how much weight he was actually putting on the leg, he showed me! He lifted his GOOD rear leg, (bearing all of his hind end weight on the repaired one), and really took his time! Atta boy!
Thoughts of him hiking with me in the spring are beginning to seem probable again...
At right are Lucky and Bo, taking a break on a trail along the McKenzie River a couple of years ago. Lucky was such a good hiking companion ~ Bo has big shoes to fill! And, we have a LOT of physical therapy and healing ahead of us...
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