Frog...being a dork again...hurt his leg fighting the crate on Easter. He was completely lame on it for 8 days or so.

He started putting weight on it two days ago and seemed comfortable standing on it today. He spent about 15 minutes rolling a clod of grass around the yard this afternoon. That activity did not appear to strain the injury at all.

We had x-rays done last week. It's just a soft tissue injury to the elbow, according to the vet. She said he could start working back up to his normal activities as soon as he could tolerate it.

Depending on how he's acting in the morning, I was debating letting him do a short track (mostly for the mental exercise) and maybe seeing if he wanted to do a little swimming off the saltwater dock near here.

I was thinking the lower the impact the exercise the better. Does that sound like a reasonable way to start working back into things, or am I jumping the gun?

He really needs the exercise. If I don't start working off some of that frustrated energy soon, I'm sure I'll get bit in a few more days. I'd really rather avoid that confrontation if possible.

Michele;
Also, think about engaging his mind, this can help when you can't exercise.
Happy Training,
Roni

I've been trying to work his mind, since I knew we would run into a problem if he built up frustrated energy.

I've been giving him about half of his food in a Kong and have put the Kong into various other items so he has to figure out how to extricate it before he can eat. Half of his food mixed with some peanut butter and yogurt will fill up his Kong several times.

I've been extending the time he has to sit before he can eat his regular meal,
and we've been doing short, upbeat, fun OB sessions throughout the day.

With my youngest having been seriously ill, it occurs to me that I haven't been working on anything new.

Searching the board, I've found a scent discrimination game I think he'll really get into. We'll try that later today and maybe start teaching a parlor trick.

He was just a bit lame this morning from the free time in the yard yesterday. I think I'd best focus on mental work this week and start swimming early next week rather than today.