Buster's Diary

It's 4 months since my operation. I went to sleep at the vets with four legs and woke up with three and adapted straight away (well you have to don't you), and have coped admirably ever since.

Here I am just a few days after the op wearing a rather fetching blue waistcoat. Polly sewed up the leg hole I didn't need to stop me getting to the wound. The stitches were internal but I might have licked or nibbled it. The wound healed really well and my hair is growing back nicely.

I enjoy life, our walks, running around, playing with other dogs, sniffing everything, and I enjoy the attention. We met a group of young boys a couple of weeks ago who initially said "Oh poor dog, he's only got three legs" they came over and made a big fuss of me and Polly explained that I was perfectly happy. 

Polly hasn't coped as well as me, she gets slightly anxious when I walk on the tiled kitchen floor until I get to the runner on the door side of the kitchen, I slip sometimes. She put a large rug down but that freaked me out (I am easily spooked). I'm getting better at it though, I'm better if I just do it without thinking about it. The kitchen floor is worse than the wooden floors. And sometimes I stumble when walking and turn too quickly.

Elsewhere at home everything is pretty much the same. Rufus started to look  as if he was putting on weight so Polly gave him slightly less dinner and he is looking much better.

This is an area of set aside. Previously it was given over to a few wild flowers and a lot of weeds.

This year though it was full of lovely wild flowers.  Aren't they pretty?

This pretty marigold is growing out of the concrete.

This is how well I am doing, I can still run very fast. I had seen something in the distance, probably a squirrel, it was a bit late in the morning for rabbits to be out. Polly wasn't paying attention properly, she was slow to follow through!

Last May it was just the car on the roof, it's joined by a scooter now! 

The fields have been ploughed

I used to go in this stream regularly but I'm not sure I can manage it now. Polly says she loves me but she's not sure she wants to scramble down a 4 foot vertical bank if I get into difficulty!

Checking out one of the Badger extensions.

We've  had lots of rain and the level of the stream that we usually go through is super high 

That's how it usually is on the left, just a few inches deep, 

and this is how it was a couple of days ago on the right.

I like drinking from muddy puddles!

We've had some very windy weather

Look at Rufus, he doesn't look very comfortable!

Polly is making more quilts, she's made a Christmas one for her daughter in Australia. 

She was hoping to deliver it in person but she will have to post it now.

That's all for now

~ Be warm and well ~

Buster 🐾