Fun Hangover 11/07/2011

An entire weekend has passed since I wrote about Best Dog Ever. Sorry! Princess had a very active weekend. Friday was a great day for her - a banner one in fact, close as normal as ever. She was walking on both hind legs and appearing stronger than ever. Later in the evening, we took her to the lake for a walk. She hit the trail hard, walking pretty much normally out and back for about half a mile. We met many friends along the trail and all was good. 

At the Lake

Meeting Friends

Saturday morning, Princess was understandably stiff. I chalked it up to a "fun hangover."  My father used to say that the severity of a hangover was in direct proportion to the amount of fun that you had the night before. True that. For most of Saturday Princess rested.  Returning home from our day's activities, we found her ready to rumble. Without exception, we attempt to keep Best Girl calm. Our fear is that she will injure or break her weakened rear leg. Problem is, Princess acts like she feels. That evening, invigorated from her rest, she romped around, slipped on the floor and apparently slightly injured her leg. We don't think that it was serious, but she's heavily favoring it today.

Our family has had six Rotties in our lives over the years. Most have passed. There was Sebastian, a young male and good friend who died prematurely of heart failure at two and a half, Tiberius a beautiful large loving patient male with a dominant streak,  Carley, a persnickety female who lived along with Ti, loved her people and grew into a grand old girl and Lily, a powerfully athletic and unpredictable dog who loved JUST her people, Still with us and our extended family are Princess and her half brother from another mother Jake.

Two things about Rotties; They love their people and they know their job - to protect her people. Princess has assigned herself the job of  family security specialist early on. Days when she's alone, she lays by the front door silently guarding the house. With family present, she keeps track of everything and everybody. She knows who's coming and going. If any "horseplay" goes on she quickly brings it to an end. She's a peace keeper. She goes through the "Fearsome Rottweiler Act" well but clearly there's not a hurtful ounce in her body. Saturday night, with her leg in relative pain, she climbed the stairs to the second floor landing an guarded the girls all night as they slept. No rest for the weary, in her mind, the job goes on.

Guard Duty?

Today is treatment day twenty. She's staying off her leg for the most part. Right now she's peacefully zonked. After all, it was a huge weekend !  Princess took a  major walk, played with the kids, got a visit from daughter KK visiting from college, went to a soccer game and got lots of attention and many treats. Way more than her normal routine. She was up for it. So today Princess is not one hundred percent of what she was Friday afternoon. Hopefully it's "Fun Hangover". We'll keep a close watch on her in the coming days.

ZONKED!