Puppy Love

In two short weeks that we have had Rosie there have been a lot of changes. She has gained three pounds and weights fourteen pounds. She also has a new best friend. She left her litter of eight pups, Mom, Dad, and big brother and came with us home to us to meet. Daisy and Rosie' parents are the same, but they had only met briefly when we went to see Rosie when she was five weeks old.

In the two weeks we have had Rosie she and Daisy have become buddies. At first Daisy just ignored her. The last couple days they have actually been trying to play with each other. On Sunday when Rosie squealed as if she were being eaten alive, Daisy ran to her side and looked at me as if to say, "Do something. Can't you see she is hurt?" The truth is I couldn't see what was wrong with Rosie. She squealed every time her foot touched the ground and her leg looked crooked. When I picked her up, her leg seemed limp and lifeless. I put her on the couch and looked at her leg. It did not look right. I put her on the floor. She couldn't stand up. I knew her leg was broken.

What should I do? Call Ron of course. He had just finished helping Dave change the breaks on our car. When I called, he was going to put gas in the car, but no he couldn't. He had to come right home. For sure we would have to take Rosie to the emergency pet hospital $$$$$!

He came home. He checked her leg-touched it everywhere, pulled it, examined her paw - nothing. He set her on the floor. She limped a little but no squeals. All the while Daisy stayed right by her and made sure we did not make Rosie squeal again. Since then they have been playing with each other more and more.

Although we have heard that it is not good to give your dog rawhide, our vet also told Ron not to encourage the pup's chewing on him. (DUH) WE have resorted to Whole Care Pet Natural Rawhide Flip Chips. Daisy likes to take Rosie's, so of course I try to distract Daisy while Ron give's Rosie her chip. The problem is Rosie prefers Daisy to the chips. View the clip below and you will see how much Rosie loves Daisy and what a sweet, patient dog Daisy is. This video shows that Chesapeake's don't deserve their reputation as mean or aggressive. They are very sweet, social dogs.