Wow, I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to have a 3-legged dog. Don't get me wrong, Newton is doing very well, I just have to watch him like a hawk. Not only do I have floor coverings on the hardwood floors, I also had to put baby gates up so that he doesn't fall down the stairs into the basement.

He is pooping on a regular basis, but the peeing has gotten me worried. Today he only pee'd twice. The poor guy is no longer able to lift his leg :-( He likes to spend time sitting out in the backyard. He saw some kids and let them know that he was out there by barking. Yep, back to his normal Newton self.

My friend, Laura, and her dog, Chloe, stayed with Newton and myself. We had to separate the dogs because we were worried that Newton would try to play to hard and hurt himself and Chloe wasn't quite sure what to make of him. I kind of wondered if she knew that it was Newton. I don't think that she noticed that he was missing a leg. My guess is that he may have smelled a bit different.

Laura and I have finally gotten down a routine for changing his t-shirt. He doesn't seem to want to be a whole lot of help, but that is kind of to be expected.

Each day, I am going to post pictures of the incision site in Newton's photo gallery in "Newton's Bone Cancer Treatment" album. Newton hasn't tried to get at his incision, but he has been licking his remaining front paw. I'm guessing that they must have had an IV there.

He has started eating his food, but giving him his pain meds has been a challenge. He is on 1 chewable tablet of Deracoxib (100 MG) a day and 4 tablets of Tramadol (50 MG) three times a day. If I just try to put the pills at the back of his throat, he bites down on my hand and that hurts so I have been finding different foods to "hide" the pills in. Of course, once he gets keen to there being pills in those foods then he won't eat the foods anymore!