Watch Out! It's "Bulldozer"

It's a good thing Jim has two arms :)

It was a great day! Taylor has learned how to manage the larger cone he gained yesterday. Although we are still challenged with keeping him still... the long night helped today!

Jim has nicknamed Taylor "Dozer" since his cone hangs a bit like a bulldozer and seems to scoop up everything in it's way. I have to laugh when I hear it scrape against the wall from a corner cut too short. He has also learned how to scratch our legs with the cone to get our attention. My legs are covered with red marks from the cone. He hasn't figured out his brother's trick yet... throwing a tennis ball with the cone to chase it... but he's learned to open curtains and look out the windows - more important to him.

I have finally mastered how to "trick" Taylor into all of his pills (he has gotten more fussy since the last surgery):

1. Pain pills (Tramadol): these taste awful and require a cube of mozzarella cheese... it must be stuffed completely and fed from the side the pill wasn't inserted... it helps to have another piece of cheese ready as a reward so we don't focus on the pill inside.
2. Anti-inflammatory (Carprofen/Rimadyl): this is our favorite pill... just putting it a bit into a hot dog slice will work... sometimes he even takes it out and eats it on its own.
3. Antibiotics (Clavamox): Taylor things this is his pain pill so we have to be tricky... sometimes he will take it in peanut butter but cheese has been working better.
4. Fiber chews (Prostora): FINALLY something that doesn't require anything... just hand it over and he will chomp it down.

Once again today I have been reminded how lucky we are to have such great specialists close to home to care for our furry kids. Well, time for me to relax with my boys... before another eventful night. The weekend is around the corner, three cheers!