I thought I would take some time to write a quick update on Riley's surgery. He was still lame from time to time on his right leg while his left seemed to heal fine. My parents actually watched Riley for me during my finals week which was nice and allowed me to concentrate on studying.



The day of Riley's recheck I took him into the clinic early since I had the surgery done at MSU. That allowed me to help with a surgery in the food animal clinic while I was waiting for his appointment… Continue

Sooo much has happened since I wrote at the beginning of the summer. I'm now over half way through my first semester of my second year of vet school. Riley is about 9 months old and just had major surgery. Unfortunately, he had to have a bilateral ulnar osteotomy. Basically, his growth plates in his ulnas closed before the ones in his radii. So they went in, cut both his ulnas in half, and drove a pin through the two pieces leaving a space in there to allow the bone to elongate. That was 3… Continue

Well, time for an update. I moved last Saturday for my internship this summer. The trip was 160 miles one way and of course, on my way down, the fuel pump went out on my truck, and they found a bad wheel bearing = $1800.00 - There goes a good chunk of change.



So I'm all settled in now. The new apartment isn't bad, it'll work for 3 months. The job is pretty good, and the people are lots of fun! As for the important part - Riley is doing great! I continue to be amazed with him. He's… Continue

Well, everything went off without a hitch yesterday! I got to the airport at around 9:30 and Riley's flight got in at 9:35. By 10:05 I was walking out the door with the carrier in hand. Unfortunately, the airline's scissors broke, so they didn't have any to cut the zip ties with! Thankfully, my resourceful boyfriend happened to have his cigar lighter on him - butane will burn through anything! Those ties were off in a matter of miliseconds!



Riley was a little hesitant to come out of… Continue

I just blogged yesterday about how Riley is finally flying in today, but his flight doesn't get in until 9:35 tonight! At least he is on a direct flight - that way he doesn't have to spend a really long time in his crate.



I slept in as late as possible today - yeah, that meant 8:30. Apparently my biological clock still hasn't reset since school ended. So I got up for a while, watched some TV and then fell back asleep for a while. I'm desperately trying to come up with other things to… Continue

Well, after some confusion over the past week, Riley will finally be arriving tomorrow night! He was supposed to be here last Tuesday, but unfortunately, things didn't work out. It was probably better in the long run. I had vet school finals until Thursday, and even though I had lined someone up to watch him for me until I was done, the time I would have spent going to the airport was better applied to studying physiology. It has all worked out in the end.



I feel bad for Riley… Continue

Today is Riley's 8 week birthday. I wish I could bring him home now, but I decided to wait until finals were over. A new puppy and 2 weeks worth of vet school finals just don't mix! He'll be 11 weeks when he gets here. He's making a bit of a change from Texas to Michigan weather, but it should be nice by the time he gets here the end of this month. I was a little nervous about him flying, but I'm sure everything will work out fine. Unfortunately the breeder only ships on Tuesdays, and my finals… Continue