Are We There Yet?

We have been waiting patiently for Duke's surgery date to arrive. I think he's been feeling like a bird in a cage, as he is spending a majority of his day inside, or in his crate. His poor little sister Mable(a Fiest)doesn't understand that he can't play. Every opportunity she gets she is jumping at his face, trying to pounce him, doing small 360's, begging him to oblige. Of course, he just lets her act crazy as he limps by, or sits back down in defeat. When he is out of his crate, he spends most of his time outside basking in the sun.

We have 2 pear trees, and he makes sure to try and clean up the good ones that manage to make it down before the squirrels get to them. Our neighbor has a walnut tree. The squirrels like to hide them in various places around our yard. At any given morning, around this time of year, it is not unlikely to walk out to find a walnut stashed in the brake rotors of your car, or balanced carefully on the door handle. A few weeks ago I noticed one perched on top of my cucumber trellis. Occasionally, the squirrels forget what they are doing and run off leaving the walnut to other creatures disposal. This is when Duke finds them. Yesterday he was caught with what looked like a pear in his mouth. He was chewing away contently, foamy jowls making a sound best described as: the sound a giant fish would make if they could actually pucker, when we noticed it. It was not a pear however, it was a green walnut. He kept rolling it around in his mouth, trying to chew it. Obviously unaware, that it was anything other than a pear. Finally, he gave up. He looked up, and with one giant sigh let it drop to the ground.I have to give him an 'A' for effort. If his determination to eat the walnut is any indication as to his recovery after surgery, I think we are going to be good as gold. All we need to do now is keep raising funds. Thank you to all who have helped, we appreciate you so very much. Please keep sharing his story and blog! Donations can be made via Chipin on this blog or locally at Bubble and Bark in Ferndale, MI.