Bad news for Max (aka Stinker Pot) [View All]

Here's a picture of Max a month ago. He's almost 5 months old now.



He is so ornery and full of spunk that it is hard for me to keep a straight face when I discipline him sometimes. He is so "puppy cute", and he adores his mama.

It's been a slow process to get him to stop terrorizing the cats by chasing them up and down the hallways, to the basement and back up around the house. *groan* He just thinks it's too much fun.

Unfortunately, he wipes out running around the corner into the kitchen and onto the linoleum floor, and last Friday he injured himself. I took him to the vet later that afternoon and he was found to have a ruptured crucial ligament. This will most likely result in a surgery to repair the tear, (thank goodness I took out pet insurance on him.) But he's not done growing yet, so we need to wait a month or more for his bones to stop growing. In the meantime he is to rest and have a pain pill every day.

I just talked to the vet again and she ordered him to rest inside a kennel - for 4 weeks! Poor Max! I guess I can take him out at bedtime to give him his daily snuggle time. What a bummer for a little guy. ;(