Well, it's been a week now with Sammy and I'm about to sign my own committment papers. Giving him Valium twice a day (4x a day for me- just kidding). The problem is not so much Sammy alone, but Sammy and Delilah. She wants to play and he's feeling good enough to want to play. When the vets were out last week to check my lamb - they checked Sammy and he has some not so insignificant swelling from overuse. Putting ice packs on has helped. I sleep downstairs in the guest room with him (me on the sofa - him on a very comfy bed). Potty training has taken a backward step since he has trouble moving about - he finds it easier when he gets up in the middle of the night to just pee where he stands. Last night he did wake me up for the first time.
During the day I try leaving him on the deck with the stairs to the lawn blocked off. For the most part Delilah will sleep with him most of the day- but if she decides she wants to play, I have to be there with them. Work is suffering. At night I do not let Delilah into the guest room - so she periodically comes down - lays outside the door and cries. (I put a baby gate across the doorway so they could see each other).
The worst part of all - I get to look forward to doing this all over again in a few months. But lord knows I love him to death!
During the day I try leaving him on the deck with the stairs to the lawn blocked off. For the most part Delilah will sleep with him most of the day- but if she decides she wants to play, I have to be there with them. Work is suffering. At night I do not let Delilah into the guest room - so she periodically comes down - lays outside the door and cries. (I put a baby gate across the doorway so they could see each other).
The worst part of all - I get to look forward to doing this all over again in a few months. But lord knows I love him to death!