UNFORTUNATELY, ON JULY 18 2002, WE LOST OUR BELOVED CRICKET.
ON APRIL 17 2003 WE GOT ANOTHER BLACK POODLE
MEET NIKKI, A TOY POODLE THAT WAS BORN 1-20-03.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS BELOW, SHE IS MAKING HERSELF RIGHT AT HOME.
THE KID IS GROWING UP. ALMOST A YEAR OLD HERE.
THE BABY NIKKI IS NOW 2 YEARS OLD AND OUR 'WILD CHILD' IS AS ORNERY AS EVER. UNFORTUNATELY A GENETIC PROBLEM WITH TOY
POODLES IS THAT THEY ARE PRONE TO KNEE PROBLEMS WHICH USUALLY RESULTS IN WHAT IS CALLED A LUXATED PATELLA. THIS IS A
CONDITION WHERE THE REAR LEG TENDON HAS A TENDANCY TO SLIP OFF OF THE KNEE CAP CAUSING SOME PAIN AND A LIMP. THIS IS
CORRECTED WITH SURGERY WHERE-IN THE TENDON WHICH IS SOMEWHAT LIKE A RUBBER BAND IS RELOCATED SO THAT THERE IS MORE TENSION
ON IT AND IT IS LESS LIKELY TO SLIP OFF WHICH IS WHAT OUR CRICKET HAD AS PER HER PHOTOS OF RECOVERY.
NOW THIS BABY HAD TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND WHILE PLAYING IN THE YARD SHE WOUND UP TEARING A LIGAMENT IN HER RIGHT
REAR KNEE. DUE TO THIS SHE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO A CANINE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON IN COLUMBUS OHIO. BELOW ARE PHOTOS OF HER SURGERY
AND RECOVERY.
THE TOP PICTURE IS HER ACE BANDAGE AFTER SURGERY AND THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS HER STAPLES AFTER THE BANDAGE
WAS REMOVED.
THE PICTURE BELOW IS A LITTLE FUN WHILE SHE WAS STILL A LITTLE GROGGY FROM THE ANESTHETIC AND A SEDATIVE
FOLLOWING SURGERY WHERE WE PLACED A TOY OF HERS ON HER HEAD. ALMOST LOOKS LIKE AN ICE PACK AND A HANGOVER, HUH?
I NOW HAVE SOME REALLY BAD NEWS ABOUT NIKKI I WILL POST THE INFORMATION AND PICTURES AS SOON AS I CAN.
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