My doc removed the pins from my arm today!!! Whoop whoop! This time was sorta bad... same achey, but with some breath sucking moments of EEK thrown in. He wants me to wear my brace when I'm ambulatory (driving, working out, playing with the dogs) since the muscles are very weak and a fall could break it again. I can live with that. I go back in 2 weeks for another look-see, but basically I'm free to slowly start bending, flexing and rotating. I can shower without bagging my arm (after 48 hours to make sure the pin holes are closed) so hopefully the weird scaly skin will go away. But my arm is stupid... I have to play "bad coach" and yell at it to get it to twist.... ahhhh.... let the fun of physical therapy begin.
At just over 2 years old, my dog Grimm is getting in touch with his alpha male. I think he finally figured out that in a smackdown with Wolfgang... Wolfie will LOSE. He's bigger, stronger and faster than the other 2, so he's getting his macho mutt on. This is making for tense moments around the house since Wolfie is doing his best Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo impression. Can't blame him... for all intents and purposes Grimm is emasculating him on a daily basis... which is a hilarious statement given that neither of them has testicles. But Grimm is pushing the boundaries.... he shoves Wolfie out of the way to get the love, he chases Pugsley away from her food bowl just to prove he can (she goes back when he leaves), he steals all the cool toys, a lays in Wolfie's spot on the bed. In addition, he is getting uppity with me. He tries to muscle his way out the door when I'm leaving and when I took him with me to get a cup of coffee... he lept out the car door and fought all my attempts to pull him back in.... just put on the brakes and pulled back... some good Samaritan had to pick him up and put him in the car since I was trying one handed. And he's taken to peeing when we go for a walk.... he NEVER did that! I think he's trying to mark his territory! All of this is very strange behavior from the dog who always gave in to Wolfgang and only had behavior problems of the "energetic" variety. This is the dog who shakes when it thunders and is spooked by a plastic bag blowing in the breeze. I'm going to email my former trainer and do some reading. Now, it's not my place to decide which of my pack is Alpha, but I'm afraid that Grimm and Wolfie might do some damage before this gets resolved.... cuz Wolfie wont back down and Grimm is very big and strong. Maybe that week at kennel changed him.... kinda like prison.
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