Beware the 2 year old Labradoodle

 You've got to be kidding me.

After 4 whole days in the car we went to the most awesome dog park in the world. This is the place that is a defunct golf course, but the owners keep it maintained as a dog park.  They must truly be saints.

So, while at the dog park we ran across a 2 year old Labradoodle who ran Fred ragged--in circles, across the park, even down to put paws in the river. It was so fun while it lasted. 

But the fun couldn't go on forever, not even one day.

His ACL tore -- this was his second one- the first was done 4 years ago.

Fortunately Sun Valley is home to one of the best TPLO surgeons in the country.  He follows human protocols for surgery, so Fred was given all the pain relief that a human would get.  I have to say, as a result of that, and probably the fact that this guy has done 5,000 of these surgeries,  the first few days were not as bad as normal post surgery. It also helps big-time that there are no stairs to navigate.

Boy, I sure hope this is poor Fred's last surgery, but the vet told me that his hip is 50% gone.

Poor guy. It's just not right.