Our PiperGirlThe story of our first born

A Christmas to remember…

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I last wrote, so much has happened!! First let me say that our PG3 is still with us and is doing great. She is only taking 1/2 the amount of pain killers she is allowed (3 a day, was prescribed 6 a day) and she is a bright-eyed, bushy tailed, happy little pup. I couldn’t ask for more. 🙂

We went to Ohio for the Holidays and Piper did well during the 10 hr. drive. She was a little stiff when we arrived, but was back to her old self after a couple of days. We stayed at my mom’s and my sister has a rescue flat-coated retriever named Henry. Piper and Henry are the best of cousins and were so happy to see each other!! Henry was a little tentative around Piper during our stay, he wasn’t his usually jumpy-self with her. I think he may have sensed something was wrong, other than her missing leg, but none-the-less, he still laid next to her and gave her lots of kisses. He even brought her toys a few times. He’s such a sweet dog.

It snowed pretty heavily one of the days we were there, and PG was so excited to see the snow!! I took her outside, let her lay down and watched her revel in it! She buried her snout in the snow, tried to roll around and make puppy angels; it was such a special moment for me to be out there with her. Of course I had to throw some snowballs at her, and she, as per usual, was trying to bite them. She was covered in snow and was loving it (I wish I had thought to bring my camera out with me)! Henry followed us out after a few minutes, and Piper jumped up to play with him! It made me very nervous because we don’t let her walk on her own. We know the leg is fragile, and fear she may fracture it, but you know labs, they think they can do things when they shouldn’t! I quickly grabbed her harness as Henry approached, and my little girl stood on her one back leg, and pawed at Henry with the other two. A tear fell down my face, it was so good to see her so happy and full of life, especially since it was such a short time ago that I thought she would be crossing the rainbow bridge. We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with our family, friends, and especially our little girl. It’s definitely a Christmas I will always remember.

Here’s a picture of Piper with her Christmas tree, and her new ornament that Cali gave to her – the red dog house, complete with a picture of Cali and Piper 🙂