Life is Full of Little Suprises! July 2014

Right after Shasta's surgery and the day before we left for vacation in San Diego, we got a call from my step son's girlfriend. Her brother had adopted a little Husky puppy, but didn't realize how much work it would be to take care of her and really did not have an appropriate home for her. She ended up breaking her leg while tied up in the backyard and was now in need of medical attention. We had been thinking of getting Shasta a little sister, but were very worried about a young dog, especially a puppy, being too hyper around Shasta and were fearful of her safety and how she would take to the situation. This little girl looked so small and helpless though we had to take her in and get her leg fixed. But we were leaving for San Diego the next day... So we took her in and had the surgery done (4 screws and 2 pins in her back leg) and my step son and his girl friend took care of her during that week while we were gone. It was very difficult to be away while we knew she needed us, but she was in good hands, and pretty sedated for the most part.

When we got home from San Diego, Roxy was hobbling around and very excited to see us. She was very interested in her new big sister and Shasta was excited to meet her too. But while her leg was broken, it was best to keep them separate via Roxy's new kennel (in the house) and Shasta would lay next to it to keep her company. We still did not know how this would go once the cast came off and Roxy was going to be newly free, hyper little puppy. The cast stayed on for 8 weeks, then it took another week or so for the area to heal from the screws and pins. But once those two were actually able to play together, they loved each other at once. Shasta took quite awhile to really unleash her playfulness on Roxy. I think SHE was nervous she was going to hurt HER! and my fear was the Roxy would unintentionally hurt Shasta since she was blind. As Roxy has grown to almost the same size they play all the time. Shasta couldn't be happier.