Io had quite a long walk today-by current standards! When we were nearly back to the carpark Rog took him over to a large circle of grass while I visited the doggy bin. On the way back to them I called him, and he pelted over like he always has done. Far too fast for 3 paws (2 legs at the back trying to overtake the one at the front !) and very nearly went over. Well recovered on his part, I still feel sick at the ‘might have beens’ on my part, won’t do that again, at least until tripawd thinking is second nature.
Oh dear! Great description of Io’s pell-mell running!
I’m very familiar with that heart thudding myself, even now, a year after Catie’s surgery, when she kicks it into high gear and takes a misstep. (I should add her high gear is only high to her 🙂 ) The record-breaking snowfall we’ve had over the last ten days has directly corresponded with a record-breaking number of face-plants for Catie, which means my heart’s suffered a record-breaking number of flipflops! Catie treats all the tumbles and oopsy daisies with surprising nonchalance and sometimes gives me a look as if to say, “Seriously, mom, I MEANT to do that.” 🙂
All in all, it sounds like your big boy is doing simply wonderfully!
I felt sick all day and did the ‘waking up at 3am just to go over it again’ thing but I know that sooner or later he’ll go over. Perhaps I’ll wrap him in that cotton wool we’ve been trying our hardest not to do. It might be worth seeing the look on his face if I did try and pad him all over 🙂 I like ‘face-plant’, I’ll have to remember that!