I am happy to report that Copper is doing just great. I turned my back last night and she went on a little excursion into the woods and down the hill...of course then I had to carry her back up! She is dying to run through the woods.  Not sure that she is great off leash, she seems to have selective hearing. Of course we are babying her, so have not had the heart to enforce rules. Because she is so smart, I just know she will play this for all its worth. She is still balancing some on her front legs but is getting better everyday. Snotty nose is gone and have not heard cough. She is licking alot and semi opened the very first layer of one side last night, but it looked fine this morning. Some of the scar is actually healed up, some open where she is licking, but no signs of problems.

Just like you said, she is definitely a "daddy's girl."

June 15, 2004: Copper is a 5 year old, spayed female Golden Retriever. She came from the Animal Shelter were she was relinquished but no history about her was offered.  We traced her correct age through her old tattoo in her ear and that lead us to another home. All phones numbers were disconnected and the trail ended. 

What we do know about Copper is that she is a very well behaved and dear Golden with all the sweet personality tracts of her breed. She has had a complete Veterinary check-up done and her bloodwork is normal but her hip x-rays reveled that she has severe hip dysplasia or arthritis in both hips. She moves well and plays well. She does not jump up and now we know why. We are scheduling her for a bilateral FHO soon and that will correct the problem and she can live out her life pain and discomfort free. 

We are very happy to help a sweet little golden live this. GRRF has had Aurora Animal Clinic do about 8 of these surgeries for us and we are very happy will all the patients' recoveries. She will be running, playing and possibly jumping in less that two months. We will keep you updated with her progress.