GREAT week!

Jesse James has had a great week! He got his sutures out on Monday which meant the end of the e-collar-- YAY! Having that helmet gone has made us ALL much happier. Doc said that Jesse's hip looks "fantastic" and that he can already feel some good muscle on that hip. He predicts that Jesse will be fully healed in about four weeks, but he is under NO activity restrictions at this time and he is ready to find his Forever Family now!! He will be at the group's Meet & Greet this Saturday at the Great Hills Trail PETCO ready to show off his new gait. (He almost never does his little 3-legged hop these days!)

Someone asked me why Jesse is wearing a "diaper" in some of his photos. That is actually his belly band and he is wearing it because he had some marking behaviors when he first arrived here. But as he has settled in and gotten used to our routine and begun to feel more comfortable we have noticed much less marking. We do worry he might try to do it again at first at his next home if they do not use the diaper at first so we will send some to his next foster or adoptive home. (Here is another article on marking: http://www.sspca.org/TerritorialMarking.html.)

Jesse has been a perfect houseguest and really just the sweetest dog ever. Can't wait for his wonderful new family to find him!!!