You know me just casually vacuuming 6 times a week 🐕 Speaking of which how bittersweet is vacuuming dog hair? I like it when I empty a full vacuum because I think, “nice! I cleaned a lot today, “but then at the same time I think, “ew, I was living in this!” It also makes me wonder how my dog, Yankee feels about it. Does he see me vacuuming and think, “finally! I was tired of laying in piles of my own hair” or does it make him think, “wow! I shed all this hair and he just vacuums it up, he does not even respect all of my hard work!” On that note do dogs even have an internal monologue? I mean everyone says German Shepherds are smart, but is Yankee smart enough to form complete thoughts? If he does is it just bark/woof sounds or does he think about words like, “treat” and “ball” in English? Anyways they just called my number so im going to go eat. If you made it this far thanks for reading my randomness.

Yankee the super German Shepherd! In January 2023 our dog, Yankee tripped in a gopher hole. Over the next few days we noticed he was favoring one leg and would yelp in pain when jumping. After multiple tests and x-rays, our vet was confident it was a torn cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) essentially the dog equivalent of a human’s ACL. In February Yankee had TPLO surgery on what turned out to be a complete CCL tear. The weeks after the surgery he was required to be nearly immobile while the wound healed. Bathroom breaks required the use of a sling in order to hold him upright. Slowly but surely his leg was healing and he was gaining the ability to walk on it again. However, one morning in early March, Yankee refused to mive at all. Our vet suspected his other CCL tore. Unfortunately, the first surgery was too recent and we had to wait to have second operation. Despite being heavily medicated, Yankee would still whine in pain all night. It was a very hepless feeling seeing him in that much pain. During Yankee’s second surgery the surgeon noticed that not only was his CCL tore, but his digital extensor tendon was also completely torn. This tendon helps with movement and support. The surgeon was able to repair both. From here it was back to square one with rehab. It started with a lot of rest and gradually moved to assisted walks. As time went on, we incorporated step-over exercises and longer walks. On June 12th Yankee was officially cleared to run, hike and swim. It was a long, difficult process with many ups and downs, but it was all worth it to see Yankee playing again.

People always think Yankee is named after the New York Yankees but nobody ever guesses a helicopter 😂 #mydog #bigdog #dogtok

Replying to @magapikachu89 he’s doing a lot better. Just got the staples taken out and it is healing well.

I mean it is a misunderstanding that could have happened to anybody #germanshepherd #doginjury #getwellsoon