Recovering Nicely

Natasha had her specialist appointment shortly before I had to go in for my procedure. It was nothing but great news. She is actually healing nicely on her own. Youth and the love and care she received when pulled from the pound has went a long way. It looks like she won't end up needing the surgery. For now, we are increasing her activity a little at a time and watching. Things will be treated as needed, but hopefully, we are out of the woods with the scariest parts of her injuries.

I'm napping, what do you want?

As she starts feeling better, more of her husky traits are coming out. She's talking a lot. She's obsessed with food, though well behaved at the dinner table. She is super sweet. And she knows that she's cute. If she does something wrong, she throws out those cute little eyes. A lot of what we are going through is just basic training. When she first came to us, I was absolutely sure she was under a year old. Her actions and teeth reminded me of what we just moved through with Sid. Guesses have been anywhere from 10 to 18 months. I'm going closer to the 10, but I'm not an expert. So she still has some puppy traits we are working with. There have been one or two accidents in the house, nothing major. We are training her to use the bells to notify us when she needs to go out. She really is well behaved over all though. She's not destructive. She doesn't get into too many things. Though she's still hoarding all of the toys. 

Help yourself

The one thing that surprised me is just how well she is with cats. Simon did his normal nice to meet you left hook upside the head he does to all new dogs and she didn't mind. She tries to chase them sometimes to play, but is not trying to hurt them. In fact, one night after I had given her dinner, the cat decided to finish off what she left behind. She laid next to Lolita and watched. Never made a move or a sound. She was so quiet, that Lolita didn't even realize she was there. When the cat noticed, the cat bolted down the hall. Natasha just curled back up. The cats are slowly getting use to her not being aggressive.

Even with the toy hoarding, there is no real resource aggression coming from her. If Sid goes into her crate to reclaim a toy, she lets him. They are doing very well together. As part of getting her more activity, we have been letting them spend time together supervised. They play. They cuddle. It's almost as if Sid found himself a girlfriend. Every now and again they want to wrestle the way huskies do and we have to step in and stop it until she's healed more, but for the most part, leaving them together seems to be doing wonders for both. They are both happiest when they can spend time together.

Sid captivated by Natasha's eyes

After we got the clearance, my husband and our friend took her to the dog wash and got all of the dead fleas and pound crud off of her. Now she is showing just how beautiful she really is. She has been extremely gentle during my recovery as well. She senses something is wrong and tries to rub up against where the incision was made, which causes accidental head butts, but I can't get mad. She's only trying to help. I love that both of them are doing their best to help me recover. It seems me and Natasha may have needed each other right now. 

Thank you to everyone who has helped in donating towards Natasha's visits and treatments. I will keep updates coming on her recovery.