Levi's Recovery

It's been over a week now since Levi had his surgery and he is back to his normal self.  Unfortunately he still wants to lick the incision quite a bit so he has to keep the e-collar on a little longer than expected.  Hopefully only a few more days with it though.  He actually doesn't seem to mind the e-collar that much and helps put his head through rather than trying to avoid it.  The first day or two he really seemed to be aware of it and made sure to give himself extra room around obstacles.  Now he still knows it's there but he's learned that he can just push through an area and run the e-collar into things (including my legs) and he doesn't seem to care.

He learned pretty quickly how to play with his toys with the e-collar on.  It does make him frustrated though because he can't use his paws to hold the toy down while he tries to rip appendages off.  It's actually been very helpful in the prevention of cruelty to his toys.  Sometimes he'll drop a toy but with his head up so the toy just stays in the e-collar.  It's pretty funny. 

We finally are getting back to normal exercise levels again after I was supposed to keep him quiet for 7 days.  He was so happy to get out for a nice long walk and to fetch his chuck-it ball.  Hopefully in the next couple days he'll be healed up enough to go to the dog park so he can really get some energy out. 

Yesterday on our walk we found a new path on the green-belt that links together two sections.  It has given us a new way to walk which keeps things more interesting.  There is a really beautiful garden that someone created on the path near their house.  We stopped for a few pictures but all I had was my phone so they aren't the best quality. 

It was a beautiful day, finally sunny after the gloom and rain, and the walk just reminded me of how lucky I feel to have these wonderful areas to walk Levi.