BAD NEWS....

Hey guys, I'm just pulling in to my driveway after being gone for about five days. One minute, one second, baby. As soon as I got back into reception, I found out that Tripper broke his leg. So let's go inside and figure out what the deal is here. Well, how it happened is he came running out of the woods screaming and he collapsed in mom's arms. Really? And then what, you guys? I went to school and mom had to pick me up as soon as I got there so we could go bring Tripper to the vet. Down, no, down, lay down, down, lay down, buddy. No, no, no, no, no, no. Tripper, come lay down. Come on, baby. Good boy, down, down, down. Good dog, good dog. Hey, boy, I missed you. There you go. I got it, I got it. Okay. Okay, good boy. Relax, relax. He's stressed right out. Oh, he's stressed right out. So Thursday morning, I was getting the kids ready for school, and he was outside playing, and I heard him crying, like a cry I've never heard in my life. And I went running outside, and he was trying to come down the driveway, and his arm was just, like, dangling from him. I literally sat on the ground, and he collapsed on top of me. I carried him into the house, and I could just see the pain he was in, and his arm was messed up. Like, it just wasn't his normal soreness. I called the vet, and they told me to bring him in. immediately. They had him for a few hours and did x-rays and stuff, and they said he had broken it in two places, and it needed immediate surgery. If it didn't fix surgically in 72 hours, he would lose his leg. I had to drive him down to Espanola so he could have the surgery to fix it. There is a screw in there and a pin. It is a bone disease that he was born with where the joint never fused together. He has it in both of his legs, and so he has to have a screw and a pin put in his other leg as well and because his joints have something wrong with him this disease normal dog screws do not work and now we have to get the other one other screw taken out and a human one put in once the broke the break is healed he's gonna have to have physical therapy and massage therapy for me every day three times a day and we have walk therapy where he we have to build him up to 20 minutes in the next eight weeks he will never be able to backpack with you he can't do long distance he will be able to canoe with you through short portages if he takes it easy but he'll never be able to do like a big backpack with you ever again no he was born with this he was born with this that's why his leg hurts him some days it's it's a disease they see more in southern states than they do here in Canada this surgeon is consulting with a surgeon in the UK and a surgeon down there who see it all the time because his bones are so messed up right and how much did this cost between the two vets four thousand dollars between two yes seven hundred dollars for the first vet to take x-rays and tell me he's broken three thousand and three hundred for the surgery and for the next one he hasn't given me a price exactly yet but he said it'll be much simpler because it's not broken if we get the other arm fixed before it breaks well that's a bummer got tripper to be my camping partner uh she also told me as long as um we get it fixed and if it heals properly and it sets and we can calm him down enough so that it heals properly for eight weeks that um that he could have a normal life so he's ruling out backpacking that's fine we can rule out backpacking we can go on shorter hikes and stuff like that and as long as he's able to be with me in the woods just camping and not doing too much strenuous stuff and then i'll take it you know what i mean it's not ideal but um what's the alternative right now Right, that's really unfortunate, Tripper of the trip my Easter trip tripping companion is just just out of commission His legs were always turned out, his feet were always turned out Lots of things that I don't don't think we're done right see the limp, you're okay Let's go to the end of the driveway, big guy, each day We've got to go a little bit farther and try and work him up, but as you can see, man He wants to go, it's just really hard keeping him Still and calm So he doesn't bust his elbow again Look at it, you good boy Alright, see, so he stayed out for about 5 minutes And now he's really really limping He's slowing right down We gotta get back inside Have him lay down again, up up on the bed Up up on the bed buddy It's been about a week since that last footage And Tripper's doing much better He's uh What are you telling him, what we're doing right now with him Um, so we're up to about 8 minute walks a day which is pretty good for him, about four to five of them and then uh three times a day i have to do some exercise therapy to stretch out his leg and his joints and stuff, why don't you show them because you yeah, let's show them, all right there you go, you'll be on your side for me bud, yep there you go, good boy. So, the name of the disease is uh ununited anconeal process, right and OCD, and obsessive compulsive disorder What is OCD? No, I'm going to read it. Oh, okay. Elbow dysplasia is a broad term used to describe three different disease processes associated with abnormal development of the elbow joint during growth. These processes are referred to as osteochondritis desiccans, OCD of the medial humeral condyle, condyle, fragmented medial coronoid process and ununited anconeal process, although the cause of the elbow dysplasia is not fully understood it is believed to have genetic and environmental components, lameness is usually first noted around six months of age, most commonly seen in large to giant breeds, Bullmastiffs, German Shepherds. The success of the surgery depends on a number of factors the age of the dysplasia development the rate of progression, the age of the patient when symptoms are diagnosed and degree of arthritis already, blah blah blah so his got taken care of within the first day that it broke because he would have lost it within three days um, the vet that we originally took him to around here was not trained for it because it's not something they see here, it's like, like we've said before, it's something they see in the southern United States, more often in the United Kingdom, oh and the UK apparently, so, so once we figured it out what it was that like the vet felt bad originally, the original one I went to from from the first video, Tripper's hurt video, he's a great guy called a couple times, he just wasn't trained to look for it and he told me to if I had any further fears about it I could get an x-ray and I said no I try to take your word for it we just went by that but obviously I was wrong and we took him to the specialist now and he's got the pins and all that in there the swelling has gone down quite a bit I'll zoom in and show you his elbow here so So that's his elbow there, and it's mostly fluid, don't leave it, it's mostly fluid in there, I think it'll go back down, but regardless, it's, he's moving it, you know what I mean, he shaved, you can see he shaved right down, eh, oh boy, yes, I know buddy, don't freak out. So I'm just massaging his paw, and then up his arm, and then into the shoulder just to warm up the muscles before I start to stretch it, and he's pretty good with it. So I do this movement where I bend his paw here and then pull it straight and then bend and pull it straight about ten times and then we get up to the elbow and I keep his elbow supported in my hand and I bend it up and pull it down. And this is what the vet told you to do, right? Yeah. Three times a day. We do that ten times as well. So here's the thing. we're not gonna go on backpacking trips that's fine I didn't get him to go on backpacking trips with me as a backpacking companion I got him as a canoeing companion and then the vet says he can still do those things says what's the longest portage a couple kilometers anyways right and then he gets to rest in the boat again I know personally that tripper would rather live seven years of an outdoor life run around and have potential problems with his arthritis he's gonna have potential problems with arthritis, arthritis regardless, alright He's got screws broke off in his bones Okay The vet broke off screws in his bones because they're so dense that he couldn't get out, so there's screws in his bones right here Stuck for life, right? He's gonna have other one what? So after his elbows done ten times I have to do the shoulder and so we take the shoulder Ten times when you just write with a pen Yeah, so So anyways, he's gonna still be an outdoor dog He's still gonna run around and like the vet himself said he can still be a normal dog run around play and stuff He was just putting restrictions really on like a backpacking trip and whatever if that has to be, that has to be But once he's healed up, I'm not gonna do the other arm right away I'm probably gonna wait a little while so that he can get out and run around a little bit too because the worst part of all This is trying to keep him From jumping around trying to keep him from running around and tearing it more and stuff and he's already been cooped up how long has it been? a week, two weeks, two weeks so he needs six more weeks of rest and uh building up to being to long walks and stuff like that or longer walks but he's still, he's still hobbling around, he's still limping quite a bit and he's got the cone on for most of the time when we're not watching him but he's pretty good about not licking it but um yeah just take it easy so he's not going to be in videos for a while, come over here and i'll pick you up, i'll lift you up over here, there you go, go on over there so Tripper's not going to be able to be in some camping videos or fort videos this season which kind of sucks, which sucks a lot because this is the the time of year where we get to go out a lot, there's no bugs no not too much heat not too cold and stuff like that but I am really happy that me and Tripper got to do that backpacking trip before this happened, we bonded, we did a bunch of stuff this summer together and yeah, he's my doggie so I feel real bad for him but I'm glad that we have the capacity to get him healed up and stuff, imagine if we didn't that's that's it, it's just a horrible situation, he's not even two years old so anyways, the downtime for the other leg won't be as dramatic because this one's broken, we're trying to heal the break all right, all right, well son, well oh you shut the light off and he said sorry, can you turn it back on for me, can you turn it back on for me, yeah so do it, can you turn it on please, thank you, um yeah so send your well wishes and uh I'd appreciate that, he's he we we feel like he's gonna be fine, you know what I mean, he's Tripper, he's a he's a hearty dog, he's already wanting to go, he's already very resilient to this, like he's he's healed so quickly, yeah he's just got to be out of commission for a while, so hope you guys understand that and that if you don't see trip around that's why and if you see in the comments where's Tripper maybe just help me out and comment he's laid up alright buddy we're spending lots of time together he's a suck he's taking over the bed and Will's allergies alright guys thanks for watching the video say goodbye Autumn say goodbye to the people in the camera relax homie relax stay stay oh my goodness gracious