thanks, that last one got my hole family laughing, hahaha.
i wasn't to sure which picture to enter but i think i'll put enter the muddy face.

he was so excited to go out walking on the levee trail.


its so beautiful up there with all the green bushes and trees.


he was so happy, he made it to the railroad tracks for the first time.


he was also enjoying his filled sandbox with some nice fresh dirt.


he was so happy to go for his morning car ride to drop off my nephew at school.


last week we took him to get his shots updated and recheck for his growing pains. which he no longer has, but for some reason he had pain some where. the vet recommended  we go see a specialist. so we went on Thursday to see a join and muscle specailist, and they checked him out and told us that he has a iliopsoas Muscle and semitendious strain. he is on 3 meds to get his muscles to relax and only 5 minutes walk for the next 2 weeks. we also need to get a ct scan  to make sure nothing else wrong in his back.


we stop at a dog park in pleasanton  for a pottie break on our way home.


this is Leo on his meds in the morning, he was very sleepy.


we haven't been doing to much also the weather is hot , which his helping to keep him form being to crazy. which is nice, not sure which one of us is going to crack first me or him   .

Ronin, all the colors in the levee pics are SO BEAUTIFUL, just awesome pics. Is that in the morning, or sfternoon?

Artic_Wind wrote:

Ronin, all the colors in the levee pics are SO BEAUTIFUL, just awesome pics. Is that in the morning, or sfternoon?

thanks, it was around 8:30 in the morning an it was kinda warm with some light wind so it wasn't to bad up there.

this was a nice picture of were the train crosses the river that we made it to. i had one more but i accidentally deleted it .

Too cool, that is a great pic. We have a similar bridge here, I don't know the history of it though and it's not used anymore, maybe a train used to run thruout there back in the day or something.

vegetating in his sandbox, so far the hot weather has been helping keep him calm wail on his meds.


or at least that what i thought, untill he smelled the cat that walks the fence line and he decided to jump around a bit   .


then the meds kicked in but we did get our five minute walk in before that happened.


the we went to get some gas, he was a bit happier not having to be stuck inside all day.


checking out our front porch full of plants.


we made some frosties and he sampled it to make sure it was mixed properly and tastes good .


he was watching a cat walking across the street i had to take a very zoomed in picture to see it   but it was there.


him in his bandana, he looks so good in red.


then i saw him doing a very short zoomie in the yard when he isn't suppose to be doing it . he did to 2 other times.


we made it a little be further on our walk, i let him walk for 10 min. and he was very happy to smell every thing on our walk.


today he turns 3 years and 4 months.

He is so handsome!!

Such beautiful pics, Ronin. He ALWAYS wears the coolest bandanas have you gotten the CT scan yet? I'm hoping nothing is wrong.

He's so beautiful, Ronin. I hope nothing shows up on ct. Btw. He looks like I feel on muscle relaxants :p

thanks, he looks so cute with the star bandana. i haven't gotten the ct scan yet i wanted to make sure i readjusted he eating times back to normal. i'm going to try to schedule it in the next week or two. i really hope they don't find any thing ether.

yeah, i would give him the meds (anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant and pain meds) and he would sometimes fight the sleep . he is now off the meds, and we still have to keep a close eye for any limping and short five minute walks. then i have to check in on Monday to see what the vet thinks about increasing his active. he is so happy he was doing zoomies again in the backyard   .

Let us know how it goes, poor guy. <positive thoughts>

last few days of his meds, and they started to kick in.


the next day we got our 5 min walk in before the meds kicked in   .


he wanted to eat breakfast out doors.


napping our in the front yard .


i took is pic right before he started his zoomies     , glade some one was feeling good today.


this was after he ran amuck and he laid down...


i'm not sure how that is comfortable but he looks so cute .


i found him trying to get comfy by the bamboo.


he was so happy that he had finally finished his med .

we are still wait for a call back from the vet. they have to check the schedule to see if they any late drop off available snice we live almost 2 hours away.


he was buried his cow ear in the dirt pile .


he was so happy playing in the dirt .


he had some really muddy feets, we rinsed them off wail he passed by .


we ran some errands and stop off at hardware store for some bigger pot for the plants.


then he check out the pot to see if we got him anything; he was looking for the yogurt   .


we also vacuumed out both of the cars and Leo was helping   .


and i washed the set cover back in and he wanted to go for a car ride   .


found him standing in the shade we are making progress on the leveling and clearing out the grass and weeds.


Leo was supervising  wail we worked on the yard some more before the wind picked up.


he was very excited to have no rocks on the ground and did some zoomies...


he was flying by...

then he turned around to go the other way.

Really cute pictures, Ronin. Looks like Leo is doing really good too! Yay!

thanks, he defiantly feels much better  but I'm still keeping our walk short so he doesn't over do it .

i also noticed that he lost interest in his food, and started to get a orange color on his mouth, like he had grass pollen on his face. i also noticed that some of the fur on his face was starting to split apart which i thought was odd, and decided to change his food. i first got 2 sample bags of acana but i didn't think the turmeric would affect him since it was one of the last ingredient in the food. he is very turmeric sensitive he can usually hand about 1/8-1/4 tsp of turmeric be for it to much for him. so we when with orijen one that had no chicken, so far his is doing really well on it.

he was not happy about us removing the back seat in the van, since we had to the recycling center.


his first trip to the park in almost a month   .


he was feeling very good this morning and did some zoomies...


then back the other way wooohoo!!


later in the week he played some fetch,


well a few short tosses anyway.


hanging out on his hammock in the backyard.


we heard some noises   coming from the bamboo and Leo when to investigate .


we are making progress on the yard slowly but were getting there.


he was testing out the leveled yard    free of weeds and rocks.


tasting some one "crunches" he also help open the box by pawing at it and sticking his nose into it   .


Leo and his Sushi toy not sure why but that one is one of his favorites.


our September 2 Remember walk.

He looks like he is doing much better. And settling into the yard construction better than mine would. No weeds! They would think it was the end of the world.

,were also most ready to put down new winter seeds. thanks, he seem to really like to help digging but most of the time he just sunbathes or relaxes in his hole or the shade of the bamboo.

Leo looks like he's back to his old self! That's awesome!

he is defiantly walking so much better and playing a bit more too.
we still haven't made the vet appointment yet. since Leo had a bit of a stomach ache and i got a cold will have to wait a bit longer.

we came back from dropping off my nephew and he did some zoomies .


then he did some supervising   .


then he played with his toy that i tied to the rope.


then he made himself a new nesting spot...


he was so happy  enjoying the morning.


i got him a small spider toy that he really likes.


Leo and Aracknee enjoying the yard together.


he also saw his first tractor on the road...


he looked a little confused .


his best husky curl yet, woohoo!


this morning he helped me with the sprinkler.


today he turns 3 years and 5 months old.

enjoying a beef tendon.


then we stated looking for grass seed prices at the hardware stores. he found some interesting figures.


and we checked out the rabbit statues too.


we also found some nice shells, which Leo was very interested in.


his last run in the yard before we put seeds down.


we also did on more check for levelness.


but Leo and my brother had other ideas bout the gopher chewing on the bamboo . so after Leo found the hole and we flooded it and leveled it again.


after that fiasco he got a bath     .


an off we went to buy some grass seeds for the yard.


we also checked out our local fair that they have on the the first weekend in October. i didn't take any pictures just enjoyed the day with the family. we were also stopped by lots off people who wanted to pet him and ask questions . he was very happy and tired too.


then we got some plants that can withstand being peeped on .


he was so excited he did some zoomies wail i planted them for him .


some supervising and now he approves of this side of the house. i guess it just need some greenery .


we also made some pumpkin flavored frozen treats and he helped with the clean up.


we were building aquarium filter out of pvc and Leo was helping test to see if the power head was working properly .

Cute pics Ronin, those skeleton dog figurines are a cool Halloween decoration, haha. Your yard is looking really good!

thank,s it was a lot of hard work and lots of fun with Leo. i put together some videos of Leo having fun wail we worked. he also let us know then it was time to take a brake and come inside.

From Leo's pics, I've always imagined him being very sedate, but wow, Ronin, he never stops moving!!! LOLOL very cute video, it's cool to see Leo in action!