A Tania-mania week .......

Its been pretty much "Tania-mania" week, with therapy, therapy, therapy.

Zoe is back for only a short period of time, and armed with her course completion of the WaterWork at the PetMassage Institute in Ohio, USA which is a higher level of water therapy to aid dogs like Tania, we brought her for her FIRST ever visit to the beach. Needless to say, it was a very exciting day for her.

After aqua-therapy in the sea, she had physio in the van - with music & aroma-therapy (oh lawd - the Princess, if only I should be so lucky), but to be fair to her however, living with daily pain, she does deserve to be a happy girl :)











" Nice wind blowing ..... "


"Oh oh ..... here comes the rain - time to escape to the van "


Looking all dozey and relaxed after her physio, music & aromatherapy :)


Will post the FUN pixs later.

" D'drink ... "

I'm hot and sweaty from my evening romp and "she" gets the "D' drink" ?? And I had to do my leg exercises too!

No fair! OK Tania ... now, work those eyes, work those eyes. Yes, yes, she's falling for it ~!

Oh joy ... here it comes ;-)))))
~CLICK on my picture to see what "D'drink" is :) ~

TANIA .....

LIVING her life the way a Golden WAS BORN TO !

Spunk, determination, fearlessness & a high threshold for pain, have brought this little girl with teeny tiny hips, over-developed shoulders & a strong zest for life this far !

Last weekend, she made her FIRST few leaps EVER, since we noticed her problem at 4 mths. old, a month after we adopted her.

And one month later since the left paw .....

Photographed Nov 29, 2009

.... she can now ALSO give her RIGHT paw !

And .... she has one more BIG surprise !!!

(Tania - 18 months old)

See what I can do now !

Photographed Nov 29, 2009

Tania can finally "give paw" again !

She has been UNABLE to give either paw since Christmas 2008 due to severe hip dysplasia (both hips).

Since her Left hip. op. in Jan. '09, and Right hip op. in Apr. '09, she was just beginning to lift her left paw in mid-Oct., when we left on holiday.

Upon our return 3 weeks later, she still couldn't lift her Right paw, but she gave us a great welcome home surprise by giving us her Left paw!

And just look how high she could lift it today !
(haha ... must be the chewie-chewie treat in my hand).. :)

'Lil Miss Forlorn

'Lil Miss Forlorn

Tania doing her thing at the pool regularly whilst we were away, thanks to my sister Karen.

We were told that she was "love-sick" and somehow I think this pathetic look was "personally meant for me"...