on ya Mate.that boy is lucky to have such a Granddad.....and his wonder dog too. she looks super happy in top photo. love the middle one too,Meg does the same thing. enjoy the venison.
Poor Tilly had a bit of a confrontation with a side by side quad while out docking yesterday.
It resulted in a rushed trip to the vet and a general anaesthetic for a dislocated hip.
So now she is on bed rest for 4 weeks and then gentle rehabilitation back into work. So while my Grandson and I had a hunt last night Tilly was in the dog box getting over it all.
We shot 2 without her (which seemed rather strange).
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Re: My Tilly with her 50th deer. Reply #458 - Nov 6th, 2019 at 5:07pm
Mate.....thats ruff/rough......give the wee lass a heap of love and she will be back up in no time. lets hope she recovers well......looking on bright side (if there is one) the next month or two will be quiet time for hunting/harvesting,once them fawns drop,plenty of time for her to recover.....pat from me please mate.
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Re: My Tilly with her 50th deer. Reply #461 - Nov 27th, 2019 at 9:49pm
I took Tilly out for her first tentative walk yesterday. Its been 3.5 weeks since she dislocated her hip.
She seemed fine and was certainly pleased to be out of the confines of the back yard. I took her to her favourite creek and she relished flopping around in the water.
Now I need to carefully build her muscle tone back up. At 10 there are bound to be some residual effects but Im hoping for the best and some more happy hunting.
Ive certainly missed not having her with me.
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Re: My Tilly with her 50th deer. Reply #462 - Nov 28th, 2019 at 6:16pm
That's a real bummer BC, but glad she is back on the mend. You might have trouble trying to hold her back from running around full bore. My last girl had 1 of her cruciate ligaments done, and tweaked it again trying to chase after a rabbit about 6 weeks post Op. I'm sure she will be super keen to get after some more deer
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Re: My Tilly with her 50th deer. Reply #464 - Nov 29th, 2019 at 5:58am
That's a real bummer BC, but glad she is back on the mend. You might have trouble trying to hold her back from running around full bore. My last girl had 1 of her cruciate ligaments done, and tweaked it again trying to chase after a rabbit about 6 weeks post Op. I'm sure she will be super keen to get after some more deer
Thanks for the heads up. Gosh, 6 weeks. I will keep her on a rope for a while and lift her up and down from the truck.
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