I'm too bummed to write this myself, so I'll let Rainie tell you how our morning at the Orthopedic vet went:

Rainie here. I got up early this morning and ate my breakfast, as usual, slowly and with great consideration from the safety of my crate so Alice and Zeus can't steal all of my food. Anyway, as soon as I was done, Liz shuffled me out the door and into the car. It was just me and her, I didn't understand why there were no other dogs around so I whined a bit in the car.

We went to a vet's office where I'd never been before. They were all very nice until this vet tech came up to me, to tell me how cute I am (as everyone who meets me should), but she also said "and you've got a deformed foot, but you can't help that." Mommy Liz almost starting crying, she was so upset that my foot isn't quite right and that the lady thought it was okay to say that. I'm just a pup, I don't know that word but Mommy Liz didn't seem to like it so I didn't either.

I had to walk up and down a hallway for a nice man (Liz said he was an orthopedic vet, but I didn't care as long as he gave me treats) at a slower pace than usual. That was hard, I usually run at full speed or lay down, there's no in between.

They wanted me to hold still in a funny position for some x-rays but I wasn't having that. Eventually they gave me something that made me very very sleepy so I could hold still. They took a bunch of pictures of my legs, then sent me back to my Mom, but I was too tired to wag my tail.

The vet told Mom that lots of things look really good, my bones are growing together like they're supposed to and I'm still growing. But, he didn't really have any advice about how to fix my leg, other than to put me on pain mediciation. Mom doesn't think that's a good idea since I'm only 7 months old. She's going to see if the vets out at UC Davis can help me walk easier. She doesn't think that just giving up is the thing to do for me and I agree. I need to make the most of every chance I have to tear around the house like a madman.

Please tell my mom to cheer up, she seems pretty upset about all this and I'm still way to drugged to help her out with my wagging tail or silly barks.