Thankful.

Sorry for the lack of posts recently!  I've been trying to get some video tutorials together and have had quite a few issues.  I'm hoping by the first of next week I'll have a step by step by step tutorial for making headers (two ways!) and a step by step by step tutorial for creating a blogger button!

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November is a month in which people tend to reflect upon what they are thankful for.  It didn't quite inspire this post, but I though it would be fitting to share now.  Not quite two months ago I posted about how we found out Duke had a torn cruciate.  We struggled greatly making the right decision as to what treatment would be best for Duke's leg.  I was so scared we would settle for a lesser priced surgery, and have a dog that couldn't walk.  A dog that hobbled, and was unable to do what he, as a dog, loved to do.

It's been a fairly slow process, and as of this coming Monday it will have been 7 weeks since surgery.  Not quite two months yet.  Duke avoided using his hurt leg about 90% of the time before surgery.  Now...he uses his leg probably 85-90% of the time, and is literally using it more every day.

When we go outside, and I see this...

 ...and this...

To see him standing on his leg, just standing there makes me so thankful.  Honestly, words don't can't describe how thankful I am that Duke is using his leg.

He is able to jump into ponds again...

Here Dutchess is in the pond...

Now Duke has joined her, and she is running out of the water at 50 mph...

And there goes Duke, going a whopping 50 mph as well!

 And of course, I'm thankful for Dutchess.  She is such a sweet heart.  Since starting her on joint supplements with Duke we have had no problems with her leg! (Praise the Lord!)

Dutchess offering me her stick.

Here is a super, super, super short clip of Duke and Dutchess running after a stick.  Watching it, watching him run, just fills me up with gratitude!