Baby Jake is now 15.5 years old (October, 2021). He has all the qualities of a “protector.” He watch from afar… always keeping his eyes on me and my location. When I leave the house… his job is to protect the home. He does this with pride. He allows me to stroke him… to pet him – but not too much! He sleeps more now… but so do I!! HaHa

He most recently had to have corrective surgery on his right leg when he tore his CCL. It was such a tough decision to put him under anesthesia at this age… but I was so concerned about his quality of life. You see, Baby Jake loves to run the fence barking at his next door neighbor’s dog. In addition, he loves to go to the field looking for deer. These are the two things that appear to bring joy to his heart… We went with the suture surgery since his activity level is lower and it was a shorter surgery. Hope it was the right decision… especially since he has had three seizures since the surgery. Two I was there… grand mal seizures. The third – he came to me after the seizure. I could tell as he was very agitated, drank a ton of water, and wanted to be around me. Dear boy… I hope I did the right thing… I so love my little boy!!

Baby Jake has had one round (ten sessions) of PT at MedVet after surgery. I am taking him back for another round as his right leg appear to be weaker. I need to be diligent in his exercises…

The above video is when some friends came over with their pups to swim in the pond. Baby Jake just loves their “Jake.” and will follow him as he runs… and will bark at him as he goes in the water. I see the happiness in his eyes, in his body movement, in his being and it makes me so happy to see. It’s such a different type of happiness… it is like seeing pure joy. It is a warm type of joy that actually bring tears to my eyes.

I love you Baby Jake!