Although poor Kona is looking pretty wild in this photo, she is no longer able to be the wild dog she used to be. Now crippled with hip dysplasia, she can no longer even move herself from room to room, and she has to depend on me to pick her up and carry her from place to place. She is on a lot of pain-killer pills, and although I know she is often hurting, she doesn’t complain.
Despite her drugs and pain, her instincts are still very active. The other day when I carried her outside to pee. When she was sitting in the yard, a deer who was not paying much attention, came meandering out of the woods heading for the bird feeder. Although the deer didn’t see Kona sitting in the snow, Kona sure saw the deer, and began barking in a fit of outrage, hobbling in the deer’s direction, scaring it back into the woods.
Kona didn’t really get very far, and quickly just sat down and waited for me to pick her up and carry her into the house, but kept barking even though the deer by this time was deep in the woods.
Kona still has spirit and craves our affection, something we are happy to provide.
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