Then my person puts my breakfast down in front of me and I have to wait until she says "okay'..it sure is hard to wait but I am a good boy. 
So..on to an update. As you know I was limping pretty bad for awhile and my people were real worried. They took me to a couple different vets and in the middle of it all found out my sister has elbow dysplasia. I was hoping I didn't have this too because it would mean surgery and all kinds of not-so-fun-things. Well.. I had a very thorough exam by a nice person whom I was told was an expert... and after the exam I was REAL sore.. I limped A LOT for a couple weeks.. and I also had some pictures taken of my hips and elbows.. they tell me these are called x-rays.
Ready for the verdict??? :) My x-rays were clear. This was sort of good news and bad news.. because they started thinking maybe it was so small that it didn't show up on the x-rays since I was limping so bad after my exam. So at this point my people scheduled something called a CT scan but the people who do that were pretty busy and couldn't get me in for six weeks. Well, two weeks later something strange happened. I started feeling better. My people noticed my limp wasn't so bad. In another two weeks my limp was gone all together and I was running.. jumping around like a rabbit chasing balls in the backyard.. and I seemed like a puppy again. My people were cautiously optimistic so decided to do something with me that always made my limp worse in the past - take me for a long walk. See, I haven't been able to go for walks since I was limping and I missed that SO much! After my walk.. and a visit to a couple of fun stores.. we came home and I took a nap. The next day my people watched me like a couple of concerned parents... but... NO LIMP!!!! My people called the vet.. and they canceled the CT. I am no longer "clinical" they tell me.. guessing that means I am ok. My people will continue to monitor me but right now it seems I am A-O-K. I am sooo excited because now I get to go back to that school I started and had to take a break from.. and I get to go out ALL the time and meet new people! I was so bored at home with a bad leg. So to wrap it up - a dog's life is good!! Oh, and how big am I? Well, my people laugh at me because I am short like my mama.. about 29" is all.. but I am also very bulky, not lanky like a lot of mastiff puppies. My people try hard to keep me lean.. but man it's not easy!! I weigh about 175, it has been awhile since I have stepped on a scale. And my favorite place is the Saturday Market where people all want to pet me and take my picture!! :) :)
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