[Dailydrool] Thanks from Marty with long legs

[Peter Lehndorff]

Marty wanted to thank all his well-wishers (smell wishers?) for  
helping him drum up donations for his trip to Woofstock in September.  
And for all the compliments on his singing.

Marty and Rosco both are/were on the tall side. Probably some of it  
was breeding. Every foster we have had has had his /her own quirks.  
Topher was the only real moose. What matters to me is the health and  
the spine. I wish there was a way so that no dog (or person) would  
end up with a degenerating spine like Rosco, and Max, our first  
basset. We are trying to keep Marty from jumping up.... as much. We  
have stopped him from jumping on our antique bed which is practically  
a skyscraper for him. I did read about a new laser surgery they are  
experimenting with on dachshunds. Less invasive. Sounds promising.

After back surgery Max lived about another 6 years or so before it  
happened again and we let him go. Rosco was only 7 and by then the  
surgery would have cost $4 thousand(US). Even with an offer of help  
from our rescue we couldn't do it.

So we are hoping to keep Marty with us for a long while :-)

Best

Peter and Kathy and Marty, the Basset

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