Glad to hear the dog is much better.  I am shocked at how attached I am becoming to my dog.  She was supposed to be my daughters dog, I hated her at first.  She caused over 2,000 in damage in my yard, destroying expensive plants. lighting, digging and chewing on sprinkler heads.  I had to re-do so much of the sprinkler system becasue she would hear the water running thru the pipes and dig down to the pipes and chew them.

We hired a trainer and now she is much better behaved.  This last year that I have been working from home, she sits at me feet all day.  She sleeps on my side of the bed, on the floor and follows me everywhere.  Great for the kids.  She's so ugly too that she's cute.  She is a Lab, Chow, German Shepherd Mix.