He's not much bigger than a rat...

He's about all of 3 pounds now.  He's suffered complications due this whole ordeal.  

I took into the vet because I knew something was wrong with him.  My chief complaint to the vet:  he's staring up at the ceiling fan and wont respond to me when I call his name.  He just stares at the ceiling fan kinda cationically.  

My vet thought I was nuts, but I know Cooper, and this was not Cooper.  He kept him over night for 5 days, did xrays and couldnt come up with anything, except that he wasnt eating and didnt have a bowel movement.  Not having a bowel movement was chalked up to the fact that we wasnt eating.  Wrong!!!!!

He hadnt had a bowel movement because the rat was stuck inside him and he couldnt pass it.  The rat didnt show up on xrays because the rat bones had decomposed meaning Cooper ate the rat, after it was already dead.

The vet only figured this out after Cooper took a medical nose dive in the middle of the night and they called me and said they need to open him up.

He lost a big portion of his bowel due to necrosis of the tissue.  He also lost the part of his intestine that absorbs calories and nutrients.  He only absorbs about 15% of what he eats.

He has a feeding tube to get the calories and nutrients he needs.  Amazingly, neurologically and physically, besides the feeding tube, he is still the same old Cooper.  Just a happy go lucky dog, just happy to be here.

About a year after this whole incident, he comes through the doggie door carrying a dead bird.  I've rectified that problem for now.  He doesnt get to go outside unless he wears his muzzle.  Its kinda funny to see a sweater wearing, 3lb dog, in a muzzle.

Max looks like a charmer.

I love the bigger dogs in particular.

Is this what you mean by "he man" dog?

This is my Abby, she is 150lbs., of Great Dane/German Shepherd love.  Daddy was a German Shepherd who lived next door to the momma Great Dane.  Daddy Shepherd, dug under the fence to get a piece of momma Great Dane ass.  Abby was one of 10 results of that union.

She looks like a Shepherd, but she has the mentality of a Great Dane.  She is a 100% total mush babyness.  She couldnt hurt a fly if she wanted too.  On the flip side of that, she does sound really mean behind a closed door, but the second you open the door, she is wagging her tail.

Are you sure it is his leg he is licking. Cause ya know

the reason a dog licks his balls, is because he CAN. lmao