10th October 2011

Hiya,
firstly, Pongo has been located and is at home with us.
Steven is now an out-patient. For the time being we will remain at the rented house next to the hospital, and he will continue to receive physio' at the hospital in a 3 hour block every day, instead of split timings. We will stay there until he has had his operation on his hip. However, this has caused a minor problem in that Steven now has to see his own doctor at home for any future problems or medicines. He sees his doctor tonight, Monday, and then we'll return to the rented house late evening. There's an outside chance that his own doctor may actually suggest coming home to have the operation here, now that would be handy. I'll let you know what happens.
We came home Thursday evening for our normal weekend break, but due to the doctor's appointment the weekend break was extended, and as luck would have it, we were at home when the dog pound 'phoned to say they had the dog. Normally Monday morning we would have been at Valencia. We collected him, he was fine. From the look of him he's been looked after because he was clean and well fed. He was found about 2 miles south along the coast, his chip was checked and now we have him. We're all pleased.
Steven is fine, although he still has social issues, and doesn't like criticism or advice he doesn't like. This makes him very argumentative, he bangs his fist, cries, screams, and froths at the mouth, and looks very frightening. We're hoping that it's just him being the equivalent of a stroppy teenager as he grows, because in effect that's what's happened to Steven all this time, he's had to grow, and learn everything. We think that when he's had his operation, the pain will disappear, thus removing the cause of frustration and anger. We can only hope. Otherwise we've had a good weekend, a couple of Full English breakfasts, evening meal out, played pool with friends, long sleeps, and bingo both Paul and Steven shouting for a line.
best regards
Terry