He can walk, run, play tug-of-war with no pain, he just can't put any weight on his back... We're really glad he can lay on his side with no pain, if he was in pain, he would be druged up (like me)... But he has his own soft couch to sleep on, or a lazyboy chair even my dad's Queen sized bed... He lays on the floor sometimes but not for long periods of time.

I just can't rough house with him any more, even tho he really wants to, but I don't like hearing him yelp every time I try to take him down to the floor, so I just play with his ropes & chase him around & play tag, but of course I always loose, its hard chasing a fast dog in a huge yard & its so easy to chase & bite a slow human... but its still fun, because sometimes I'm able to out manouve him & close the door on him, so he can't tag me... heheh thats when he gets angry & lays the beats to me when I finall let him in/out