Hey, thanks for stopping by. Kaia had a torn cruciate ligament in her back knee (equivalent of ACL in humans). She'd been limping for some time, and it got much worse when it finally got torn. Apparently, it's more of a progressive degenerescence for dogs, not sudden trauma like human. Anyways, she had surgery last Friday to try and fix it. The recovery should last 10 to 12 weeks and if all goes well, she'll be back to 100%.
I believe @tydynrain (sorry to tag you like that) did say this was Virginia Creeper a few days ago. I couldn't say, I don't know much about plants...
Not so sure about doing well in the half marathon but we'll see...
Have a great day, take care!
!ALIVE