MMario, I'm glad you're on the way to full recovery. The physical therapy for that sort of operation is pretty extensive and everyone I know who has had it ended up looking like Henry VIII at the end of his reign.

As for dead squirrels, dachshunds are as afraid of them as they are of live ones. "BARKBARKBARK! I"m defending MY turf oops he's turned around and I'd better hightail it oughta here BARKBARKBARK!"