Excellent.I'll post about it. All my best blogs...and more recently all blogs get stuck in blogger uploading hell but I'll try.
Going back on the 18 for fitting and to be trained on how to work with cali. I originally thought the cart would take pressure off the other leg and that was that...not so! This cart will give cali the ability to walk. She's never walked, that gait is completely not in her vocabulary. She hops and runs. This will allow her to develop a normal walking stride where the front leg will be work unison with the rear legs. The cart will also allow her to not have her front leg so severely angled towards her center which is causing problems for her shoulder that can be eliminated or at least alleviated.
Ps...littles is getting a cart too. He's always had a weak rear right from it being broken and never set. The disc issues he had last fall exacerbated that weakness. While he did do from completely paralysed in the back end to getting the left rear back, the rights never been the same. Sometimes he just holds it up and when he's sitting or laying it goes in all sorts of odd angles and directions. My vet basically considers him 3 legged even though he has 4.
It was super interesting...littlest was tested in a cart (a little big, his needs custom made) and almost turned into a different dog! Rather than being timid, fearful, and wanting to hide...he stood alert, calm, ears at attention and focused and generally much less nervous around all the strange people.
The owner was discussing how disabled dogs can have the attack or be attacked mentality and also feel more susceptible to danger. In his interactions with Littles it was clear to him he's not mean and his aggression is truly fear based.
Rather than growl at strangers I can now picture him rolling up with his tail wagging. I hope it allows other people to see his awesome side.
He thinks Cali's initial aggression with strange dogs is probably related to her disability (I've blamed it on being a pit bull as they tend to be more dog aggressive/selective than other breeds). There's never been a dog cali hasn't been friends with or able to cohabitate with...that's dozens and dozens of fosters and friends dogs.
Oddly enough though she is highly reactive to strange dogs, but just initially for the first few minutes.
Meredith this is great news! I've wondered how these carts work for animals. What you're saying about the decrease in fear and aggression makes absolute sense.
Hope your mission is going well and Cali will get wheels! That would be wonderful. Have a safe trip.
ReplyDeleteShe's in excellent health aside from the mobility issues catching up with her. If she's willing I'll find a way to make it work!
ReplyDeleteHow did it go?
ReplyDeleteExcellent.I'll post about it. All my best blogs...and more recently all blogs get stuck in blogger uploading hell but I'll try.
DeleteGoing back on the 18 for fitting and to be trained on how to work with cali. I originally thought the cart would take pressure off the other leg and that was that...not so! This cart will give cali the ability to walk. She's never walked, that gait is completely not in her vocabulary. She hops and runs. This will allow her to develop a normal walking stride where the front leg will be work unison with the rear legs. The cart will also allow her to not have her front leg so severely angled towards her center which is causing problems for her shoulder that can be eliminated or at least alleviated.
Ps...littles is getting a cart too. He's always had a weak rear right from it being broken and never set. The disc issues he had last fall exacerbated that weakness. While he did do from completely paralysed in the back end to getting the left rear back, the rights never been the same. Sometimes he just holds it up and when he's sitting or laying it goes in all sorts of odd angles and directions. My vet basically considers him 3 legged even though he has 4.
It was super interesting...littlest was tested in a cart (a little big, his needs custom made) and almost turned into a different dog! Rather than being timid, fearful, and wanting to hide...he stood alert, calm, ears at attention and focused and generally much less nervous around all the strange people.
The owner was discussing how disabled dogs can have the attack or be attacked mentality and also feel more susceptible to danger. In his interactions with Littles it was clear to him he's not mean and his aggression is truly fear based.
Rather than growl at strangers I can now picture him rolling up with his tail wagging. I hope it allows other people to see his awesome side.
He thinks Cali's initial aggression with strange dogs is probably related to her disability (I've blamed it on being a pit bull as they tend to be more dog aggressive/selective than other breeds). There's never been a dog cali hasn't been friends with or able to cohabitate with...that's dozens and dozens of fosters and friends dogs.
Oddly enough though she is highly reactive to strange dogs, but just initially for the first few minutes.
Meredith this is great news! I've wondered how these carts work for animals. What you're saying about the decrease in fear and aggression makes absolute sense.
ReplyDeleteWonderful:-) My Calli, now gone, used an Eddies Wheels cart (rear legs) for 3 years. It was great!
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