Dog Wheelchair

I think he loves how the cart lets him be a normal dog...
Its really cute when another dog is playing fetch he gets really into it..even jumping a little bit when the ball is thrown (which is what he used to do as he was never a fetcher)
Of course, being a normal dog that means going places HE wants to when HE wants to!
This morning he wanted to go up an embankment to the side of the road with no sidewalks instead of following the path under the road.
 
Gavin was very uncooperative this morning...I was tempted to just turn around :(
I hope this isn't a sign of things to come...
He did vomit during the walk, so maybe he was just not feeling well. Only thing he had eaten though was treats from the local barber which was after his most stubborn part.
I did inflate his tires some more after our walk (or me pulling him most of the way)
 
Cindy said:
Gavin was very uncooperative this morning...I was tempted to just turn around :(
I hope this isn't a sign of things to come...
He did vomit during the walk, so maybe he was just not feeling well. Only thing he had eaten though was treats from the local barber which was after his most stubborn part.
I did inflate his tires some more after our walk (or me pulling him most of the way)
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Maybe, like you said, he was just not feeling well. Hopefully, he will be better tomorrow! Fingers and paws crossed!
 
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I just feel so sad and frustrated when Gavin plain old refuses to walk. This ism't even walking super slow, but refusing to walk unless I pull him along :(
Of course, he will be running at the beach this weekend I am sure....
 
Heck, I'd walk 4 blocks if there was a store giving away free pastry or something lol, why wouldn't a dog? Great idea Cindy.
I know when I walk the dogs we always stop in at a local hardware store, I call it the cookie store to the dogs...I ask them do you want to go to the cookie store? And they get soooo excited, they always get treats there (I always have cookies in my pocket...none of those milk bones for them) and the owners love them!
Can't wait to hear about Gavin's visit to the beach!
 
Beach was a hit again...its too warm though. I'd go earlier in the morning but there wouldn't be as many dogs for Gavin to play with :( Or people to love on him..he eats it up! People are much more likely to stop and pet him now than before, which is odd because he is the same adorable well-behaved dog. They also get down on the ground to talk to him now, which he loves and will roll up to them and lean into them. Same thing for the local dog walking park, in fact I think we may be tapering those visits off, which is too bad because the trails are starting to dry up in spots (Gavin does OK going uphill if there isn't too much mud). Still have yet to see another dog with wheels (I'm sure the local CorgiCon at Ocean beach would have some, but that is a zoo!). About half the people express sympathy for him, the other half think it is great he is out and about.

I did notice that at the beach, on semi-packed sand, his 3 good legs left almost no mark on the sand when in the cart. The paw of his weak leg left an indent where his middle 2 toes were pushing off the sand. so he is using that leg and able to apply serious pressure (more than his other legs, which is odd considering that 70% of a dogs weight is born by his front legs). Obviously his mechanics of walking are different than normal, but one would think he would use that leg with less pressure....And he still toe touches while standing, even in the cart he shifts his weight to the good side while standing.

I need to decide about that supplement soon. I might have gotten lax in giving it to him (missing a few doses here and there instead of religiously giving it 2 times a day) and am wondering if that could explain his slight regression. He hasn't stood in the car since that day I taped it. He did seem to be doing better in February before I got sick and then things seemed to regress. Also, he seems to have more trouble with my bed...he will sometimes go up the ramp and not be able to get up the final steeper incline to my bed and turn around and go back down.
 
Feeling depressed about Gavin's regression. I started Ichon again (loading doses) even though it didn't seem to help at all before and I stopped it last August.
I remember Gavin happily taking the trail in the park near my house in February, and this morning he wasn't having any of it (I even took him there in the stroller) unless I treated him.
He did love the off leash dog park when I let him not use his cart (for about 15 minutes). He wanted to basically chase me around, since he doesn't fetch balls.

I guess it being warmer could be part of it, at least his willingness to take walks. but it wouldnt affect his leg strength of stiffness :(
I guess we can move to evening walks, which I actually prefer, but it is hard with the rain. I can't be picky about when I can get him out.

We go to the vet next month.....
 
This is when you just wish they could talk. Hard to know what to do or what to think. We want to fix everything for them, so it is just as perfect as can be, but it's not always realistic. I know I face the same challenge with Brooke. The hardest lesson for me has been to take every day as it comes. Some days are better than others. And at 13 1/2 Brooke is probably in her 80's in people years, so I need to just enjoy the perky days and be understanding on the other days.

Take heart Cindy that you have done everything possible to help Gavin enjoy life, and some days will just be not as great. :hugs
 
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