Dog Wheelchair

IMG_5969.jpg IMG_5973.jpg The rear harness is pretty flimsy..probably worth its $20.
Gavin is not a fan, but it does allow me to do his BOSU and tripod stands while slightly keeping his legs from collapsing. That is the main reason I got it, for the handle. I will need to get a different one if we progress to using one while walking.

Gavin was mad at me for leaving in him his doggie booties while I was at work. Not unexpected I suppose, but I never like getting the sheltie stink eye.

Today he spent most of the day in my bedroom, laying on the floor by the couch once in the morning and once in the late afternoon. My second webcam arrives Saturday so my doggie monitoring will be complete...
 
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Well at least it serves it's purpose for you, hard to believe that Amazon.ca wants 83$ for that one!
Never good to come home to a stink eye!
 
I did get the size small, which was $30 cheaper than the medium although the medium looks slightly more sturdy.
Gavin woke me twice last night trying to come up on the bed (I could hear him attempting to climb up the ramp) so I just lifted him up. He was more noisy than usual going down on his own, too.

We did some exercises this morning, and we definitely needed the rear harness. His potty walk was uneventful (no slipping).
 
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So I looked up the exchange rate, and 125 CD is about 90 USD, which is the same I would pay for the help me up. At least something where you don't get ripped off!

Mine is supposed to arrive tomorrow...so I can start PT stuff. poor guy was falling on his behind this morning a half dozen times!
I remember earlier this month when I got the webcam I had to turn off motion alarm detection cause Gavin was moving around so much...this past week I haven't seen him at all on his chair and while he does get on his couch, he doesn't move around as much (going up for an hour and then down for an hour) .
I have an SD card in it, I should go look at the footage to see how and when things changed...
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So Friday 6/14 was normal, Monday 6/17 was normal. Tuesday 6/18 he only went up once and struggled more than normal.
Saturday was when he slipped on his walk on the leaves at the park...
I looked back at all the times he had to jump up to the couch using the stairs to see, and they all looked pretty much the same except for Tuesday 6/18.
 
Everything I do is just delaying the inevitable....One day he will need the wheelchair and hip lifting harness to get out to do his business :(

He slips most when he is moving fast (relatively) or he is moving a different direction than me. I think it is time for a harness for all our potty walks. I have 2 ruffwear harnesses (front range and webmaster), I just need to use them more.
 
Well. the slipping is mostly not happening. I am walking him with a harness now, which I think helps. We are doing PT exercises multiple times a day, but I don't know how well they are working.

Gavin still won't go up his ramp to my bed or stairs to the couch, which tells me there is still work to do. I will 'help' him use the stairs by supporting his rear end. I don't want him to not use them if he can. I should do the same thing with the ramp.

We went to the beach Sunday, there were more dogs there and chuck-its (that is the most important part) so Gavin was playful and barky at times. One of our friends there has a blind and deaf aussie..poor boy was just found to be riddled with cancer and hasn't much longer. His Mom was tearing up just talking about it. Tucker is such a sweat old guy and loves his cuddles....
 
Cindy said:
Well. the slipping is mostly not happening. I am walking him with a harness now, which I think helps. We are doing PT exercises multiple times a day, but I don't know how well they are working.

Well, Gavin slipped on his walk this morning.. It was at the end and I know he was tired, and he wanted to go one way to the neighbor's for a treat and we went a different direction.
He didn't end up on his bottom, but he his leg definitely slipped out from under him :(
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