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Karen,
I checked out Elly's blog, so adorable! I am going to have to find a training place that has the equipment for Sam. And maybe help for me because 69 lds of svelte dog wobbling on a ball is not going to be a picnic after a few min lol.
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dtovs said
Karen,I am going to have to find a training place that has the equipment for Sam.
You can start with the Canine Rehab Institute directory. Make sure you work with a licensed CCRT or CCRP , you'll always get the best training from those pros.
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I have decided that Otis is clearly in the faking category. He even has a new game - we have been practicing with our harness and a couple of times, I made the comment that I was going to pick him up like a suitcase. Now, whenever the harness goes on, we have the suitcase game. He drops to the ground and looks at me with big eyes. When I say that I am going to pick him up like a suitcase, the tail starts wagging. As soon as I get him up, he's down again and we repeat the whole thing.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
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lol, Otis is going to keep you on your toes.
I was getting so worried about my first dog, when he was about 15 years old. Because he would slow down and seem to hobble so much on our walks all of a sudden, when we were almost home. And I couldn't understand it because I made the walks shorter it almost seemed to get worse. And then one day this was happening when he saw a doggy friend down the road and he perked up, walked normally with not limp or slowness. I also noticed that if we got in the car, and drove some place, the slow hobble didn't come on until he saw the car, regardless of length of the walk. So I got suspicious. One day when we were taking our neighborhood walk I waited until he put on the slow, hobble and then turned around. Man did he perk up and we went and walked around several more blocks with him being perky as could be. The big faker.
Also, I just happened to stumble across this video today:
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There is real truth in what you say. When we finally get home and I let him amble around in the front or side yards, he is fine. I am trying to build more of that exploration time at the end of the walk so he doesn't feel like it's over when we get home. I'm concerned about going too far from home because there is no way I could carry him if he truly could not walk.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
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