[Rhodes22-list] Doggie update

[Rick]

Elle,

A DO can fix the BF.

Happy New Year to all people and pups.

Rick

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:34 AM, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi, all,
> I'm sure the quiet on the list is due to the revelry in full swing from
> Auckland soon to arrive here....I've rec'd a number of inquiries about
> paralyzed pup & his progress..thought you'd like to see...we have come to
> the conclusion that jackie has been afflicted with Coonhound Paralysis, not
> botulism, from a number of factors we have observed and been made aware of.
> the only real difference between the two is that the Coonhound variety has a
> longer recovery period.
> Here are two photos ..the first was taken a week afteer we'd discovered him
> paralyzed in the bushes (Nov. 16). Barely holding up the head & ability to
> wag the tip of the tail were the only movements he had ...and holding up his
> head for more than a few seconds was a monumental effort.
> The second photo was taken just a day or so ago....it's amazing what a bit
> of food held above his head inspired.
> You can see he is diapered (helps half the problem...;^) and you can see
> the corral my BF made as he can scooch himself all over the place now....and
> I needed to keep him on the tile in the kitchen & not on the carpet..he just
> can't climb over the rail.
> To get him to exercise & move around, we would toss a piece of cookie to
> the far corner of his enclosure & he'd work & work to get to it...rolling,
> pulling the papers with his mouth to get the cookie, etc...no dummy here!
>  so we'd work him out every day, several times a day. Then we put a large
> piece of carpet down so he would work his front legs pulling himself. After
> a week or so of that I started to hold him up (60 + lbs!) so that his front
> feet were extended & could get a grip on the carpet. It took a few days
> before he could stand for a few seconds and now he's good for maybe 15-20
> secs before he goes down...all this in the last week! so now I'm working on
> the hind legs...he;s strong enough to stand on the front legs while I hold
> up his rear & let a bit of weight rest on his rear legs. After a few days I
> think things will 'click.' If you look at the second photo you'll see how
> his rear legs just 'fold' back behind him nowbut the right leg comes
>  around properly when he sits high to get that piece of food above his
> head!.
> as my BF seriously reinjured his back picking Jackie up(anyone know
> anything about the injections into the disk to shrink the disk? ) I rigged
> up a sling that enables me to carry jackie w/o injuring myself...I try to
> take him outside on nice days..the other dogs 'protect' him & also play
> gently with him, It is a thing to marvel about.
> Happy Hplidays & more to come on Jackie !
> elle
>
> Beer is good....people are crazy
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22    Recycled '06"Watermusic"  {Lady in Red}
>
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