Oh man, so basically the same situation you had. It's really difficult but at least the more mobile she gets the easier it's been on me. I plopped her down yesterday on her way being carried outside and she actually stood on her own for a good 20 seconds! Every day is a tiny bit of progress. I can't...

Thanks Carol. Therapy is at 7:30pm on Tuesdays since that is the only night my boyfriend and I have off together and it's located about 40 minutes from my home. I also work an hour from home so by the time I get home I have enough time to change my clothes and get her into the car and leave. I am ne...

Ever since Haley's ventral slot procedure (spinal surgery for a ruptured disc in her neck) she has had an abundance of eye boogers and crusties. Lately the whites of her eyes have looked a little more red than usual. Her rehabilitation doctor suggested using Genteal eye drops to lubricate and that t...

Wish I could find this in the states

CarolC thank you so much for your thorough answer. I finally got myself able to get her around myself (thank god for the Help Em Up Harness!). I am able to get her onto the grass to go out and she's no longer needing to go in the house. In addition her new rehab has been working wonderfully and she'...

Thanks for answering. Are these safe for long term use? She's on gabapentin 150mg twice a day and no complaints or nerve pain.

Yeah, I was told by her surgeon that expressing a bladder on a dog her size is next to impossible. Especially since she still has bladder muscle control and no matter how much I squeeze and push she can still technically hold it in. It actually helps when we leave the house because she doesnt have t...

An acquaintance of mine said this happened to her dog about a year out of spinal surgery. I did not realize this was a common problem. My dog is only a couple weeks out of surgery. Why would gabapentin help this? Just wondering.

Haley had a ventral slot procedure 3 weeks ago. So far she has made little to no progress. We had kept her in a rehab center for a week and a half and she had gotten especially depressed so we brought her home. She's now become a full time job for my boyfriend and me. We work opposite schedules but ...