Thank you Carol. Although Nelly's injury is completely different to Katie's there seems to be quite alot of parallels. Like, she'll do something amazing once (like walk from the lounge to the hall) then just as I'm thinking "great! something to build on" she won't do it again. She is also ...

Hi there.. Its been a while!! Thought I'd post a little update. Its been 5.5 months since Nelly's ANNPE (which went through more than 90% of her spinal cord across the length of 3 vertebrae). Progress has been very slow and intermitent (as one would expect!). I've continued with home PT, and hydro o...

Hydrotherapy going well now - taking steps by herself and she doesn't seem to cross in the water. I seem to have inadvertently found a solution for on land: I got some sheepskin equine nose bands to put on the rear straps of her "help em up" harness as they were squishing and rubbing her, ...

Hey Carol, had the first hydrotherapy treadmill session, she wasn't that keen as she's never been a huge fan of water and I think she found the treadmill a bit freaky. But I'm going to persevere with it as I think apart from the PT I do at home it's going to be the most helpful thing for her. When s...

Thanks so much... I will try grip mats.. I think it's good for their feet to feel different textures. Nelly doesn't seem to be in pain (I think I'd know if she was - she's a big wuss when it comes to pain), and she is in remarkably good spirits considering. She's still playful and affectionate and w...

Hi, it's been really helpful reading these posts. My dog, Nelly was diagnosed with the same injury 8 weeks ago, like Buddy she was a 5 and after 2 weeks in hospital cathaterised was given 0 chance of recovery. I bought her home anyway and have been caring for her on my own. She's a way off walking o...

Thankyou Carol and critters! She took first supported strange, wobbly steps with rear harness on yesterday, yay 😁!! Her proprioception was pretty good too, she seemed to be planting her feet well 😁😁. She has her first session on underwater treadmill today. Feeling soooo much more optimistic now. I r...

Hi, my 7 year old lurcher, Nelly suffered a severe Acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion 7 weeks ago which rendered her completely paralysed from T13 down. With the exception of my daughter, I love this dog more than any human. At time of diagnosis, she was given a 10% chance of any recov...