So guys, I will no longer be posting in this thread. If you'd like to contact me, email me savvybag@yahoo.com.
Thanks again, guys!

I just want to say, I worked full time when my big dog was down and we managed OK because I came home at lunch to change his diaper and get him up to move around a little bit. But I also want to say, he was a very senior dog and I was not in a position of knowing I might be caring for him many more...

As the adopter of several paraplegic dogs- I have to say that I would have really lost out big time had Oliver's owner not been willing to look for another home for him. He is my heart dog. There might be someone out there waiting for your dog. I do understand your reluctance- and sometimes I agree...

btw, you all are very helpful. please keep the posts coming!

If you want to consider this, post a picture, her name and some more information about her personality, traits, vaccinations, how she gets along with people, dogs, cats, children. I will post her on Special Needs Dogs Yahoo Group for you...unless you want to join and do it yourself. There are many ...

And I don't want ot pass her off to a shelter or another family where they play caregiver for the rest of her life until something tragic happens to her body, an infection, broken leg, the paralysis worses, etc and then they would take action when it should have been done before. If someone else wi...

Take a look at this link http://www.scoutshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/scoutshouse_whenisittime.pdf It's a scoring scale that helps you decide. I wouldn't take the scoring scale as absolute truth but it will give you some things to think about. If you can make any of them better- lower the ...

So here's my story. My family adopted a pitbull a few years ago, she was very healthy at first but , maybe ten moths ago, her body began to cave in and she couldn't walk. We took her to a hospital and they said it was a herniated disc and recommended we take her to see a neurologist, we did, they to...