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- Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:06 pm
- Forum: Senior Pets
- Topic: URL & tips to help you and your love
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13215
Re: URL & tips to help you and your love
I let Jarvis go 3/14/14 I could not make him comfortable, his spine got a weird kink in it, and his front legs where giving out on him. Jarvis got into the car by himself, I gave him a whole chicken in the parking lot and when we got to the skin I wish I had a pound of chicken skin. The vet came to ...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:29 pm
- Forum: Caretakers' Cafe
- Topic: URL & tips for you and your love (DM)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2482
URL & tips for you and your love (DM)
Jarvis has Degenerative Myelopathy ... Couldn't afford MRI for definitive diagnoses Walkin' Wheels of course - I used them like a walker for about a year, 6 months ago I put his legs up for wheelchair. The booties w/ stirrups are better then the rubber rings and the Fabric Walkin' Lift Rear Harness ...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:09 pm
- Forum: Senior Pets
- Topic: URL & tips to help you and your love
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13215
URL & tips to help you and your love
Walking wheels of course - I used them like a walker for about a year, 6 months ago I put his legs up for wheelchair. The booties w/ stirrups are better then the rubber rings and the Fabric Walkin' Lift Rear Harness then the rubber seat that comes with the wheels. ALSO GO LARGE - I had to get new bi...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 4:30 pm
- Forum: Walkin' Wheels Dog Wheelchair Support
- Topic: Degenerative Mylapothy
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10484
Re: Degenerative Mylapothy
Thanks for the welcome :) Jarvis is 13 years old and I met him when he was 6 months. He is a joy. He is the boss and I come running when he makes any noise.... I sometimes hear him when I am at work --very strange. When he whimpers I try emptying his bladder, but Jarvis just wants pets most of the t...
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:01 pm
- Forum: Walkin' Wheels Dog Wheelchair Support
- Topic: Degenerative Mylapothy
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10484
Re: Degenerative Mylapothy
Hi, My Jarvis has been in a wheelchair for over 1.5years I started using it like a walker with booties for about a year and June 2013 I had to but his hind legs up the stirrup booties are great. The one thing I did not expect was having to expel his bladder, ( I use a peanut plastic container as a u...
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:26 pm
- Forum: Senior Pets
- Topic: Digestive Problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5642
Re: Digestive Problems
Hi, I am giving my dog canned EN Gastroenteric - Purina Veterinary diet. My Jarvis LOVES it and his stools are better then ever. I mix it with a lot of water like a soup, he drink the water and eats the canned food. The vet gave Jarvis Metronidazole last time he had a digestive problem. Hope this he...
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:07 pm
- Forum: Paralysis: Neurological and IVDD
- Topic: MRI diagnosis degenerative myelopathy or something else
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1487
MRI diagnosis degenerative myelopathy or something else
Has anyone had a dog who the vet thought might of had degenerative myelopathy and has no pain but has slowly been paralyzed in the back end and the MRI as diagnosed something other then DM that could be treated with surgery? If so what was the diagnoses and what did you do and how did it go?
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:37 pm
- Forum: Financial Forum
- Topic: MRI for Jarvis $1500.00
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4247
MRI for Jarvis $1500.00
Jarvis-Trail.gif Hello, I am praying for a donation of $1500.00 for a MRI for Jarvis so I know for sure he has Degenerative Myelopathy. Jarvis had 2 TPLO, (or tibial-plateau-leveling osteotomy $3000 each 2011 & 2012) I have tried a Chiropractor, Acupuncture, and how Jarvis is using a wheelchair...