Hi Jennifer, This is not the first time a down dog has caused marital friction. There was a case of a 21-year old dog that was attacked by another dog and couldn't walk. The vet suggested euthanasia and the owner's husband turned out to be useless in terms of helping with the nursing care. This caus...

You can wait a couple of weeks until his legs have had a chance to mend a little before trying to take him outside. In the meantime, buy a stack of puppytraining pads, some baby wipes, latex gloves and paper towels, and potty him indoors. Let him lie on the puppytraining pad in his bed. If he does h...

Hi JD, The fourth option is a double harness, and I think it is the best option. If you click the link at the end of this message, it will take you to the Harnesses page of this HandicappedPets website. They have at least two harnesses that would work. One is the combination harness, which is two se...

There are many different styles of wheelchairs. They are not all made on the same design. It is important to note that some wheelchairs are harder to get your dog into than others. One style that is easier than the others to get your dog into is Eddie's Wheels. You put the dog into a cart harness, t...

This HandicappedPets website has a page of instructions and diagrams for making various styles of homemade carts out of PVC pipe, aluminum tubing, etc. There are instructions for making a simple quad cart. This would be the quickest way for you to get a cart and the cheapest--it needn't be fancy, he...

Click below for more used carts from Doggon' Wheels. It does not say if they have any quad carts available.


CLICK HERE to contact Doggon' Wheels re used carts

Hi JD, Yes, you definitely have a situation there. There are several options, perhaps none perfect but you'll have to figure out which one you prefer to work with. Fortunately, the sitation is temporary. Your first option is a quad cart--that's a four wheeler like a baby walker. That would be ideal ...

If you click the link at the end of this message, it gives you another splints website from a list Critters made up. I agree with Critters, I would give it time. My dog had paralysis in her rear legs but she recovered use of them, but it also took months. However, as Critters said, once she began to...

Hi Heather,

I am sorry to hear there were other complications for your boxer. I know she had the best of care and felt she was loved and cared for. That is all any of us can ask. My sympathy to you and your family.

Hi Karen,

Would you please describe how you are expressing her--what position, how many hands you use, etc.? If I can't check back tonight, I don't have to work till noon tomorrow so I can respond in detail tomorrow morning. Thanks!

Hi Karen, I have a 7-lb. reindeer chihuahua (white with fawn markings) who also has rear-end paralysis due to a spinal fracture mid-back. She has a spinal fusion. I do not use diapers with her because I express her bowel as well as her bladder. If I don't express her bowel, she doesn't have movement...

You could also consider a wheelchair. Companies that make them for dogs also make them for other animals. If you click the link at the end of this message, it gives a slide show of different kinds of animals in wheelchairs, and one is a goat.

CLICK HERE to see goat wheelchair

Everything running with military precision here (ha!). Forgot calico's Conofite lotion until evening yesterday. Was supposed to re-treat everyone for ear mites the 19th, doing it today, list on fridge so I can check them off, not looking forward to it. Chrissie is 4 days late on her 2nd in series of...

Click the link at the end of this message for many listings of border collie rescue.

Don't forget to post on the Yahoo link for blind dog rescue--doesn't matter what breed or mix if she's blind.


CLICK HERE for border collie rescue

Click the link at the end of this message. It is a page of Springer rescues groups. The one for Mississippi is called

GULF COAST Springer Rescue.

There are also many other groups who may take her if Gulf Coast doesn't.


CLICK HERE for Gulf Coast rescue