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Archive for 17/04/2008
A clever idea for dogs with weak backlegs
17/04/2008 by Arielle.
I was so impressed with an owner’s ingenuity today. She has a 14 year old Dalmatian who is quite amazing for his age.
He has the strongest of hearts and all that is starting to go at his exceptionally old age for such a big dog; are his backlegs.
He takes PLT tablets that act as anti-inflammatories and help as he has a degenerative nerve condition as well as arthritis in his backlegs. He is also on a diet of joint supplements.
When he gets up, he really struggles as he is quite a big Dalmatian. Instead of slinging a towel under his belly to help hoist him up, his owner has stitched 2 ‘handles’ on the 2 ends of simple padded ovenglove as shown above. She then uses this to help him up. She even found some oven gloves with a black and white spotty pattern to match her dear old Dalmatian!
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