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Our Goal:

As we build this site, we hope to support owners of disabled dogs in many ways:

Share stories of the challenge and frustrations, as well as joys of your disabled dog in our forum.

Check out our resources and products for dealing with a disabled dog.

Give hope and guidance to owners of disabled dogs.  Support and acceptance is what owners of disabled dogs need most. "Putting them down" is not always the best or only solution.

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This site is dedicated to Hoover, Shadow and Homer    

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Dogs with Disabilities:

  • don't feel sorry for themselves, we do it for them
  • don't know they're disabled
  • are accepting of what life has to offer
  • accept as much help as their pride can take
  • take each day as it comes and smell the flowers they can reach (and sometimes eat them)
  • have more patience than we'll ever have in the same situation
  • don't worry if we love them, they know we do
  • do worry if we'll take care of their needs - and shouldn't have to
  • don't say what if, they just do what they can
  • enjoy life just like other dogs, just not as rambunctiously
  • worry about their status in the pack, it's our job to reassure them they still have it
  • don't fear the future or worry about the past
  • make every effort to do what they can to their maximum potential
  • are not a burden, but a joy and a reason to slow down our own hectic lives

We can learn alot from dogs with disabilities! We are on our third dog with a neurological disease that wastes the rear legs and eventually renders them useless in old age. Our most recent dog, Hoover, was in excellent health except for a mild thyroid deficiency and was disabled for almost a year. Even as he was nearing the end he was a joy to us. He would play with his squeakies, and even enjoyed a vacation up north and got to "run" (with 2 legs) on the sand dunes with our help. In caring for all three we've learned a lot about what works and what doesn't when it comes to assisting and living with a disabled dog. And with each dog have been able to find solutions that assisted the dog to live longer, and more comfortably.

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