Disabilities
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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