Quincy the diabetic, blind dog broke her leg.
Quincy, our 10 year old Doberman was diagnosed with diabetes a year ago. After working with our vets to get her glucose levels down with diet and insulin about 6 months into that she lost her vision....
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Farmerjon wrote:
Deb and Ed M.
Thank you for the prayers.
Last night we swapped out the towel for a4in wide vinyl saddle cinch and holding the end rings with one hand
works better but the "assistance sling" looks better yet.
We are using either a harness or her back pack( with handle) to guide and stabilize the front end.
Loretta is going to town tomorrow (one of us needs to stay with Quincy) and she will try to find something like the "assistance sling".
Quincy is more animated now and is eating better and her blood sugar has dropped back down to a reasonable #. She even asked to go out to do her business.
Better than a saddle cinch is a saddle pad turned upside down!
Get a 'saddle seat' or 'English' style saddle pad. The heavy fleeced ones work the best. Put under the dog and bring the flaps up around the sides of the dog. Surprisingly this perfectly supports the 'whole dog' so they do NOT tip forward or back.
The flaps wrap around the dogs rib cage to support them perfectly and there are straps sewn in on each side of the pad that act as a handle for you to lift the dog. I've used it to support a 180 lb dog it works!
IMHO one of these should be included in every pet owners emergency kit. 'Saddle seat' style works best but 'all purpose' style will work as well. New $26 bucks, barn sale used $5 to $10.
Don't ask me how I know how well this works! :W
