Today we started thrice-weekly visits from our friend Kathleen who runs the business LA Pet Tech. Kathleen has a background as a vet tech, so her dog walking/pet sitting service is ideally situated to specialize in caring for dogs with medical needs. She's coming to our home to assist me in doing Claire's physical therapy.
Claire is so wiggly to begin with, and sensitive in certain areas since becoming hurt. Add to this the fact that I've trained her to a certain routine of tricks. And I never pay her off with treats unless she's still, either sitting or more commonly in a "down" position. So getting her to do certain exercises, especially the standing ones, by myself has proved impossible. I know it's just a matter of patience and approaching the exercises as new training, but it's not been easy and I want Claire to get the benefits of p.t. right away. So I'm resorting to paying for home visits: add that to the list of costs due to IVDD.
Kathleen has a calming presence for both Claire and myself, and I learned a few lessons from her today that will make it easier to do the p.t. on other days when she is not involved. She's just the help I've needed! I'd like to recommend her publicly to anyone in the San Fernando Valley, whether your dog has special needs or just requires love. Contact her via Facebook here.
Claire is so wiggly to begin with, and sensitive in certain areas since becoming hurt. Add to this the fact that I've trained her to a certain routine of tricks. And I never pay her off with treats unless she's still, either sitting or more commonly in a "down" position. So getting her to do certain exercises, especially the standing ones, by myself has proved impossible. I know it's just a matter of patience and approaching the exercises as new training, but it's not been easy and I want Claire to get the benefits of p.t. right away. So I'm resorting to paying for home visits: add that to the list of costs due to IVDD.
Kathleen has a calming presence for both Claire and myself, and I learned a few lessons from her today that will make it easier to do the p.t. on other days when she is not involved. She's just the help I've needed! I'd like to recommend her publicly to anyone in the San Fernando Valley, whether your dog has special needs or just requires love. Contact her via Facebook here.
No comments:
Post a Comment