Update on Willie Wonka, our 15 yo boy we helped out of a shelter recently.
Well it looks like it's a Hallmark movie. Here is WW on his morning walk.
Enjoy the day folks. x
We did our first spin in our new wheels today.
Zoom Zoom. We went very fast......
See that tail wag? That is Willie Wonka.
How a week in the life of a Rescue dog with no options can change with great people gather.
Willie is off to have his dental today with us and then will be adopted to his family.
Thank you so much for your amazing support and help us to get Willie safe and loved.
Yesterday was another moment where we saw Quinn enjoy herself just that bit more that really makes my heart squeeze.
We hadn't been out in the wheels for about 5 days because the weather had been so dreadful here - and I want to make it a positive experience in every way for her.
I strapped on her wheels, hooked her noodles up (her back legs) and she didn't need any encouragement with the leash. She navigated the side garden gate and the front double gate, a first - and waited for me to say which way before she chose to head left.
We are sticking mainly to grassy areas to ease the pressure on her front legs advised by her physio and a couple of times she managed to get up a little gallop. Again a first.
Ears pinned back she could feel freedom.
Every sniff we stopped and waited until she had finished, and a lovely family came over and asked about her, she gave them a hello. They thought she was beautiful.
We managed to go to the corner of the street and to the next corner but she was tiring visibly. We did some stops and sniffs and I took her out of the wheels and carried her home, husband carried the wheels.
When we got home good grief we had sun shining. So a cup of tea on the verandah and everyone was romping around the garden on the grass, yapping at passers by - and Quinn engaged. A first. She bopped across the grass, noodle legs behind and joined in. I can see when the weather is better - she is going to sit out in the sun with the others. We allowed her to do what she wanted and she moved around a lot and was happy to be part of the circus.
I express her bladder regularly - we have a routine, and she often toilets at the same time. It just gets cleaned up with no fuss. This is the way it is. She gets distressed when she smells it and so I make sure she is always fresh, a wash, wipe and nappy change. She has free air time with no nappy at certain times of the day to keep her skin healthy - so far so good.
She eats from a raised bowl to hel
Yesterday while Dublin was having his surgery and Martha was having her wire removed, Quinn and I attended her first hydro and physio session.
It was a learning experience for me - never having done this before I asked a million questions, as I watched Quinn go through tests and exercises.
I found it confronting at times, and overwhelming but the ladies at the Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Mornington were absolutely amazing.
www.mparc.com.au (if you want to check them out - they are fantastic)
Quinn has been over compensating with her paralysis and has built up a serious set of stomach muscles to curl her body so she can drag her back end around. We have to work to 'un curl' her. So she will be getting a back end harness to straighten her into a normal dog position and along with other exercises we are going to do our very best.
The time for the nerves to find new pathways is 3 months. We are at 6 weeks. We are going to treat her as though she will regain mobility and go through the process for the next 6 weeks. It is the gold standard Rolls Royce treatment.
Who knows where it will take us....the worst? She will stay as is....
We had her wheel chair fitted and she was terrified of it - so I have a job to work on things there. Some dogs take to them, others don't - but we will try.
Meanwhile old toothbrush stimulation on the toes where the nerves are, bicycle movements with back legs, and a little bit of back leg stretch and some soaking in warm water to release the tension in her body.
All we can do is try.
Baby Winter is a psycho serial player according to Mum Linda. You would never know she doesn't have eyes!
She had her 2nd vaccination last week and is doing SO well.
The other dogs tag team to play with her she is such a dynamo!
How happy is little Martha? She is having a check up on Monday - we will update you then. Have a lovely Saturday and stay warm. x
Who is this playful pup? It's surprise, Martha who was wanting to play. How gorgeou She is healing nicely ❤️.
Our gorgeous Finn, a turtle? A meerkat? A Chameleon..here he is swimming his little heart out at Hydro.
Have a Happy Winter's Day folks. (Winter playing with her foster brother Paddy).
