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Check Out Dodgerslist New Forum- Best Education for Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD)

Posted by Barbara Techel

psst Joie says, I love youAs you know Joie has IVDD, but psssst, don’t tell her!  She is one happy dog despite this and I’m so glad to help her live a quality life.

Did you know Dodgerslist now has a forum you can join to learn all you can about Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD)?  And you can also post all the questions you may have about your dog who may have IVDD or maybe you are looking for peace of mind and hope for a recent diganoses of IVDD?  Dodgerslist forum is the place to join today! They have excellent and devoted people on hand to help and guide you.

Maybe you are someone who Dodgerslist has helped in the past and you have a success story?  They would love for you to share your story on the new forum also.  In the past this was a yahoo group you had to join for answers to your questions.  But now it is more streamlined and information remains in the forum on an on-going basis.

As always, their website is full of helpful articles for living with and caring for a dog with IVDD. Their $3.00 DVD is also another excellent option to purchase.  Dodgerslist is the place to get credible and accurate information about this disease.

Though there is no cure, your dog can live a full and quality life with IVDD.  Please pass along this information to other dog owners as well… you just may save a life.

Meet Jackson: Another Recipient of the Frankie Wheelchair Fund

Posted by Barbara Techel

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Can you believe how cute that face is?  Love it!  Below is a note I received from Jenelle Conley of Lilly Bear’s Rescue about Jackson:

Hi, my name is Jenelle and I run a small rescue in Northeast Indiana called Lilly Bear’s Rescue. We took in a very sweet 3 year old Dachshund named Jackson. He was adopted out to an older woman who loved him so much. After about 4 months in his new home Jackson was chasing a squirrel in his back yard and slipped 3 disk in his back. He was instantly unable to walk. She took him into the vet where they tried steroids because she was unable to afford surgery. The steroids did not help Jackson and she was forced to return him to the rescue. She was just physically unable to take care of him as a handicapped dog.

After taking Jackson back we have been taking him to a Chiropractor and are hopeful he may one day walk again but in the meantime we thought getting him a wheelchair would help him get around better. We began the search for a wheelchair when we found the company Eddies Wheels. They told us about Frankie and offered to build Jackson’s wheelchair for no charge! We are so grateful for your work and just wanted you to know that Frankie was able to help another Dachshund! Thanks again you have changed Jackson’s life! 

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I don’t know about you, but this never gets old hearing from those we could help… and all because of all of you who have donated to the Frankie Wheelchair Fund to make this possible, I say a big thank you once again. Be sure to stop by Lilly Bear’s Rescue and watch the video of Jackson fetching his toy– the little girl’s giggles are priceless!

Please  join me in wishing Jackson the very best as he live’s a full, happy, quality life in his Eddie’s Wheels wheelchair.

If you are interested in helping with our efforts to help dogs in need of wheelchairs (those in rescue or families in financial stress) please visit National Walk ‘N Roll Dog website where we have an on going Chip In set up.  This fund is also a wonderful way in which to honor or memorialize your pet or a pet you may know’or just to make a feel good donation. Feel free to also join us on Facebook where we recently hit over 1,000 followers!

Don’t forget– should your dog or someone’s you know be diagnosed with Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) be sure to visit Dodgerslist for all the educational information you will need to help save your dog (or someone else’s) life.  THERE IS HOPE!

Frankie’s Sculpture has a Friend Beside Her

Posted by Barbara Techel

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Not only did I have an angel in Kim who sent me a custom made “rolling dog on a mission” sculpture of Frankie made by Grace Liesa, I received yet another package in the mail this week.  This time it contained Joie!  This one gifted to me by Joie’s angel who flew on the plane two months ago to bring us together- Linda, volunteer with Oregon Dachshund Rescue.  Now how kind and sweet is that?  Two very special angels who did something so kind for me.  Thank you so so much!

I realized then that Frankie and Joie could be together,  side by side. That made me a bit teary eyed as I thought about how great it would have been to have them both at one time.   Though I understand life unfolds as it does, and I’m grateful to have had Frankie, and now Joie, their sculpture’s will be together for as long as I can help it.

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As a reminder Grace graciously donates 10% of sales of the custom made sculptures to The Frankie Wheelchair Fund and 10% to Dodgerslist.  She will also be donating a “rolling dog on a mission” sculpture in 2013 with 100% of the proceeds to go to The Frankie Wheelchair Fund.  There are many angels among us and a special thank you once again to Kim, Linda and Grace.

Update 12/22/2012:

I feel so blessed to be a part of such a loving and kind community.  Many days my heart just smiles because of  the caring and wonderful friends I have because of Frankie and now Joie.  After I shared this post above, Kim sent me a message and gave me permission to share with all of you, as I said I felt it was important.  I share my response to her as well.

Kim:  Please know that so many people that have been touched by you and Frankie and now Joie that and we all wanted you to have the Frankie sculpture. All the folks at Dodger’s List included. Grace asked me if I was going to have it sent to you cause many others contacted her to say if this was not going to you they wanted to order one for you. Grace decided to customize it and that made it even more special. Please know that many many other people wanted to do this for you and would have if they had been the first to click to purchase it. So Frankie’s sculpture is from all of us who have been inspired by you and Frankie and the work you have done. It was our way to say thanks and to honor Frankie’s memory. Your work with Frankie and now the Frankie Fund are the real heros here. Thank you for your kindness and your work.

Barbara: I am very honored by you sharing this with me. Thank you. It has, and will always be an honor for me to share what I know about IVDD and give others hope… just like so many others do, like you, and everyone at Dodgerslist. If it were not for Dodgerslist I would have not had hope when it looked like Frankie would not gain use of her hind legs– I’m forever indebted to them and their hard work. Being an extension in my own way of their work, makes me feel good to do so. There are so many heroes out there… and yes, I agree, Frankie is one of them… but there are many, many more. And I continue to be inspired by those stories and love sharing them.