paralyzed dogs

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.

It’s Official- Joie Can Drive

Posted by Barbara Techel

Joie’s license plate arrived this week.  It’s official… she can drive!  Though this is not the plate I thought I had ordered.  I thought I ordered the one with a red heart in each corner of the plate.  Oh well, the bunny and owl is cute… more friends along for the ride, I say!

If her wheels look dirty it’s because she has been doing lots of off-road crusin’ lately on the path behind our house.  She and Kylie love the path because it is packed with lots of critter smells.  Their noses are in heaven!

Meet Caseanna: Another Recipient of the Frankie Wheelchair Fund

Posted by Barbara Techel

It’s another beautiful day here at Joyful Paws with another announcement of a recipient of the Frankie Wheelchair Fund.  This is Caseanna and she lives at Out to Pasture Farm and Rescue in Newington, CT.  Out to Pasture gives animals which are elderly, abused, terminally ill and/or physically challenged a home where they can live out their natural lives with the physical and emotional support they deserve.

Caseanna came to Out to Pasture in September 2011. She has serious neurological issues which cause seizures and they are working on keeping them under control. She is currently seeing a top doctor from Tufts and the medication she is on is helping her get around with the other animals.

Carrie Haggart, Founder of Out to Pasture sent me a lovely packet of postcards and their 2013 Friendship calendar as a thank you. She also sent a certificate of a one year sponsorship in my name for Caseanna which is very touching. But this certificate also belongs to all those who have contributed to the fund because I couldn’t do this without you…. so thank you so much.

I’m sure you will all join me in wishing Caseanna the very best as she learns to live a full, happy, quality life in her 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. Feel free to also join us on Facebook where we recently hit over 1,000 followers!

Be sure to stop by and like Out to Pasture Farm and Animal Rescue on Facebook too!