[Dailydrool] Nigel

[Dawn Jackson]

Dear Bev, John, Nigel and Brothers,

The hounds are sending all the drool they can muster up for all of you.  Take this time to spoil Nigel and I think he will have some good days ahead still enjoying his time here.  Many years ago we had a big lab mix who woke up on a Sunday morning and his back legs just wouldn't work.  After spending days at the vet they determined that he had spondilosis (sp) and might recover so we brought him home.  To make this long story short, he never did however we all adjusted to his plight.  We got him a walking cart which he outgrew in about 6 months because he just got heavier from lack of exercise.  My husband built a ramp to get him down the steps into the yard and I had to literally pick him up by grabbing him in the back end and wrap my arms around him to walk him out.  We improvised......we propped him up over a picnic table bench to poop....he couldn't release his bladder  from the paralysis so I would prop his back end between my knees and squeeze his bladder......it worked.  Harley lived for a year after he got sick and we made the decision to send him on to his next adventure when he became totally incontinent.  He was a big dog.....135 pounds when he left us.  He was a very happy boy.....loved life even when he couldn't walk because he was with us all the time and was a great listener :-).  I might add that I went from a size 12 down to size 8 in that year from carrying Harley's back end around...lol.  

Don't give up on Nigel yet......he might surprise you and decide to hang around for a while.  Drool and love produce amazing results.

Dawn, momslave to Lucy, Lilly, Jethro and Oopie

Women are Angels...And when someone breaks their wings..They simply continue to fly....on a broomstick...They are flexible like that...
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