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<DIV>If your basset girl has bladder and bowel control, and can still wag her
tail, there is a very good possibility that she may fully recover. I have
had three experiences with bassets in wheelcarts--one of my own, and two friends
who had bassets that used them.</DIV>
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<DIV>My girl first--She suffered a back injury at about age 3--was completely
paralized, no bladder or bowel control, and could not wag her tail. The
only thing that showed us that she might respond to surgery was that she still
had some feeling in her back feet. We had surgery done, she was in a cart
for several months,</DIV>
<DIV>was also on crate rest when she was not in the cart, and she fully
recovered--to the point that she whelped a litter of pups at a little past age
4. She lived to be 15+ years old, and spent the last year of her life back
in a cart due to severe arthritis robbing her of her back legs.</DIV>
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<DIV>The second girl was a beautiful bitch owned by friends of mine--she injured
her back at about age 5. Her vet did not recommend surgery, but her owners
contacted me regarding using a cart. To make a long story short, the first
time she was put in the cart, she immediately started moving with it, and within
a couple on months was back to her old self. Her owners were very careful
never to let her jump down from anything, or climb stairs, but she is still
alive and doing very well.</DIV>
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<DIV>The third one was a lovely old senior bitch who suddenly went down in her
rear--could not walk at all, could not wag, could not control her bladder, but
could control her bowels. She still had some feeling in one back
leg. She was almost 11 years old. Her owners who going to have her
euthanized because she was not a good candidate for surgery. My husband
and I insisted that they try a cart, and put her on glucosamine and
chrondroitin. It took several weeks before she actually started moving her
back legs, but she is now out of the cart, walking on her own, and ruling her
household. She is almost 12 at this time.</DIV>
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<DIV>I firmly believe in all three cases that the cart played a major role in
the recovery and survival of these three bassets.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kathryn Beard</DIV>
<DIV>rkbeard@aol.com</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>