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<DIV>Beverly---So glad that you have discovered Eddie's wheels for Nigel.
At Carolina Basset Hound Rescue, we have had several dogs on wheels in the last
year. Our foster, Franklin was down in the legs, had surgery for his back
and was recovering well when he unfortunately died from an infection. We
have lots of video of him running around on his wheels--looking so happy and
zooming around at the Vet where he lived post surgery. We were heartbroken
after so much success w/ him.</DIV>
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<DIV>The other story is happier, the case of Pappy---aka Paddington Bear
His foster Mom discovered he was weak in the back legs so she borrowed a
set of wheels we'd been given, I actually transported them to her. She has
also had him in water therapy using a baby's pool as shown on the Drool.
His legs are much stronger and he can now go on short walks w/o his wheels.
A bonus, he is so sweet with her just walking baby girl--they are great
friends. Her husband has just completed his time in the Army, serving
our Country. Nice young couple doing the 'volunteer' thing in their mid
twenties.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also came across an article on making your own dog wheels, since they are
so very expensive--it used small bore PVC pipe, but we weren't sure it
could hold the weight of big Basset so we didn't investigate any further.</DIV>
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<DIV>Our goal is to have two sets available--one for a large
Basset and one for a medium Basset.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes for success with Nigel--handicapped dogs, just like handicapped
humans can live a full life--blind or deaf Bassets do fine with some
accommodations by the owner. It's not necessary to have working legs
for a dog to be happy as you will see when Nigel gets his.---Mother of a
veterinarian and a Chaplain</DIV>
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<DIV>PS--Buster and Miss Ellie send healing thoughts as they don't Drool except
for meat!!!</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>