Layla

[paula1961]

I'm still praying for Layla!! And also for you and Scott. I pray that things are back to normal as soon as they can be. It's just going to take time as you already know. Let us know how she does today. Hugs to ya Lynsey.

[Lindsey]

Thank you Paula. I will update this afternoon when I hear from the rehab vet. I gave Layla another pep talk on the drive in so maybe it will work again! I told her to please make the doctor smile again about her progress. I don't know if Layla liked my talk because she pooped in her crate and some of it fell through the back and onto my back seat. I found the little piece in the backseat after dropping her off and already driving on my way to work. Or maybe she's just mad that I'm leaving her there again!

It's a long weekend so I'm not sure if we can take her back to rehab Monday. If not, I have a Reiki session lined up. We may do some more swimming at home this weekend and I'll work with her as much as possible.

I don't know if I mentioned this here, but I ordered an adorable pink stroller for her, and the part she sits in comes off as a carrier, and also straps into the car with a seatbelt. I'm not sure that I'd use it in the car, but we can take her out for walks with the stroller. Carrying her up and down the stairs in the house will be so much easier in the carrier than it is in her crate! So I'm excited for it to come. It was shipped from New Jersey yesterday I think so we'll get it in a couple of weeks hopefully.

This is the one:
http://www.petgearinc.com/product_info.asp?id=20

[paula1961]

That stroller will be a big help to you I think. It's also adorable!! I saw a lady with one of them at a campground. She said she and her two doggies loved it!!

Sorry Layla pooped in your car lol. Maybe she is just a little po'd at ya for leaving her again. They can be mischevious little buggars

[Lindsey]

Tell me about it! Yesterday she pooped in the car on the way to work, pooped at work in the afternoon just as I was taking her out of her crate for exercises, and pooped again on the way home from work We're not sure if she knows she's doing it or not, so we may start expressing that for her too just so we know when it's there and avoid accidents!

I'm sure taking her out in a stroller around town is just going to confirm my "crazy dog lady" status with all the small town gossip, but I don't care too much anymore. I just want Layla to be happy!

[paula1961]

I don't blame ya one bit! Let 'em talk Layla is the most important thing right now!! I think the stroller will be great for her and especially easier for you to transport her in. You can actually take her out for walks which in turn is going to make you happier by being able to get out of the house and still have her with you I hope it comes in very soon!!
I know you take her to work with you but being able to take her out at home will be completely different. I think you'll feel much better.

[judy]

That's so perfect! I hope it comes soon! Screw the neighbors

[Lindsey]

Layla now hasn't progressed at all since Wednesday. The vet said she's still doing good though and she's very happy and "talkative" and everyone knows who she is and everyone stops to say hi when they walk by! That's my girl!

About the laser light therapy... she doesn't feel comfortable doing treatments on Layla because there haven't been enough studies on it. But she said the studies they have done on rats have looked very promising. She said we wouldn't hurt her feelings if we wanted to go for it and went to another vet for the treatments, just as long as we let her know so it's in Layla's file. I have read a lot of stories where laser has helped tremendously in dogs so I'm leaning towards it. I think if I don't try, I'll always wonder if it might have done something. Actually, the college doesn't even have the right kind of laser for this type of cell and nerve stimulation. But lucky for us, there are only TWO of those types of lasers in all of Canada, and one is in Saskatoon! Actually at the same clinic we took Layla for acupuncture while the college vet was gone. So it looks like I may be taking more trips back there again.