Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015
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It might be finally more expensive if I do any harm to him. If there is a neurological specialist around here I prefer to examine this soon. I doubt that there is one, but one never knows. Certainly I'll ask for a second or third opinion. What annoyed me and reduced my confidence was that my Vet claimed it would be a waste of time and money to train Charlie. For me this is simply unfounded without a thorough examination.
You don't need to answer this mail. It's just to let you know. With the ladder it is already getting better. He likes this exerciise if I keep it very short for the time being. Same thing when going up and down a stairway of only 3 steps. Alone he does not dare it yet but together with me he does it. So I'm only a bit unsure sometimes, but on the whole I can undoubtedly see progress.
Thanks again for your help!
“If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, then you are a leader” – Rudyard Kipling
What annoyed me and reduced my confidence was that my Vet claimed it would be a waste of time and money to train Charlie.
I think you have proven your vet wrong on this with the things you've accomplished with Charlie already. But vets are only human, too, and can only advise you based on their own training and experience.
Clearly, Charlie has a much better life with you than he would have if you had not taken him in, and the fact that he may have some type of brain damage or other issues that inhibit his ability to learn in what we consider a normal manner does not seem to diminish his quality of life with you.
I agree with Bob's sound advice, and it looks like you got some very helpful links from Cathy and Kristin. Charlie is a very lucky dog to have been adopted by you.
For what it's worth, from a long long way away, and not even seeing the dog.....I would not spend any money on neurological testing or your Charlie.
This is a long standing injury, perhaps the result of hit by car (most common in US). Only physical therapy, of the type recommended here, is likely to help. The dog has learned on his own to "get by", and with you as his ally, he can learn to do the most with what he has.
If his back end is the part mainly not functioning, it is likely the result of injury to the spinal cord or the pelvis and not the brain. A back injury. Brain injury affects ALL the limbs, front and back.
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Thanks so much Cheri and Betty! This is very encouraging for me, because I'm always doubting a bit myself in what I'm doing, as I have not much experience with dogs. About one thing at least I'm certain: Charlie is a happy dog, always crazy about walks or sessions, always coming immediately to me when called, which he did from the very beginning, long time before I started to train send away and recall. What level he will reach is of no importance for me, only as far as it improves the awareness and managing of his body and his selfconfidence.
Cheri, I agree to a certain extent that Vets are only human. Nevertheless I would have expected a better examination, not only looking at him walking and touching a bit. But I will have to live with this and Charlie will learn somehow to use his body better. If I'd believe every statement of a Vet blindly, I would perhaps given up this great dog.
Thanks again so much for your interest and participation!
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Re: How would you train my braindamaged Charlie?
[Re: Bob Scott ]
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