She looks very cute in her new pink cart!
Jellybean gets his first Wheels
One nice lady donated our Critter Wheels to a rescued bunny called Jellybean. He was snatched from his owner's backyard and was beaten. Thanks to the wonderful people at North Texas Rabbit Sanctuary, Jellybean now has great life.
First Step in Dog Wheelchair
This is a video taken by our dog wheelchair builder, Tracie, who went to their house to do the first fitting in person! Great start!
Dog Marketplace Exclusive: Move It or Lose It
We were one of the retailers that were featured in the following article on Pet Product News!
Dog Marketplace Exclusive: Move It or Lose It
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Dog Marketplace Exclusive: Move It or Lose It
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Wysong Vs Nestle / Purina
Wysong was under attack on use of probiotic by Nestle. Unbelievable accusation...
Wysong Pet Food Commercial -- Does America Owe An Apology To Its Pets?
Wysong pet foods are designed to provide what a dog likely to eat in the wild. We have Wysong foods available at our website. Check out at http://www.seniorpetcareproducts.com/Wysong_Archetype_TNT_Processed_Raw_Food_p/pro-wy004.htm
Now, we are official distributor of Flint River Ranch pet foods!
Labor Day Weekend Sale!
Take advantage of this weekend sale! Use coupon code: Laborday at check out for 20% discount on entire order. Please note that the discount does not apply to dog wheelchair items. The sale end September 6, midnight CST.
Meet Ella from England
This is what Ella's mom sent us:
Hi!
Received letter from Royal Mail on Friday morning inviting me to collect stroller from depot in my home city - annoyingly, was working miles away all day so couldn't collect until Saturday morning!
All proved much easier than I expected re customs payment etc - just paid Royal Mail on collection.
Took package home to one very excited Labrador - who couldn't believe here eyes when stroller was assembled in back garden.
Didn't take much encouraging to get inside - and she insisted on staying there for a good 15 mins while I tidied away all the packaging!
We then set off with my mum, Christine, for a wonderful day in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon - armed with a camera to capture you the promised pics (see attached - have sent other via seaparate e-mail - to reduce memory).
Ella hasn't travelled so far around the town for years - I've had to pay for expensive town centre parking to get her to a cafe, sit and have a coffee a tiny wander and then home. Thanks to the stroller, we were there all day!
It's quite literally changed our lives! Now Ella can travel further - and so can we. More fun for all!
Re the pic taken outside Shakespeare's Birthplace - reckon there should be a caption: "To travel or not to travel, that is the question". Incidentally, the church pic is where Shakespeare was buried.
As for the stroller itself - what great value for money, very solid and well-built. Another of the reasons mum and I were in Stratford for so long was that we spent ages being stopped by people wanting to know where they could get a stroller for their own dogs - they'd never seen anything like it.
Every time we use the stroller, it lifts our spirits - since so many well-meaning, sympathetic people begin chatting to us!
I can't begin to say how grateful I am for all your help - as I said, you've helped change our lives dramatically. I've just booked another sea-side break for Ella and me at the end of August - will be just like old times thanks to her new wheels!
Must dash - have a stroller to push!
Kind regards,
AMANDA GARNER.
Pet Stroller is a great way to take your senior dog for a long outing. Your dog can enjoy the view, fresh air, and most of all to accompany you to spend more quality time together!
Peanut and her new cart!
This is Peanut and her sister, Ziva from OR. Peanut was born with spinal deformity that unable her to straighten her spine. Her mom wanted to have her some freedom, and decided to purchase a dog wheelchair from us.
Her spine is curved and fixed this way...
And this is the resulted and modified cart for Peanut to completely match her spinal curving!
Here is what Peanut's mom sent us...
OMG.....thank you so much for such a nice kart for Peanut!!! It fits her nicely. I had her to stand in it for 30 minutes yesterday - having a piece of cheese in my hand to temp her..........Peanut did GREAT!! With a lot of work I bet I can get her to move around on her own in the near future.
Please thank everyone for me that help with Peanut's kart. And again thank you for all your help.
Queenie's June 2009 VST Seminar Photos
Look how Queenie's doing so well in her favorite sports of tracking! Pictures courtesy of Queenie's mom, Dolores. Thank you, Dolores, for sharing these precious pictures!
Sassy has gone to the Rainbow Bridge..
Sassy, one of our customer's Pug that was rescued from a puppy mill, has crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. Her mom told us that the puppy mill made her extremely overweight for breeding purpose, to the point where there were no typical "Pug wrinkles" seen on her. She did very well with her new dog wheelchair as soon as she started to use, and enjoyed freedom of mobility for a brief period of time. Here is what her mom told us in her email:
Hello,
I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that Sassy has gone on to the Rainbow Bridge to be with all my other furred and feathered babies. I had to release her from this place; she got to the point where all she did was drag herself across the floor and cry cause she could not keep up with the other dogs. She wasn't in any pain, just frustrated cause her back legs wouldn't hold her up anymore. I wanted you to know how much she loved the wheelchair. When I got her harness out , she would talk and whine and go as fast as she could to the door. When I got her outside, she could ZOOM everywhere, she was so happy. Her little pug face would light up like a Christmas tree.It gave her the freedom that she had not had in months.
She is now having the time of her life, at the Bridge, running her little legs off with no issues of limping, wobbling or collapsing. Thank you for giving her a taste of what her new life would be like and letting me see the happiness on her face. She is at peace now, I will always love her and miss her so much.
We'd like you all to take a moment to pray for Sassy, and thought about how human greediness produced such a inhumane practice of puppy mills...
Blog from Queenie from NJ's mom
I am Queenie's mom. I live alone so do not have anyone who can take a picture of Queenie and I together. Maybe when her tracking classes start again I will have the instructor take one of the two of us. This blog is kind of long because I wanted to tell everyone why she needed her leg amputated.
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone. Queenie is a very active 12 year old female Siberian Husky. At the end of January I noticed her limping back to the car after one of her tracking classes. The next day I went to the vet who told me he thought he felt a mass by her rear left leg. I needed to bring her back the following morning so that he could sedate her to take some x-rays. When I picked her up that evening he told me there definitely was an unidentifiable mass by her knee so he was going to send the x-rays to a radiologist and would have the results by Friday morning.
I took her home and brought her up and down the steps to go outside whenever she needed to relieve herself with a towel supporting her so she wouldn't put too much weight on the leg. I did this all day Wednesday. On Thursday when I brought her out in the morning, she slipped on a piece of ice I did not notice and fell flat on her stomach. When I picked her up with the towel she was screaming with pain. I got her to my minivan and lifted a 51 pound dog by myself (my adrenalin must really have kicked in) into the car. I drove to the vet who took x-rays and said that she had fractured her femur. I then drove with her to a second vet for a second opinion but he too confirmed that she fractured her femur. When I asked if a cast could be put on it he gently told me that he couldn't because the bone around the knee was starting to disintegrate and unfortunately would need to be amputated. I then had to travel to the orthopedic surgeon of course crying all the way. But when they put Queenie on the back seat of the minivan with the car seatbelt just over her, I needed to stop twice on the side of the road because she was wiggling her way out of the seatbelt (broken femur and all) to try to sit up next to me.
I got to the surgeon's office and he told me about the procedure and I made it a point to mention to him that she was a diabetic. He then, as gently as possible told me that might make the surgery a little complicated because the surgery itself is a drastic one and the diabetes might cause havoc to her system. I brought my other dog, a female German Shephard Dog who is 12 year old but three months Queenie's junior to the hospital to visit with Queenie before her surgery which was going to cost me $3,800.
Friday I was "on pins and needles" the whole day until the surgeon called me at about 3:30PM to tell me that she came through the surgery fine and was now resting. That was a big relief for me. That evening I called the hospital to see how she was doing. The girl who answered the phone said she needed to put the OR Tech on the phone. While I was on hold all these thoughts were going through my head, she had a turn for the worst, she will not be coming home at all, etc. When the tech got on the phone she said that they have performed several amputations over the years and they always needed to practically lift the dogs up to get the sling under them to take them for a walk. She then said that with Queenie, as soon as she was coming out of anesthesia she was trying to get up on her remaining leg and every time she saw them coming toward her cage with the sling she was already up on the leg waiting to get out. They were really surprised at how well she did taking into consideration her age and her diabetes. She was such a determined dog. She just couldn't wait to go home and see her roommate Lady, the German Shephard. I picked her up Monday evening and she practically pulled me down the ramp to get to the car. When she got home she continued to progress in her walking or should I say running.
She used to take part in the sport of tracking and I couldn't wait to get her back into it again. For those of you that do not know about the sport it is where a glove is placed by a person laying a track at the beginning. That person then walks a certain pattern at first dropping treats along the way but as the dog progresses, lessens up on the amount of treats. At the end of the track they put down another glove. The owner needs to bring the dog up to the beginning glove and let them sniff it. Then the dog is on their own. They follow the scent of the person who laid the track all the way to the end where they find the ending glove. Queenie loves this sport so much that when she had her amputation her tracking instructor asked if I ever heard about wheelchairs for dogs. I told her I didn't but then went online and boy am I glad I found this website. The first time I put Queenie in her wheelchair she did not want to walk around in my yard so I took her for a walk down my street to a park around the corner. Well, she started out by my left side but by the time we got to the corner she was at the end of her six foot leash. I an really glad that I taught her left and right turns because I yelled out for her to make a right and was only able to catch up to her because her wheel got stuck behind a big tree. Once I got her wheel back on the grass she was on the go again. Without her wheelchair she runs around the yard about 45 miles an hour for about 10 or 15 minutes and then rests for about 30 minutes. In her wheelchair she can be constantly on the go until I take her out of it. She really loves it and seems to get excited whenever she sees me putting it into the car.
Dolores & Queenie from NJ
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone. Queenie is a very active 12 year old female Siberian Husky. At the end of January I noticed her limping back to the car after one of her tracking classes. The next day I went to the vet who told me he thought he felt a mass by her rear left leg. I needed to bring her back the following morning so that he could sedate her to take some x-rays. When I picked her up that evening he told me there definitely was an unidentifiable mass by her knee so he was going to send the x-rays to a radiologist and would have the results by Friday morning.
I took her home and brought her up and down the steps to go outside whenever she needed to relieve herself with a towel supporting her so she wouldn't put too much weight on the leg. I did this all day Wednesday. On Thursday when I brought her out in the morning, she slipped on a piece of ice I did not notice and fell flat on her stomach. When I picked her up with the towel she was screaming with pain. I got her to my minivan and lifted a 51 pound dog by myself (my adrenalin must really have kicked in) into the car. I drove to the vet who took x-rays and said that she had fractured her femur. I then drove with her to a second vet for a second opinion but he too confirmed that she fractured her femur. When I asked if a cast could be put on it he gently told me that he couldn't because the bone around the knee was starting to disintegrate and unfortunately would need to be amputated. I then had to travel to the orthopedic surgeon of course crying all the way. But when they put Queenie on the back seat of the minivan with the car seatbelt just over her, I needed to stop twice on the side of the road because she was wiggling her way out of the seatbelt (broken femur and all) to try to sit up next to me.
I got to the surgeon's office and he told me about the procedure and I made it a point to mention to him that she was a diabetic. He then, as gently as possible told me that might make the surgery a little complicated because the surgery itself is a drastic one and the diabetes might cause havoc to her system. I brought my other dog, a female German Shephard Dog who is 12 year old but three months Queenie's junior to the hospital to visit with Queenie before her surgery which was going to cost me $3,800.
Friday I was "on pins and needles" the whole day until the surgeon called me at about 3:30PM to tell me that she came through the surgery fine and was now resting. That was a big relief for me. That evening I called the hospital to see how she was doing. The girl who answered the phone said she needed to put the OR Tech on the phone. While I was on hold all these thoughts were going through my head, she had a turn for the worst, she will not be coming home at all, etc. When the tech got on the phone she said that they have performed several amputations over the years and they always needed to practically lift the dogs up to get the sling under them to take them for a walk. She then said that with Queenie, as soon as she was coming out of anesthesia she was trying to get up on her remaining leg and every time she saw them coming toward her cage with the sling she was already up on the leg waiting to get out. They were really surprised at how well she did taking into consideration her age and her diabetes. She was such a determined dog. She just couldn't wait to go home and see her roommate Lady, the German Shephard. I picked her up Monday evening and she practically pulled me down the ramp to get to the car. When she got home she continued to progress in her walking or should I say running.
She used to take part in the sport of tracking and I couldn't wait to get her back into it again. For those of you that do not know about the sport it is where a glove is placed by a person laying a track at the beginning. That person then walks a certain pattern at first dropping treats along the way but as the dog progresses, lessens up on the amount of treats. At the end of the track they put down another glove. The owner needs to bring the dog up to the beginning glove and let them sniff it. Then the dog is on their own. They follow the scent of the person who laid the track all the way to the end where they find the ending glove. Queenie loves this sport so much that when she had her amputation her tracking instructor asked if I ever heard about wheelchairs for dogs. I told her I didn't but then went online and boy am I glad I found this website. The first time I put Queenie in her wheelchair she did not want to walk around in my yard so I took her for a walk down my street to a park around the corner. Well, she started out by my left side but by the time we got to the corner she was at the end of her six foot leash. I an really glad that I taught her left and right turns because I yelled out for her to make a right and was only able to catch up to her because her wheel got stuck behind a big tree. Once I got her wheel back on the grass she was on the go again. Without her wheelchair she runs around the yard about 45 miles an hour for about 10 or 15 minutes and then rests for about 30 minutes. In her wheelchair she can be constantly on the go until I take her out of it. She really loves it and seems to get excited whenever she sees me putting it into the car.
Dolores & Queenie from NJ
Introducing Queenie from NJ!
Here is one special Husky named Queenie from NJ. She and her mom, Dolores, are in wonderful non-competitive sports called tracking despite the fact that she's diabetic, which caused amputation of one of her rear legs. Since Queenie's story is very interesting and inspiring, we invited her mom, Dolores, to share Queenie's story on our blog space. We know for sure that Queenie's enjoying a life in her wheelchair!
Welcome to All Senior & Disabled Dog Owners!
This space is created for our customers, as well as all the other senior and disabled dog owners on the net! If you'd like to participate in this blog posting, please send request to sales@seniorpetcareproducts.com for invitation.
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