Forgive me guys as I have been so busy it has been like a big dream! Non stop doing something from training dogs, buying a truck, kid racing, kid voting, you name it, I have prolly done it these past few weeks.Oh, forgot, was sick on top of all that too!
Anyway, I just have to share because soooo many of you were there throughout my whole ordel with Daizy.
As you know or may have heard, she was finally diagnosed with the cerebellum ataxia. That stupid mutant gene??!! ANYWAY, I didn't give up. I kept her, and yes prolly out of my own greed. I continued to ask questions to everyone, and seek advice until my desk at home is piled 5 feet high with literature on everything that causes wobbly dog to bobbing and motorskills.
After ALMOST giving up, Daizy has made a remarkable progression. I am not lieing......she can walk from the back yard to the house through a door opened about 10 inches without falling or touching it. She has taught herself to completly sit without falling. She has started to stand, legs splayed, but for longer periods of time then ever before. She raraely falls, and if she does it is only in the house on the slick tile, not outside or on the patio. 2 nights ago she tried to run, it was comical, but she was doing it!
Dont get me wrong she still resembles a drunken sailor, but sooooo much better, prolly 85% better then she ever was.
She is miss independant now, only time she even lets us help her is for food and water. She runs if she thinks we are gonna pick her up.
So, this cannot be the mutant gene the nuerologist suspected, because the disease is always fatal(calls for euth.) Being she has made soooooooooooooo much progress, eliminates that as being a problem.
Also, the thought that maybe she caught a virus that destroyed her motor skills as an infant fails as well, because the vet says if that was the case, she would never learn to compensate-which she is doing.
She looks at her front legs while walking as if she is telling them what to do, and her goose stepping is subsiding as well.
Wierd fact~~~~~She still has puppy breath-alot. Isn't that strange considering the others have been gone for weeks!
They are 15 weeks old today.
Anyway, just wanted to fill you all in. Im seriously believeing that maybe Dixie injured her as a baby accidentally. She was always stepping on them or something!
Also, a quick cute thing that happened. I was cooking brocolli last night and dropped a few peices. Cato and Chocy grabbed them, and Dixie grabbed the biggest peice(they hover between my legs while cooking) and the pups ate theirs, Dixie took her piece into the LR and gave it to Daizy......AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Also, Daizy had a scuba mask she was chewing on and shouldnt have been. She got the strap around her head, and looked up at me. It was on her, I laughed so hard, too bad I didnt have a camera handy! Now we call her Scuba Daizy!
Anyway, I just have to share because soooo many of you were there throughout my whole ordel with Daizy.
As you know or may have heard, she was finally diagnosed with the cerebellum ataxia. That stupid mutant gene??!! ANYWAY, I didn't give up. I kept her, and yes prolly out of my own greed. I continued to ask questions to everyone, and seek advice until my desk at home is piled 5 feet high with literature on everything that causes wobbly dog to bobbing and motorskills.
After ALMOST giving up, Daizy has made a remarkable progression. I am not lieing......she can walk from the back yard to the house through a door opened about 10 inches without falling or touching it. She has taught herself to completly sit without falling. She has started to stand, legs splayed, but for longer periods of time then ever before. She raraely falls, and if she does it is only in the house on the slick tile, not outside or on the patio. 2 nights ago she tried to run, it was comical, but she was doing it!
Dont get me wrong she still resembles a drunken sailor, but sooooo much better, prolly 85% better then she ever was.
She is miss independant now, only time she even lets us help her is for food and water. She runs if she thinks we are gonna pick her up.
So, this cannot be the mutant gene the nuerologist suspected, because the disease is always fatal(calls for euth.) Being she has made soooooooooooooo much progress, eliminates that as being a problem.
Also, the thought that maybe she caught a virus that destroyed her motor skills as an infant fails as well, because the vet says if that was the case, she would never learn to compensate-which she is doing.
She looks at her front legs while walking as if she is telling them what to do, and her goose stepping is subsiding as well.
Wierd fact~~~~~She still has puppy breath-alot. Isn't that strange considering the others have been gone for weeks!
They are 15 weeks old today.
Anyway, just wanted to fill you all in. Im seriously believeing that maybe Dixie injured her as a baby accidentally. She was always stepping on them or something!
Also, a quick cute thing that happened. I was cooking brocolli last night and dropped a few peices. Cato and Chocy grabbed them, and Dixie grabbed the biggest peice(they hover between my legs while cooking) and the pups ate theirs, Dixie took her piece into the LR and gave it to Daizy......AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Also, Daizy had a scuba mask she was chewing on and shouldnt have been. She got the strap around her head, and looked up at me. It was on her, I laughed so hard, too bad I didnt have a camera handy! Now we call her Scuba Daizy!
