Shadow refuses to even try and walk, at first Bill made him a wooden thing with the swivel wheels, but it was too high so we worked on a cart for him and all he wants to do is lay down. At first we had it like a regular cart, but then used wood to add 2 swivel rollers in front so he couldn’t lay down. He still refuses even when I hold out a treat so now I’m thinking it might be too narrow so we are going to move the front wheels back so he wont feel trapped and shorten it.

This is getting very frustrating because someone has to sleep downstairs with him otherwise he’d bark and whine all night. I can’t put the muzzle on him for long periods of time so we go in shifts. I go to bed and then when Bill comes up I go down and sleep in the recliner next to Shadow. We are also going through those piddle pads like crazy. We were getting all of our dog supplies at the pet store, but found a cheaper place for the piddle pads.

We now buy the dollar store brand because we can get 18 for 5 bucks and we buy them all out as soon as they come in. I tried toddler training pants at first and then I bought expensive special doggy diapers and neither work well for Shadow. I even tried diapering him up with the piddle pads and safety pins, but that didn’t work either. I was thinking about trying some of those depends on him, but I’m sure the clerk will think they’re for me. Oh, well who cares I might need them someday myself although I certainly hope not.

I keep hoping he will just get up and walk, but the longer he lays there the weaker in the backside he seems to get, although he does turn him self around with his front paws. I’m seriously wondering if it might be a mental thing after his fall because for 2 days he did walk some and even went outside to do his business, but that was it and he hasn’t tried since. I wonder if the dog whisperer would make a house call, probably not besides I wouldn’t be able to afford him.

I think next week we are going to take him to a different vet because I have no clue if the one I’ve used for years even knows anything besides how to give shots. I know I should have taken out pet insurance years ago for an emergency like this, but I certainly wasn’t anticipating something this drastic. If anyone knows of anyone that has a real dog wheelchair for a medium sized dog that isn’t in use anymore I would certainly consider buying it at a reasonable price because I can’t afford a new one.