We have 2 senior dogs, Rex and Buster.
Rex is a 16 year old Duck Tolling Retriever who was diagnosed with Degenerative Disk Disease, and also has a great case of arthritis, spondylosis and bad hips... he was also diagnosed with cognitive dysfunction disorder (doggie dementia- which is kind of funny since he used to be able to turn the handles of doors, let himself out, climb the fence, run around to the front door and ring the door bell... ) We've treated Rex with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and it made a significant impact on him cognitively - at least from our perspective - We haven't done a follow up MRI to see what it looks like inside now. Rex's current condition is that he can not stand on his own. He can not walk, he can't flip himself over, and he can't sit up on his own without help being propped up. He CAN eat like a champ, but he has been leaning his head on his water and food bowls unable to lift his head high enough to be fed.. and unless you have a Quesadilla, Cheeseburger, or something else delicious, he requests that you hand feed him!!!
He's been doing physical therapy, getting acupuncture and taking Chinese herbs and when needed he's been given some gabapentin. Since he has liver cirrhosis (which HBOT helped out with !) we're hesitant to put him on a lot of medications so we thought we'd give the Assisi Loop a try.
Buster is a 14 year old Shepherd Akita Mix, he put on quite a bit of weight after one of our other pups crossed over last year and developed some really bad arthritis and bone spurs in his read hips and he also has spondylosis in his back. He does well on Gabapentin BUT he walks around drunk and steps on Rex, falls off the dog ramp, falls over and can't always get up.. and when he's taken Gabapentin, no matter what time he took it, he becomes a night walker and sleeps all day. He seems to have some consistent pain through out the day when he's awake. He's ok walking around, but as soon as he lays down it seems to hurt and he pants again until he falls asleep. So we thought we'd try the Assisi Loop on Buster too...
.... and today ... they arrived in the mail!
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| Rex |
Rex is a 16 year old Duck Tolling Retriever who was diagnosed with Degenerative Disk Disease, and also has a great case of arthritis, spondylosis and bad hips... he was also diagnosed with cognitive dysfunction disorder (doggie dementia- which is kind of funny since he used to be able to turn the handles of doors, let himself out, climb the fence, run around to the front door and ring the door bell... ) We've treated Rex with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and it made a significant impact on him cognitively - at least from our perspective - We haven't done a follow up MRI to see what it looks like inside now. Rex's current condition is that he can not stand on his own. He can not walk, he can't flip himself over, and he can't sit up on his own without help being propped up. He CAN eat like a champ, but he has been leaning his head on his water and food bowls unable to lift his head high enough to be fed.. and unless you have a Quesadilla, Cheeseburger, or something else delicious, he requests that you hand feed him!!!
He's been doing physical therapy, getting acupuncture and taking Chinese herbs and when needed he's been given some gabapentin. Since he has liver cirrhosis (which HBOT helped out with !) we're hesitant to put him on a lot of medications so we thought we'd give the Assisi Loop a try.
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| Buster |
.... and today ... they arrived in the mail!
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