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There’s Hope! IVDD Warriors Do Live Years Having Fun

There is good hope for IVDD warriors. Even paralyzed dogs can look forward to many years of play, chasing balls, looking for critters, and going for walks.

Olive is an IVDD warrior

She loves all the different things her family does. She loves the beach. The hope is for all IVDD dogs to have as much fun with their families.

Ruby has been paralyzed since she was 4 years old

With a wheelchair accessory, nothing to stop this gal from joining in on winter activities!

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There is good hope for all IVDD warriors to enjoy years of joining in with family activities. Many dogs do recover the ability to walk anywhere from weeks to a year whether after a surgery or with conservative treatment.

While waiting on more nerve repair to happen, dogs can use a wheelchair to play, have fun chasing balls, looking for critters, and going for walks. Wheelchairs are used for a few hours a day – not all day long. Padded garments help to protect when scooting indoors.

Clark’s wheelchair easily handles new fallen snow. For over a decade of summers his cart has made it possible to walk many a trail enjoying all there is to sniff.

Surgery and conservative treatment answers from a neuro surgeon

Neuro surgeon IVDD answers covers deciding a surgery or conservative treatment, discharge day and living with IVDD.

Hope and Quality of Life for All

Not Sure What To Expect About Quality Of Life?

YES, Your Dog CAN Have a Great Quality of Life!

True success with IVDD is measured by the most important goal of returning your dog to a pain free, happy and full-of-love quality of life after a surgery or from conservative treatment. Should paralysis occur, please know that dogs do not view the lack of ability to walk as a minus as humans do. Dogs adjust to what is and then get on with the business of fully enjoying all that life has to offer until nerves repair! Learn how to rethink things if you are struggling the quality of life question:

Wheelchairs are for living life while waiting on nerve function to return! You never know where life will take you. What is important to dogs is not how to get from point A to B, but that they can!

Clark runs like the wind.

Wheelchair dogs’ first visit to a beach!

Which dog is not like the others?

“The three dogs on the right are all IVDD Survivors! Jake in the cart went down 3.5 years ago. Reggie to his right recovered from his latest bout only a month before this photo was taken last summer. Angel, my darling grand-puppy, was the first to be born with IVDD. I don’t know what I would have done without the knowledge we gained here at Dodgerslist” ~Anne

Cart dog runs with his friends.

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