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Re: Head trauma puppy
Posted by PHRottn on January 26, 2003 at 22:15:34:
In Reply to: Re: Head trauma puppy posted by Petsr4life on January 26, 2003 at 18:36:34:
I haven't had time to check these out, but found a little bit hopefully to help. Bless you and your family for taking and loving this baby.
http://www.eyevet.info/blind.html
http://www.weir.net/~lglass/page5.htm
http://www.outdoorplaces.com/Features/story/blinddog.htm
Well these are just a few of many I found by doing a Web Search using "blind dog".
Good luck and please let us know how things progress.
PHRottn
::I just (two weeks ago) adopted Rusty, a 5-month-old Jack Russell puppy who is recovering from an encounter with a couple of cars. Apparently he dug under a fence, ran into the road and got hit twice. His owner gave him up to the emergency vet hospital. His only visible injury was head trauma - no fractures. He was in a coma for 5 days, and woke up blind and paralyzed. Within a week of waking, he had some vision and was walking. I met him while visiting the vet with a sick turtle, fell in love with him and took him home. My teenagers and I are working with him and he is making amazing progress. He has a very slight head tilt and tends to circle to the right, but he runs, jumps up onto the sofa, comes when called, and loves to cuddle. He has learned to do a quick pirouette to the right to get around to his left when he needs to. His balance is a little shaky, but improving daily. He doesn't bark at all, but we were really excited last week when he started to cry after we put him to bed in his crate for the night. It was the first sound we had heard from him. When we ran back to the kitchen to check on him, we were greeted by his first real tail wag. He has some visual limitations - I'm not really sure how much he sees. He tends to bump into things when he is in an unfamiliar room. The vet thinks he may only have peripheral vision. He doesn't seem to make eye contact the way my other dog does. The other thing we noticed is that he doesn't pick things up the way that most puppies do. He eats and drinks normally, but he can't seem to coordinate his mouth so he can pick up a toy. He chases a thrown toy and touches it with his nose, then opens and closes his mouth as he walks away without the toy.
::What I am wondering is this - does anyone know of any good literature or sites on physical therapy for dogs? We are delighted with his progress and we want to help him to continue to get better. Also, what about obedience school for a pup with his limitations? He is not your typical Jack Russell (at least not yet) but I want him to be as trained as he can be. Any ideas?
::Thanks,
::Shanna
:Shanna...I do not have anything to offer as far as information. I do want to say...Bless you for taking him home and giving him the love and time to be whole again. God surely is smiling knowing one of his precious babies has a new and wonderful forever home. Hug him close to your heart for me. Prayers for continued improvement.
:Pat and the tribe..
:Jake,Sadie and Beaus spirits in my heart forever...
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