Today, Bianco had an appointment with Dr Tan for his follow up as its been about 2 wks since his last review. Following that, accupuncture with Dr Oh.
Dr Tan said tat Bianco has gotten back most of his neuro system back since he has been using his right hind to scratch his ears. The only thing is to get him to work on his strength and motor skills on standing and bending his hind legs, which till now, isn't really quite up to it.
Dr Tan also said that to tune a dog's mentality vs that of a human is different. First is the level of understanding between a human and a dog. He gave an example that if a human is paralyze, you can tell that person to try to move his legs. This person will then try to use his brains to give instructions to move his legs. Whereas a dog can never understand or even comprehend such complexity of instructions.
The other thing that Dr Tan mentioned was that his concern is Bianco being too comfortable with his surroundings and also his crawling that he is contented. As such, he will not push himself to try to walk and perhaps may even forget what walking is all about and how it is being done.
It was really a wake up call for me when Dr Tan said that as I know that Bianco is pretty comfortable where he is now but to forget how walking is being done? I mean, someone like me who does not have any experience.. how should I handle Bianco and fine tune him to try using his hind legs? As it is, he is getting lazy for sure. Each time when I stand him on all fours, he'll use his front legs to push himself back and then goes into a seating position.
We have also tried standing Bianco elevated. We'll prop his top half on a stool and force him to use his hind legs to support the rest of his body weight. It is tiring, but at least it will help him to gain some muscles over time.
Dr Tan suggested putting Bianco back to hydrotherapy. He said that Bianco is not a swimmer but with most cases, dogs who go through hydrotherapy, recoveres faster. Only thing is that Bianco is known to be a lazy swimmer.
After the review with Dr Tan, Bianco went for his accupuncture. We spoke to Dr Oh about Dr Tan's suggestion to put Bianco thru hydrotherapy, but Dr Oh thinks otherwise. He feels that its too early for Bianco to try walking, as it will take about 6wks for him to get himself in place. He told us to give the little fella more time, as he is still confident that Bianco will start to walk. He is still confident that Bianco is stronger on his left hind compared to his right, but I still think otherwise. I'm still quite puzzled why he thinks that Bianco's left hind is stronger. Perhaps time will tell.
Bianco went through the accupuncture with ease and was resting throughout. Dr Oh used some low heat treatment and it caused Bianco to pant.
While waiting for payment to be made, we were chatting with this lady whos dog came for accupuncture as well. Usually when we meet other owners with dogs in the same situation, we'll exchange some info on what happened etc and how we are handling our furry ones back home.
She told us that her sis boyfriend bought her dog out for a walk. He came across a drain and jumped across it. However, not realizing that the dog has limited jumping ability, he made her dog jump across the drain too. As the drain was rather wide, her dog, a cross of maltese and shih tzu, didn't manage to jump across, fell into the drain.
The next day, she was wondering why her dog couldn't control the bladder despite being toilet trained and the 2nd day, was in total paralysis. She told us that the first sign of paralysis, as mentioned by the vet is that the animal will lose control of the bladder.
Since the incident, she also started accupuncture sessions and was hoping that it'll help her dog as well.... (haiz.. the ignorance of some ppl, to cause such unnecessary misfortune to the animal and the owner)
After everything, we went to Holland V to leave Tequila with Pet Lovers Centre for grooming. Knowing our experience, they really ensure that Tequila is well taken care of. We headed for the XO fish slice noodles and Bianco had a jolly good time eating the fish from the noodles. While waiting for Tequila, we went to Coffee Bean to have some coffee and as usual, Bianco in his pram attracted some stares.
When we went to pick Tequila up, we were introduced to get a product called 4 Life, which is good for the animals as it'll help to boost their immune system and also help their body to easily absorb all the nutrients from the food that they eat. As I haven't heard about it, I just took a trial pack, which costs me $20.50 (and can only last me a week!) Am now trying it.. so will update my review on this product a wk or so later :) .. but in the meanwhile.. will try to read up on this product and what are the benefits when consumed.
Website: www.4life.com
At the end of the day, Bianco was totally knocked out from the tiredness and was sleeping in the car all the way back home.
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