Saturday, November 10, 2012

Slinky's new dog sled

Last year we recieved a phone call while on vacation. Our wiener dog Slinky had jumped off a bed, he has always been a daredevil, and after 8 hours he could no longer use his back legs. To make a long story shorter he is a HAPPY, engergetic dog that has no idea his back end no longer functions. He will play fetch for hours, play with the big dogs, take on raccoons in his yard, chase the cat, sleep in bed with us, use ramps, etc etc etc. He has a custom made wheel chair with interchangable wheels and drag bags, these are arms and legs cut from old clothing with leg holes cut into them and to hold his legs up, many with padding for his butt, HE LOVES TO RUN!!!!! He also has many ramps through out the house and outside so he can get up and down the steps to follow us around.
He wanted to go outside but I did not want him to drag his legs in the snow, so I grabbed a 1 gallon milk jug we had just finished and my scissors. With a few holes punched in it on the sides and some t-shirt string, he now has a custom sled that works great. Watch him go!!!!!!There will no stopping him this winter.

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