FORMER NEIGHBORS/ DOG WHEELS

Went to a meeting yesterday for the "Neighborhood Watch" group. Of course it was actually for a different neighborhood--the one I just left, 2 blocks away. It seems the house all the neighbors are worried about (with complete justification, I might add) were entertained the night before last by a "Drive-by". The police refuse to add "Shooting" to it, even though shots were fired, because no one was hit. I don't know if that is a Cop distinction or a legal one.

There is another house further down on another street that has been complained about. The Cops park their cars-- not plainsclothes cars but their own or something that is even more non-descript--about a block away and watch the house on a fairly daily basis. I spotted them immediately: who sits in a car for a couple of hours watching some guys play basketball a block away? When you drive by on your way to errands and he's sitting there, well ok, but when you come back three hours later and he is still sitting there? Well at least they're trying.
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And Nigel.
Here we are with Llewis with his rogue leg, Cooper with only three, and now Nigel who, basically, has only two.
He has some pain.
He doesn't pee on his own.
He knows when he is pooping but cannot control when it happens.

We built him a 4x4 foot pen (ex-pen) and took down two crates which has caused great consternation among the crateless (Llewis). Nigel is learning to help up in the front by sitting and then when we ask if he is ready, he starts forward. I think the towel we were using to lift his rear was hurting him as he is much less snarky without it.

The belly band is off for now and this was taken whe he was still living in a crate. He has a kind of dazed look frequently, and I don't know if it is the Tramadol or his situation. He does not seem to enjoy being outside. We move him around, into the living room and so on. Since he isn't dribbling pee the incontinence is not a problem. I used to be able to diaper children but I am teling you, the real experts can do a Basset. I cannot.

Again this was before the pen was set up and we were discovering how badly he wanted to lay stretched out (or on his side) but could not in the crate.
It is a very different experience for us and I am anxious to get  his cart but also uncertain: he is such a wuss about new things.
I tell people about the cart and I can see in their eyes the image they are contructing, and I tell them "No matter what you are thinking it looks like, it doesn't. I have actually seen them used but I never thought to examine one. This company, Eddies Wheels, even makes carts for quadraplegic dogs. I cannot imagine how it works but apparently it does.

                                             Nigel says

I SHALL RETURN