Check out Dandy! This is the boy who would shake and shudder. He's now blossoming into a curious "I''m willing to give it a try" boy! This was a totally new piece of equipment for Dandy and as you will see with some patience and care Dandy is an amazing boy. Not to mention a sweet rattie who's legs now often bend like a normal dog. This was a ton of work for Dandy, something that looks so simple yet there was lots of confidence building, trust building and working his body in a way that he could "feel" his back legs.
The ladder was turned on it's back to start out. Dandy isn't so sure about the height, spacing of the bars and of the legs sticking up. He's also sorting out the feeling his back legs with the hock wraps. You can see he needs to relieve his concern but, he comes back to give it another try. Lori has a ton of patience with Dandy and he knows this so he doesn't feel pressure of doing it wrong or that he's going to be forced to do what we want him to do.
This video was 4-5 minutes after the video above - pretty amazing.
Stepping it up a notch and you can see Dandy isn't so sure about us turning the ladder over. We were talking wondering if it was too high...
we all decide to give it another try. When Dandy is worried (that corner was the worry) he can forget that his body can move so, a gentle touch awakens his foot, reminding him that it moves. Good boy Dandy!
This is about 2 mintues after the above video. The hoc wraps come off and the half wrap comes back on - a whole different experince for Dandy.
Another couple of minutes and he's a master of the ladder! One thing about the half wrap is that it can slide down a rub his penis which he's not a fan of - can't say I blame him.
the wrap is removed and up the ramp to the table for bodywork!
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