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That is just beautiful. I love it! I want to adopt a senior dog, but given that I"m doing dog sports and my dog (and even the kitten) is fairly rambunctious it's just not a good idea. Dog strollers are great! A former coworker used to have one in NYC and would "walk" her Maine Coon Cat in it across the Brooklyn Bridge. Such fun!
Screw the naysayers. Obviously they are of a narrow-minded bent.
I've been walking my pup in a stroller for two years now. At first, I was a little self-conscious about it. Now, I could totally care less. My blind, walking-challenged Dachshund comes to life when it's walk time. That's all that matters to me. I'm giving her a good, happy life.
Hey, my dog is only about a year and a half old and I haul (all 80lbs of) him around in a bike trailer all the time! I love the reactions when people realize there's a dog inside the cart instead.
We recently adopted a 14-year old pug mix from the shelter, she really didn't move around or respond while in the kennel and no one had expressed any interest in her. I was told by the workers that she had more or less lost the will to live, so I basically took her home to have a comfortable place to be until died. Her back legs wouldn't let her walk very far, like as in not from our front door to the street, so we had to leave her in the house whenever we walked the other dogs. She would watch as we left, sometimes whimper, and looked so depressed it broke my heart.
So after reaching ways to help her I ended up getting a dog stroller. Boy, oh, boy talk about a game changer. At first she just laid there but once she figured out what was going on she sat up and started looking around tail thumping. Now she gets excited every time we start getting the leashes out. Ever since we started using it it's as if she has been given a new lease on life.
However....... man, oh, man do the neighbors ever give us grief over it. Even strangers walking their own dogs do. LOL - I feel like putting a sign on it saying "elderly disabled dog on board"
At any rate, it was an excellent investment for her.
Awesome story! Thanks for being there for this old girl. What a happy life to live to the end with caring people like you to adopt her.
WHO cares what the neighbors think! I think it's awesome!
Hey, my dog is only about a year and a half old and I haul (all 80lbs of) him around in a bike trailer all the time! I love the reactions when people realize there's a dog inside the cart instead.
I know some one with a black lab that hauls her around the same way you do your dog. He brings her to the dog park that way or takes her to the beach that way. Great exercise for him. They have passed me and the dogs when we are walking and my dogs always watch her roll by with a some what amazed look while she sits in her trailer like the queen.
I think you are wonderful...because you adopted her & because of how happy you are making her.
My girl Sable had congestive heart failure & I purchased a wagon from Amazon to take her on walks...it arrived on August 5, the day after she died. We never got to take that walk.
Hey, my dog is only about a year and a half old and I haul (all 80lbs of) him around in a bike trailer all the time! I love the reactions when people realize there's a dog inside the cart instead.
Me, too!
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I'll be honest, I usually roll my eyes when I see animals in strollers unless it is an older person. But, at the end of the day it's not my business and at least their dog or cat is restrained.
We recently adopted a 14-year old pug mix from the shelter, she really didn't move around or respond while in the kennel and no one had expressed any interest in her. I was told by the workers that she had more or less lost the will to live, so I basically took her home to have a comfortable place to be until died. Her back legs wouldn't let her walk very far, like as in not from our front door to the street, so we had to leave her in the house whenever we walked the other dogs. She would watch as we left, sometimes whimper, and looked so depressed it broke my heart.
So after reaching ways to help her I ended up getting a dog stroller. Boy, oh, boy talk about a game changer. At first she just laid there but once she figured out what was going on she sat up and started looking around tail thumping. Now she gets excited every time we start getting the leashes out. Ever since we started using it it's as if she has been given a new lease on life.
However....... man, oh, man do the neighbors ever give us grief over it. Even strangers walking their own dogs do. LOL - I feel like putting a sign on it saying "elderly disabled dog on board"
At any rate, it was an excellent investment for her.
This sweet baby crossed the rainbow bridge today. She ended up living around an extra two years. I hope she is running painfree on fluffy clouds now.
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