The Yelping!

Thursday March 29th 2007

We were back at ARC tonight for Hydrotherapy. As soon as Bracken walked into the pool area Tom noticed something not quite right. Whilst bracken was being put into the sling for the pool, Shona noticed a little too much play on her leg..........her shoulder was dislocated!
This has been the reason for the yelping and discomfort, if only she could talk. I felt gutted, how long had it been like this?...... well at least since the yelping started.

Bracken is getting around so well that when she gets into any open space she's off at her usual 100mph pace, she's fast, 3 legs or not. Her leg, due to the muscle mass being wasted flops like a rag doll when she runs in the fields and through the woods, it seems a shame to stop her, after all, this is what she knows and has done since a pup. She was even racing Lesley on the horse on Saturday past........not again, I/we need to be more careful.

Tom popped her shoulder back in straight away and got cracking with the Physio. Again Bracken responded well. The minute I got home I could see, again, a big difference in her mobility. She really is trying, flicking the leg forward, putting weight on it, trying her hardest to use it. She comes to you on the sofa, jumps up with her good leg and then slowly but surely raises the other leg up onto your lap. It all stems round the muscle.

We are going to put her on a protein supplement, not too dissimilar to that of a body builder. This will strengthen what muscle there is there and allow her to start using it that little bit more.

As I said a few days ago........its all about patience and we have plenty of it.