"Mindy" physio exercises 24th july.

Physio with Mindy

I thought you might like to see what "Physio" stuff Mindy is up too!
I hadn't put all this altogether in one session before, Mindy has along with Harry and Sennen and any other pup that pops in for training already walked on most of these surfaces before as pups.

Mindy had been walking on a few bits of different surfaces over the past two weeks, wood, grass, shavings, plastic, so just added a few others, Elaine reminded me about bubble wrap and I added the flat tunnel plastic, wood, plastic fencing, foam filled plastic cover, sound proofing out of the disco, ladder (first time) odd bit of material, fleece blanket, roofing felt, cardboard box and tin filled with sand...(thanks Tamsin for that idea) weave poles and a tin.

This session lasted 10 mins, which I'm not sure was too long in one go, although as she was being fed treats all the way around, she didn't seem to get bored and when I stopped she would merrier go off to stand on something for more food! But I swooped this session with one of her 3 x 10 min walks, so maybe I have answered my own question!?
Elaine also suggested maybe better to use cones and poles rather than a ladder as it has a bit more give in it, so perhaps I'll put the ladder away for a few more weeks as I don't have any cones, unless some of you guys want to lend me some !
The session I videoed was from yesterday, Sunday and today is 3 weeks since her operation, she starts the treadmill tomorrow and Thursday she will be having a session of ttouch, if Shona Moon can get near her!

Sennen met Sennen Cove this week!

Ian even posed..... the once!!

Sennen meets Sennen Cove, well almost they (dogs) aren't allowed on the beach!

Ian had a week off work, this past week, so we had a couple of days out, then Ian set too working around the place, hopefully the "Discos" will be moving on to their new homes, getting fed up at looking at them out the kitchen window and I think Ian is too, whoop whoop!!!!

Sennen "go-on work"

I had forgotten you hadn't seen this, videoed it in June a few days after I had hurt my back (and just before Mindy hurting her's) and was I missing a weekend show....pig sick!
anyway I think she did great considering she was going to a dead toy and I couldn't run, no bottom shuffling waits here at this house !!!!!

"Mindy" so here she is...

Remember to play the music from the video below at the same time!

The Association - Windy (1967)

play along with Mindys video...made me smile, thanks Sue for finding this for us xx

"Mindy" update 3

She's doing great, eating food and bones from the floor, she wants to play with her toys, so we are being rather careful and just roll the ball to her, but she has started picking that up and running (running not quite) off with it and throwing it around and bouncing on it! she's walking down a few steps now and sometime up them, just the ones going into the house (we live in a Bungalow) she cant jump on the sofa, but has beaten us to getting off, she turns in circles without falling over now, she has had her stitches out a couple of days now and the vet was really pleased with her, but did point out she still has a long way to go (like we don't know) hopefully start the water tread mill soon and thinking about getting someone in to do the ttouch as I'm not sure whether I'm doing it right, although I am sure Mindy may very well put up a fight re some strange person trying to touch her feet!

I started last week to take her down to the veggy patch, so she could roam around eating grass, lying in the sun or just mooching around with out her harness on, whilst I weeded and watered etc....

This week have started to take her down the lane for her 10 min walk, just somewhere different, she is struggling a bit now about being carried everywhere, she was good, but now she wants to be down on the floor and doing stuff....

Started to do a bit of clicker training with her whilst doing her physio, so getting her to lift a back leg and balance with it etc...

She has started to put on some weight now too.

And we have started using Harry's "Back on track coat"...well you never know, it worked for Harry!