| Re: treadmill, underwater
Just a thought.....You can also buy the largest kiddie wading pool you can find, and fill it to your desired length on her leg. Try to get one about 10 feet in diameter so you can walk her in circles, which are used in physial therapy land programs to increase weight bearing (and thus muscle mass). The leg on the "inside" of the circle would be the one the weight bearing was forced on. When we did this, we started off doing two circles in each direction and increased to 20 each direction, with rest in between. I would get in the wading pool with him and make him walk along the edge (to ensure he was doing 10 foot circles). We found his wading pool at Walmart, it was bright blue with yellow duckies. On alternate days we walked hills. Before every meal he worked up to as many 20 sit-to-stand transistions, then stand-to-sits using slow, controlled motion (no "plopping down" of the rear- physically guide them if need be). This program really helped one of my dogs build up his weak rear and reverse atrophy.
Cheers,
Doofie's Mom  |