Kate H
Well-known member
Several people have mentioned how much their dogs with heart problems miss their walks. I can highly recommend buying a pet stroller/buggy. This enables them to go on walks along with the others and get a change of scene (and different things to sniff!), and if they get tired you can pop them in the buggy. Fastened in, but with the front cover down, they can watch the world go by and be fussed by the people they meet. When Oliver had to have several weeks of rest after his spondylosis was diagnosed, I bought a buggy and it meant he could go everywhere with us but only do little bits of walking - trotting free in the park for a few minutes instead of on lead on pavements. They fold up just like a baby buggy, so are easy to pop into cars - our only problem was trains, negotiating the buggy up steep steps and across wide gaps between train and platform, and then finding space for it in the train was a nightmare; I don't know how mums with small babies manage, though there was usually a kind soul to come to our rescue.
Kate, Oliver and Aled
PS If anyone in the West Midlands area ever needs a buggy for a few weeks, you'd be welcome to borrow ours, as Oliver never uses it now.
Kate, Oliver and Aled
PS If anyone in the West Midlands area ever needs a buggy for a few weeks, you'd be welcome to borrow ours, as Oliver never uses it now.