Babybear on the move again.
 

Hi All you Wonderful Furparents:
This is me Babybear again. Just letting you all know mom took me out today for a long walk about 45 minutes. And I wanted to tell you my Dogster page has new video on it wiff me walking wiffout a leash. Yippee. If you check it out mom would like to know if anyone has any idea's how to get me to go right in me cart. Mom talked to Eddie's wheels and they said I may not be able to go right do to how my injury was. I am really wucky to be walkin to begin wiff. Mom has tried to make me walk toward our driveway where I have ta walk right to get to it but me still goes left. Please take a minute and check out me dogster page and see what me and mom mean.
I hope me is not boaring you all to death wiff me videos and me updates.:D
Here is me dogsterpage:: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/136060 Vank you for checking me out.

Wow, he looks like he is really enjoying his wheels..... Almost looks like you have on a Hawkeye jacket....:)

I'm glad you are doing sooo good. Big hugs and keep up the good work. :animal36

Ahhh Hi, little baby bear:) You are to sweet:) We could never get bored watching you;)

He looked like he was enjoying himself:)

Please Idea's on how to get him to go right or to go straight. And suggestions. Oh he is not food motivated. Sorry.

Babybear you look fantastic. Maybe you should talk to the acupuncturist about what it might take for Babybear to go in the correct direction - will it be asking to much of him to accomplish that. What about a narrow sidewalk or path?

In a narrow area he would have to try and move the front of his cart. He is not front strong he is back strong so I do not know how this will work. I really wish I could say it would work. I will give it a try and see. That is all I can do. If it works then Great Idea if it doesn't i am sure we will think of something else. I so wish he was food motivated. He is not even toy motivated. He is people motivated. And I do not always have people around. Maybe I should bring him to a mall outside mall and let him see people. They have sidewalks there.

What if his front wheels were like on a shopping cart where they could go all the way around in circles. I dont know how to explain it very good, but it looks like he is not strong enough, but if the wheels turned freely in front maybe he could do it???

That is a good thought, but if you check out his webpage on dogster you will see he had two carts with caster type wheels and he would go left even more so then he does now.
When he was swimming in the pool it was always to the left also. I will be talking to his Doc to see if we can do some acupuncture on the right side to make it work better. I know he tries hard my vet does to get him going.
I am just hoping we dont just have a lefty here. but then again I am to thank my lucky stars i have Babybear at all.

There has to be a way. Like maybe a caster on just one side, or a smaller wheel on one side? But which? We need an engineer or someone with more smarts than me:D He is doing so good. Just needs some fine tuning!

I can do no adjustments or add ons on the cart if I do there goes the guarentee. And it is guarenteed for the life of the dog. So I can not add anything to it. ANd it was a very difficult cart to make that came from the maker. And he has made many. Because of Babybear's neck it was hard to do.

Yay!!! Another Babybear progress page! Val! Look at the progress he has made in just 2 short weeks! I think it is nothing short of amazing. Way to go little guy!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Now as for the turning problem; I've been giving that a thought. I know that when he walks, his front legs kind of cross over, so it would be very hard for him to achieve a change of direction using them. However, what if the front wheels were more like those on a skate board - they never actually turn, but are attached in such a way that weight or leaning, causes a change of direction?? So, if Babybear leaned slightly to the right, the cart would then turn in that direction? You would have to ask Eddie if this would be feasible. Just an idea mind you, I am not sure this would work. Also, it would not be effective if the wheels "swiveled" like those of a grocery cart, because Babybear is NOT capable of THAT degree of control, and it could cause him to either go in a circle, or make a very sudden change of direction that could hurt those fragile bones.

Val, his video is just so very encouraging. I know that all this little guy needs is YOU. What you have done for him is nothing short of amazing.
How's the sinus infection? Hope those meds banished it totally and that you had a great weekend.
Big, big hugs,
Lauren:ghug:

I am beginning to look at it this way. He has only been in the cart for 15 days and not every day either. He was in it for about 20 minutes on Saturday because I could not take him out we had a very bad storm here. And I have been trying every other day outside weather permitting. So he has not been in his cart 15 days straight he has been in about 6 to 7 times. That is very good for that many days of training. I have seen a little pug named Daisy that is on you tube that has a front wheeled cart her owner has a trainer training her to use her cart every other day and the days she is not with the trainer her owner is working with her. She is also very front strong meaning she can pick the cart up and jump. HMM that would be a joy.lol But for him to be as far as he is right now with no trainer but me. I think he has done pretty good. I will be working with him alway. I am looking for some nice warm booties for him for winter. So we can go out in the winter time. I am also going to try to make something that will go around his cart to keep him warm in the winter time. I do not want him cold. I have got him a new snow suit but do not know if he will fit in this cart with it on. So I am excited to see what he will be doing in a month. That will be a treat. I remember last year I was wishing for him to walk for me for Christmas. Well, I guess I got my wish early this year.
And my meds are finally starting to work. They are causing a head ache but I can breath. I can bend down without my nose running. And I do not need a tissue in my hand 24/7. I actually slept through the night last night no waking to take benydril. I was thrilled until my husband woke me at 6:30 to tell me to get up so we could go say good bye to his parents before they left for Florida. Today was my day off. I was going to get some rest. I guess not.lol
Big hugs to you Lauren.

What an amazing story. I just got done reading and watching all Babybears videos on his Dogster page. You 2 are so lucky to have each other! This is the first I have heard about Babybear and I will now look forward to seeing new updates on him! He sure is a cutie too!