{"id":172,"date":"2009-07-31T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T17:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/?p=172"},"modified":"2010-06-17T23:05:30","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T23:05:30","slug":"old-man-going-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/old-man-going-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Man going strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My boy, Benjamin is healing well from his partial ACL tear.\u00a0 I cut back on his exercise,\u00a0 carried him up all stairs with a sling, help him in and out of the car, and took lots of breaks with him- and the tear is healing without surgery!\u00a0 Vets will tell you this only works in smaller dogs, but there is a large internet support group that believes otherwise.\u00a0 I got a lot of support from them.\u00a0 When this first happened, I was beside myself.\u00a0 My heart was wracked with worry and anxiety about how this could all turn out okay.\u00a0 Benjamin ws not weight bearing on that back leg and I live in the hills!<\/p>\n<p>But we did it, we are a great team.\u00a0 He adjusted to the new routine beautifully.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the sweetness of a dog-\u00a0 all they need is love and connection- and they can adjust to change just fine.\u00a0 It&#8217;s us humans that go kicking and screaming when something is different.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin still has a body wracked with arthritis, and there are days when I have a good cry on our walks- because I imagine he must be in pain.\u00a0 But my boy just lives in his body with such dignity-\u00a0 He stands tall, walks proud..and whenever he needs to stop and take a break- he does.\u00a0 he listens to his body and never fights against reality.\u00a0 I am humbled by watching him.\u00a0 He might be in pain, but he loves to breathe the bay air fully, loves to greet each and every dog he passes, and loves to come over and nudge me for kisses.\u00a0 He loves life and does not let pain dictate his days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Benjamin goes twice weekly to Hydrotherapy.\u00a0 This is a big tub filled with warm water\u00a0 with an underwater treadmill.\u00a0 It builds endurance, provides relief for his joints, and builds muscle mass.\u00a0 He loves it!\u00a0 He is like a little soldier marching along, with a job to do.\u00a0 Here is a picture.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173 aligncenter\" title=\"000_0098\" src=\"http:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/000_0098-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"000_0098\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/000_0098-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/000_0098-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/000_0098.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My boy, Benjamin is healing well from his partial ACL tear.\u00a0 I cut back on his exercise,\u00a0 carried him up all stairs with a sling, help him in and out of the car, and took lots of breaks with him- and the tear is healing without surgery!\u00a0 Vets will tell you this only works in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/31\/old-man-going-strong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Old Man going strong<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/causeandeffectdogtraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}