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How sweet :-) I have a question, at what point do service dogs in training start practicing navigating their environments with other people instead of alone? I would volunteer myself for free to ride in an elevator with a service dog in training who needs to learn to be calm while riding in an elevator with unfamiliar people, LOL
This is super useful. Thank you. Do you think it would work with preventing tics? Should I hold a treat in my hand all the time and give it to my dog when I start aggressively twitching so she notices it?
I got diagnosed with Cauda Equina Syndrome 6 months ago and had an emergency surgery on my spine to relieve pressure. Sadly, it was a delayed diagnosis, so I didn't get the surgery soon enough to prevent a lot of long term problems. Also, the surgery left me with no disc tissue between my L4-L5 or my L5-S1, so it feels like it's just bone grinding on bone in my lower back. I can KINDA walk, but I lost strength in the back of my legs and kinda propel myself with my toes and shins, which are the only parts of my lower legs that I can feel. It's mostly neuropathic pain that I do feel, there, though. I can't lift my leg up while walking to get over curbs. Because of the leg weakness and painful back while walking, I'm finally being referred for a wheelchair assessment. They kept hoping the weakness was going to go away along with the nerve pain, but no luck. I don't think the question of whether or not I need a wheelchair is difficult to determine. 😂
@@ZebraandDog With Cauda Equina Syndrome, your feeling CAN come back randomly, but that's more likely if they find and fix the problem really quickly. I think it might be protocol to try and get the patient walking as soon as possible by pushing it and sending them to physical therapy, but I lost strength in my legs WEEKS if not MONTHS before they finally figured out the problem and gave me the treatment, which was a microdiscectomy and laminectomy. They're finally understanding that I'm not going to be a speedy recovery case. I lost movement and feeling in my legs in early October, and got the surgery the day before New Year's Eve. I just learned that there's a 48 hour time frame. If you start having symptoms like leg weakness, bladder and bowel incontinence, or saddle anesthesia, you can make a recovery if you get treatment within 48 hours or the onset of THOSE symptoms. I finally got diagnosed from the saddle anesthesia and bladder RETENTION, so those functions may come back one day. It doesn't look like the feeling in my legs or the bladder and bowel incontinence are going anywhere, though. Damn American medical system.
We use a toothbrush and enzymatic toothpaste for daily use, and then we have a tooth scraping kit for removal of tarter, plaque, and anything that might get stuck in or on the teeth.
Hello thanks so much for this video do you have an update? I just purchased this kit for my minature and I've just come a couple bad reviews about the cutters being dull and malfunction of the grinders motor how has this product worked for you?
Hey, I've been doing some research and feel like I need a wheelchair user's opinion before going to my doctor on the 10th. I'm going to both email you and leave this comment. I sadly don't know what conditions I have yet, but I do know the symptoms a wheelchair will help (pain, fatigue, instability, etc.) I hope you can give me an opinion on my situation.
Great review. I'm currently looking for good clippers. I have the Wahl acro. It does not go through my dogs fur. As you said in this review it would be good for face and feet. I would like to hear your suggestions for full body cordless clippers.
I’ve been doing research and I still have to talk to my doctor (I just moved to a new city and have to find a new one for my current city). I’m kind of anxious to bring it up though. I feel like it could be helpful because my anxiety has been so bad to the point that I’m having multiple panic attacks a day seemingly out of nowhere. My work has actually sent me home after one because I almost passed out afterwards (I tend to hold my breath during them without realizing it) and I’ve been calling out due to my mental health. I also do have a few other problems (severe depression, ADHD, among some physical problems). I’m not sure if I should bring it up or not.
One thing I learned was instead of putting the treat in one hand and luring the dog back, to put the treat in one of your hands, but then put both hands on either side of the dog so they don't know which hand the treat is in, that will make them more likely to back up in a straight line because they won't be swinging towards the hand with the treat, they'll be thinking about both hands on either side of their head
Good idea! My dog for-sure has a good enough scent detection to know which hand it's in, so doing both wouldn't help us specifically, but for other people learning it might be helpful!
Service animals can be dogs (meaning pure dog), and miniature horses ONLY. That is PER the LAWS. NO other animals r allowed to be service animals. That includes wild animals like wolves. And non living animals can NOT be service animals either. She is NOT actually part of the service dog community if she is faking things as service animals. No offense to her ir anyone else. That's just actual facts. If she wants to carry around a small stuffed animal toy as a comfort toy, that's fine. But the fact that her family played into this is nit helping her or anyone else. And businesses would have a right to deny them access if the business doesn't want that thing in their business. And it sounds like she was just purposely making excuses to not obey the laws.
Certain states do allow other animal species to be service animals, but they are only protected by state and not federal laws. This was a video from quite awhile ago, she has one washed service dog prospect at home and I believe a trained service dog from a program now. It's been a bit, so it might be worth checking what she's up to now.
Hello, I am training my own service dog here in Texas. He is a sheepadoodle , and I have him for a mental disability so he is a psychiatric service dog. I have been watching your videos and you have helped me a lot but I need your help a little more. 1- could you recommend me someone to do the public access test? I know that it’s not required but I want to do it but trainers in my area are not interested in helping me . 2- how do you deal with people touching your dog ? I bought a custom service vest with a crap ton of no petting signs and I still get people petting my dog. 3- how do you deal with no access issues? Or people letting aggressive dogs in stores? My parents are Mexican and we go to Mexican restaurants or markets and they don’t know any laws about service dogs and a restaurant even wanted a ID and although I speak Spanish and I tried to explain that that doesn’t exist, they don’t believe me. We once went to a Starbucks in a Kroger and a aggressive dog tried to attack my service dog . It gets so frustrating sometimes because of these problems and people and I really need help on this .
Hi! I'll answer your questions in order; 1. GDOA offers the PAT to owner-trainers across the country, but yes, you'll have to find a local trainer affiliated with the org willing to perform it for you. I don't think it's required but I HEAVILY recommend it, and I don't meet up with anyone (who isn't a client) whose dog hasn't passed it. 2. If someone goes to pet him, I move him. We have several positioning commands for him to go in front of or behind me, to the other side, or in-between my legs etc. But if I don't catch it before then, I ask Arlo to leave it. Each handler is different, but my service dog is just trained to ignore it. If they don't stop petting him after I ask him to leave it, though, I will tell them that Arlo is a medical alert service dog, and he has to focus in order to work, and them petting him is distracting to him and might prevent him from doing his job. I don't think I've ever had anyone not stop after that, aside from children, and in those situations I speak to the parent and tell them the situation and they usually pull their child away. 3. I have never personally had any access issues that weren't resolved by me showing my state dog training license, so I don't have a lot of personal experience with that. In terms of aggressive dogs, I will just leave the building and call corporate or management about the issue and provide video or photographic evidence to them.
@@ZebraandDog i appreciate you fixing your reply as I was going to give up on taking PAT . But, when I search Google on GDOA , it doesn’t come up. Is there another name associated with the company or something like that? Thank you
Great video! I bought this item from Amazon a few months ago and really like it, but I broke one of the trimmer guards (combs). The item is no longer available on Amazon and I'm having trouble finding replacement parts. You wouldn't happen to know where I could order replacement parts or if another brand of blade guards would work? Thanks
This vlog is very good for what a person needs to consider when asked about your wheelchair assessment requirements. I think it’s the only one that covers so many questions about your mobility and wheelchair needs. Thank you. Yes a list of answers is brilliant 😊
After about a year with me full-time, 2 things stand out. First, I didnt realize how much help they would actually be. Second, the amount of negative attention is shocking. We're generally unwanted, unwelcome and unsafe in public.
@@ZebraandDog Good to know! I am legally and permanently disabled with a variety of medical and emotional disabilities. I see a lot of people on RU-vid who have psych service dogs for anxiety but it’s so hard to get approved for disability for that reason alone. That’s why I was wondering
Welcome back! EDIT: My current service dog has discoid lupus and it looks similar to Sunshine's nose. You might want to go to a vet and get her tested for it. Sadly it can't be cured BUT there is a few medication options, my boye is on prednisone which is a bit funny because my aunt also has lupus and she is on prednisone too. We have to get his blood drawn every year to make sure the prednisone isn't messing with his blood levels though. There is a safer medication that I'm going to try next time we go to the vet but I forgot what it was called. Lupus isn't really dangerous but it can have flareups and cause their nose to get scabby and bloody, most dogs will always have a scabby nose even with medication but it gets a lot better with the meds. The vet told us to keep him out of the sun in the summer because it can cause it to get worse too, they also have sunscreen for doggos but we don't use it since he doesn't stay outside much in the summer.
Hi! Luckily, Sunshine has a dermatologist she sees for her allergies, and it was determined at her last appointment that the nose bumps and other skin issues were a result of the food she was on, so we switched, and things are much better now. Thanks for the concern though!
No problem! It took us months to figure out what was going on with my doggos nose, we thought he was rubbing it through our chainlink fence until we took him to the vet and they told us what was going on. I didn't know doggos could get lupus until we went, it's pretty weird.@@ZebraandDog
@@ZebraandDog I just learned I was diagnosed autistic when I was 12. My mom didn't want to believe it and I spent all my life struggling when I didn't need to.
My pet dog and I both have lots of issues! She's 10,000% not service dog material, but she helps me through some of my issues and I help her the best I can through hers. But when you said "if your ADHD is so bad you forget to feed your dog" that hit home - once or twice a week I forget to give her her evening meds.... a good reminder to me that I want to build up to training her time-cued pill-bottle retrieves so I don't forget either of our meds! 😅
@@ZebraandDog Setting an alarm has definitely kept me consistent lately, but multiple checks and balances are always helpful, especially on those days where we're off of our usual routine!
Thank You For This 🙏🏼 Loved Every Second , & Inspired By Glitter Paint For My Rollator Instead Of Trying To Bedazzle The Whole Thing 🥲 Probably Gonna Glitter Paint Front-Wheel Walker Too 🤔 & When I Get Cane , That'll Be Nxt 😅🥰✨️ P.S. How Did The Wheels Do With The Paint On Them ? Any Traction-Concerns ? - Love 4rm Seattle, WA 💚💙
