Baxter's Story
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I am a long haired male German Shepherd dog. Born in October 2000 initially brought up with both my Father and litter brother, before ending up in a rescue centre after apparently chasing a pony until it collapsed with exhaustion. | |||||
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Following a lengthy time in rescue I eventually found a permanent home in July 2004. My new owner soon came to realise I didn't cope very well around other dogs, this worsened when we attended a local training establishment - who in hindsight had a very negative effect on my learning, probably due to their "old school" training methods. | |||||
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| Less than a year had gone by and my owner sadly passed away after a short illness, leaving his wife and me with a whole new routine and challenges. Training continued without any improvement until we met up with Mary from the Paw-fect dog school ............ we haven't looked back since and 2 exams and graduations later we now know that with the right type of training and reward many things are possible that we once believed where not. | ||||||
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On the 5th April 2008 whilst chasing after his beloved tennis ball, Baxter yelped twice then pulled up lame. He managed to walk back to the car but was hesitant at getting out when we got back home, so to the vets we went. They said that it was most likely a soft tissue injury prescribed pain killers and said | |||||
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| to return in 3 days as Baxter seemed to be "low in his metatarsals". We returned, as requested 3 days later and it was decided to X-rays both front legs. A second opinion was sort by a specialist and it was then that we realised Baxter required surgery, he had a condition stated as Bilateral Carpal Hyperextension - this meant that both wrist had been damaged. An operation was the only way for Baxter to be pain free | ||||||
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