[nagdu] broken ankel and more

[Nicole Torcolini via nagdu]

Try to play with her if you can. Does she like to play fetch? Most dogs are
pretty good at figuring out that you can't get up, and, if they want the
game to continue, then they have to bring the toy to you. Try using treats
with the off leash recall. In addition to playing with your dog, you can
just sit with her. If you cannot get on the floor to be near her, then you
might consider letting her on the couch or the bed so that she can snuggle.
I know that some people disapprove of this kind of behavior, but, JMHO, it
is okay as long as the dog knows that off means off, no if, ands, or buts.
Try to have whoever is taking care of her do only that; don't play with or
snuggle with her.

Nicole and Lexia

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Subject: [nagdu] broken ankel and more

Hi all,
Its been a while since I've written.
I came home with Garbo my female yellow lab on April 10th.
She is such a wonderful dog and I can't believe we've been home for almost 2
months.
We got back into the swing of things and she does routes like she has always
done  them.
She amazes me.
Unfortunately, about a week and a half or 2 weeks after I got home I got
very, very sick, pneumonia type sick.
Just as I was getting over that on May 8th, I was walking my son to daycare
int eh early morning, my husband behind me.
My back was hurting as it sometimes does, and I was jsut not doign well, my
body was jsut tired from being so sick.
I thought we were at a poitn in our route wehre you have to step back and
allow the dog ot go in front of you and follow her to the right, so I did
that, and accidentally stepped too far, was not at the right spot, my
mistake completely, and fell off a 1 and a half foot drop intot he street.
My girl came to me, even though I dropped the handle, and licked my face,
whining, she thought it was her fault and it wasn't.
I cralwed on teh sidewalk, and cried, it hurt so incredibly much.
Somehow I got back up and somehow leaning on her and my husband got Noah to
daycare.
I then got on a bus, you see I was on teh way to take my biology final.
However the pain got worse and worse and I was about to puke on the bus, so
when we got to the transfer point we got off and got a cab to the hospital.
The exrays were inconclusive.
It was so swollen they couldn't see.
The next week I went to the ortopedic, and they did more exrays, and sure
enough there was a hairline fracture, along with tendon damage and swelling
on and around the bones.
They put me in a brace that goes on my foot and all the way to my knee, it
keeps the ankel still, and I use crutches or a cane, depending.
Up until yesterday my husband has been feeding, relieving, etc. Garbo
because I simply couldn't, and still can't to a large degree but have
started while holding onto him takign ehr out once a day to workon our bond.
She still listens well to me, I'm just hopign she wont' have lost her
training when I can work her once more.
TSE said they'd send an instructor and a balance handle out to me once I'm
healed more.
She is such a tropper just lying quietly and playing sometimes thorugh all
this.
Does anyone have recommendations of things I can do with her to work on our
bond or to make sure her guide work doesn't go away?
Also does anyone have tips for practicing off leash recall and being able to
enforce it, she comes to me sometimes but only when she wants to and that's
frustrating.
Thanks so much and sorry for the rambling.
Jessica

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