Sentences with phrase «use hind leg»

If your dog is able to use his hind legs, but needs a little support, the GingerLead harness is a great choice.

We have to try to keep her from a faster gait than a walk and ramp her in and out of our vehicle because of the damage done to her joints when she could not use her hind legs.

We are doing recommended exercises with her and trying to get her to use her hind legs with a cart.

They also mess with the dog's sense of terrain, which can affect how she uses her hind legs.

Arthritic sugar gliders have trouble climbing and may use their hind legs together instead of independently.

Jess may benefit from an MRI if she is unable to use her hind legs.

One year later, Dr. Pardo performed back surgery for disk problems that were causing Austin to not be able to use his hind legs.

Not exact matches

Fascinated by the anatomy of horses and other animals in motion since his teens, Horváth knew that most four - legged mammals (except primates) walk using a specific footfall sequence — left hind, left fore, right hind, right fore — for maximum stability.

Both viruses were used to infect muscle cells in the hind legs of mice that had muscular dystrophy.

Bat bipeds: Several species of bat are known to use their strong forelimbs and weak hind legs to crawl along the ground, but no one suspected they might be able to run.

But that didn't explain all the associations — some wallabies with relatively long hind legs didn't make use of their fifth leg.

Modern kangaroos move either rapidly by hopping on their hind legs or by walking slowly using all four legs and their tails (pentapedally).

In a final set of experiments, the researchers used necrostatin - 1 to treat mice with axonal damage and hind leg weakness, a telltale sign of axonal demise similar to the muscle weakness that occurs in the early stages of ALS in humans.

The technique the ants use to kick sand backwards over the hole with their hind legs is unique to the task, reinforcing the evidence that this is a pre-meditated activity.

He could find no evidence to support the idea that large pterosaurs got off the ground using only their hind legs to launch.

With extremely large ears, long hind legs that may be used for hopping, long white incisors and very long urogenital hairs, the Hog - nosed rat is so genetically different from any other species that the scientists described it as a new genus.

Males compete over territory and mates by swivelling around and grappling one another using their barbed hind legs in an attempt to wrestle and kick their rival off the cactus pad arena.

English Bulldog puppy Bonsai is just as cute as any other puppy you would ever see — except he was born with half a spine, a pelvis that did not function and hind legs that were too small to use for walking.

Sugar gliders use their patagium, a gliding membrane between the front and hind legs, to sail from tree to tree.

Hydrotherapy is a controlled type of aquatic exercise used for dogs with hip dysplasia to build muscle in weak hind legs without allowing the dog to overdo it.

This device drops a 2 kg weight onto the bent hind leg of an anaesthetised dog — most commonly a beagle, but Labradors, golden retrievers and German shepherd dogs are also used for this.

Your dog's tender tummy, ears, hind legs are all vulnerable to cuts and razor burns so if you don't feel comfortable with the process, don't try using these professional tools at home just to save a few dollars.

But anyway you call it, it is a great exercise for your dog as it uses his back muscles and hind legs for support.

She suffered multiple pelvic fractures and incurred neurological damage which left her unable to use her left hind leg.

Studies suggest that dogs with hind leg lameness due to OA will respond positively to weight reduction and can even display observable improvements in hind limb use!

by Lauren R. Tharp Originally used for dog fighting, the Boxer would stand on its hind legs, striking out at its opponent with its front paws like, well, a boxer!

After 6 weeks, she still was not using her right hind leg.

After her 3rd therapy session, she started using her right hind leg.

They also used to sit in «Buddha position» by balancing the body on hind legs.

Presenting symptoms for diseases of the hip include: hind limb lameness (abnormal way of walking in the rear legs, such as favoring one leg over the other), difficulty rising, inability to jump into the car, refusal to use stairs, reluctance to exercise, and a tendency to be very tired after exercise and needing to lay down.

It gives their hind legs support while allowing them to use their legs as much as possible.

You may notice that your dog does a funny kick with his hind legs after using the bathroom, causing dirt and grass to fly into the air.

They want to investigate absolutely everyone and everything and the strongest human scents that we project are from our genital area and our mouths, and that means that occasionally puppies need to use their paws to balance on their hind legs to get the smells they're after.

In these dogs, stem cell therapy may improve the ability of the dog to use his / her hind legs and / or to have control of his / her bladder.

Besides this weakness / lack of use in his hind leg, he is a very healthy active and happy bully!

One tiny brown puppy took to using the water bowl as a bathing pool, sticking its two front feet in and then its hind legs.

If your cat experiences such a blood clotting episode, often called a saddle thrombus or thromboembolic episode, you will likely see a sudden loss of the use of their hind legs, painful crying, and breathing changes.

Casts and splints often are used to stabilize dogs» hind legs following fracture injuries and surgeries.

Meanwhile, the hind legs are especially dangerous as they may disembowel the other animal (and are sometimes used in this way against same - size prey such as rabbits which have not been killed outright — something which can be seen when a cat plays with a stuffed toy).

Lure / reward training may be used to quickly and easily teach your dog: Body position changes — sit, down (sphinx, bang, side, settle), stand, rollover, beg, bow, bang, etc., Stays — sit - stay, down - stay (both prone and supine) and stand - stay, Actions — heeling, jumping, backing up, walking backwards, walking on hind legs, doggy dancing and woofing and shushing on cue

Crouch down, place your hand under your cat's rib cage, and use your other hand to support her hind legs.

If your cat experiences such a blood clotting episode (often called a saddle thrombus or thromboembolic episode), you will likely see a sudden loss of the use of his or her hind legs, painful crying, and breathing changes.

My Beanie herniated her disk on the 1st, arched back, pain, we had no idea what was happening but we brought her to the overnight emergency clinic and they just put her on a drip and anti inflammatory and the next day she was fine... we brought her home on the 2nd and by 9 pm that night she wasn't using either of her hind legs.

Although her hind legs had limited function, she quickly learned how to use her strong front legs to accomplish everything she set out to do.

In the meantime, a quad cart will be available for Yogurt to use to support his front legs while getting physical therapy on his hind legs.

He has regained the use of his hind legs, and is getting stronger every day.

Emma suffered from a severed spinal cord leaving her hind legs with minimal use but thankfully has been fitted for a wheel chair which will allow her the freedom to run and play.

$ 3500 pays for a complex abdominal surgery to remove life - threatening obstructions $ 2500 pays for a hind - leg amputation $ 1000 repairs a prolapsed eyeball suffered in a dog fight $ 850 fixes a compound fracture $ 300 cleans, drains, and sutures a serious bite wound, with pain meds and anesthesia $ 250 gets a full dental cleaning, under anesthesia $ 125 gets a simple spay $ 100 gets 5 - 10 nights» emergency boarding when we're out of foster homes $ 95 gets a simple neuter $ 50 gets one used large crate $ 45 gets a large bag of good quality kibble $ 25 gets a good dog bed or a heartworm preventative pill $ 20 gets the pain pills for a surgery $ 15 gets a joint or coat supplement $ 10 gets a safe and tasty large chew $ 5 gets a belly band to help a lad get house trained

also, for coconut, BOTH her hind legs need surgery, so she was unable to use one leg and balancing on another bum leg.

A femoral head and neck excision removes the ball from the ball - and - socket joint, and uses the muscles of the pelvis to support the hind leg.