Proprioception in Dogs: How CP Deficits Can Cause Paw Knuckling (Signs, Causes, Solutions)
Degenerative Myelopathy Mobility Solutions
Watching your best friend struggle with DM is incredibly difficult and it’s even more frustrating for your pet. Luckily, there are some simple ways you can help make your pet’s life a bit easier as their body changes. We know that keeping your DM dog active longer will improve their quality of life and can help to slow down the disease progression. Here are a few degenerative myelopathy solutions to make both you and your best friend's life easier.
How to Help Your Pet with Degenerative Myelopathy
Improving the quality of life for a dog with DM means giving them the support they need to stay mobile. Improved mobility can slow down the degenerative myelopathy progression and keep your dog active.
Solutions for Difficulty Standing or Maintaining Balance
Weakness in the back legs is a telltale sign of DM. Loss of strength in the hind legs makes even the simplest tasks, like standing up a struggle for dogs with DM. Luckily dog lifting harnesses can help you lift, stabilize, and support your dog, Here are a few of the best lifting harnesses for dogs with degenerative myelopathy:
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Help 'Em Up Harness
Smart Design, Real Relief
Our patented Hip Lift design isn’t just innovative it’s life-changing. By reducing strain on your dog’s joints, ligaments, and arteries, this harness brings real relief, helping your furry friend move more comfortably through daily routines.Custom Fit & Full Support
Every dog is different, and our harness respects that. With 11 adjustment points, you can create a snug, secure, and fully personalized fit. This ensures optimal support for mobility whether your dog is recovering, aging, or simply needs a bit of help.Lifts Made Easy
Say goodbye to awkward or uneven lifting. Our harness distributes your dog’s weight evenly, allowing you to assist them safely and effortlessly. That means more control for you, and more comfort for them.
Paw Knuckling Solutions for DM Dogs
Dragging paws, scraping nails, and knuckling feet are some of the earliest signs of degenerative myelopathy. Although knuckling caused by DM isn't reversible there are simple ways to help and protect your dog's dragging paws.
- No Knuckling Training Sock: a training tool to help with paw placement.
Mobility Loss Solutions for Dogs with DM
The Walkin’ Wheels wheelchair is the perfect solution to help your pet regain mobility and independence. Degenerative myelopathy impacts a dog's leg strength, leg function, and causes paralysis. When a pet is diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy, the need to rely on a dog wheelchair is inevitable.
- Walkin’ Wheels Full Support/4-wheel Wheelchair: for dog's experiencing weakness in their front legs. A front wheel attachment can be added to any Walkin' Wheels wheelchair to adapt to progression of DM and your pet's changing mobility.
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