Author: vibeke

It’s been a while since we last posted an update.
Nora is doing well, but as she’s getting older we’re noticing that her mobility has taken a hit. Most notably in the last 4 months or so. We had some x-rays done, to see the progression of her arthritis in her front leg, and it’s definitely getting more pronounced.
We have started Adequan injections, which seems to be helping. Tomorrow we are starting hydrotherapy/underwater treadmill sessions as well. Very excited about that, though it remains to be seen how excited Nora will be about it…..! We still do laser treatments and acupuncture regularly, and I think that’s a big part of why she’s remained so mobile for so long.
In order to get her out and about we have had to put our dog stroller to use, and Nora loooooves riding in it. She loves going to the park, but it’s a bit of a walk for her to get there – so with the stroller she can conserve her energy until we get to the park, and then hop out and walk as much or as little as she wants.  She lets us know when she wants to come out or get back into the stroller. If anyone has recommendations for good stroller/bike trailer combos, please send them our way. Having a bike trailer would make her world a little bigger.
She still has no interest in using the doggie wheelchair we got her many years ago. At the time she was still very mobile on her own, so the wheelchair only slowed her down. Our hopes that she would get more interested in using it as she got older did not pan out. And that’s fine! She prefers having us push her around like the little diva she is. Bitch on wheels, the upgrade 😉
She may be less mobile, but definitely still just as sassy as she ever was. We love this girl to the moon and back.

It’s been almost 3 years since we last posted, but better late than never right?
Nora has been doing really well both physically and behaviorally – she’s really become such a well adjusted dog. She’s been pain free for years now, which has been such a blessing. She will be on gabapentin for the rest of her life, and we continue to do laser treatments regularly which has been enough to keep her pain free and happy.
Nora loves relaxing at home with us and her 2 kitty brothers, Kai and George. We’ve also had a steady stream of foster cats that Nora always welcomes, even though they may be a little hissy to begin with 😉

We know she’s anxious for this quarantine to be over so she can go back to running and playing at the park with her dog friends.

Sending lots of love and healing to the entire Tripawds community.
We’ll try to get better with checking in here – in the meantime feel free to visit us on Instagram @vibekexaj

Today marks 2 years since Nora arrived at our door for what we believed was an emergency foster situation. She had just arrived from Iran via Canada a few days earlier – and the foster the rescue had lined up for her here in NY had decided she was too much to handle within just a few hours. We stepped up to foster while she was going through scheduled treatments and amputation at Animal Medical Center.

It didn’t take us long to realize this was going to be a major foster failure on our part. We fell head over heels in love with this brave pup and decided she had to become a permanent member of our family.

We have been through a lot over these past 2 years – a lot of work both medically and behavioral as those of you who have followed our blog already know. We are so proud of Nora who has come SO far. She’s a completely different dog than the shy anxious pup who arrived back in June of 2015.

Happy gotcha day/adoptiversary/ 4th birthday Nora. We love you to the moon and back.

Attached are 2 photos taken back when she was still in Iran AND some more recent photos. 

We’ve been busy since our last update. Nora is going on for laser treatments twice a week and acupuncture once a week – and it’s really helping her.

Last week her acupuncture session was a sedated session, so the acupuncturist could do deep triggerpoints. Her neck is tight as a violin string.

In other happy news – Nora is featured in an article about AMC to the rescue in the new issue of Dogster Magazine. We fear she may soon request an agent 😉

Today we started a new round of acupuncture – this time also with laser treatments – for Nora’s neck. Acupuncture worked wonders for her phantom limb pain, so we want to see if acupuncture can help her reduce the amount of pain meds she needs.

The laser session was quite the experience! We all had to wear goggles – that included ‘doggles’ for Nora! She was off the charts adorable in them!!!

 

Attaching the link to a short video below the photo