Miley

Miley is much better. No more bloody diarrhea . I'm still feeding her chicken and rice. I did add a little dog food to her meal this morning. I'm not sure why but the vet cut a lot of her hair off her butt. I had just washed her the night before so she couldn't have been that messed up back there. Its not really noticeable unless her tail is up , but it looks funny. I haven't seen anymore limping or strange movement on her rear leg. The rehab vet called me yesterday and she can see us Monday. So that is good. I will feel much better after someone who understands movement and leg injuries checks her.
Ive been doing a little training with Miley. The 2o/2o, she just doesn't understand her job. It didn't have anything to do with the treats. So I'm planning on taking the plank a bunch of different places and working on it. That shouldn't be hard on her leg. Ive also been doing Susan Garretts one jump DVD. ( Just the front and rear cross on the flat stuff). The one exercise ( for a rear cross), you put the dog in a sit. You step back and away from the dog maybe 4-5 feet. Then you turn and walk behind your dog. As soon as you cross behind your dog, the dogs head should flip the other direction. When that happens you release the dog and give them a treat to come to you. Treat with the arm closest to the dog. ( I hope this make sense) Your dog should not flip its head as soon as you turn your shoulders. They should wait until you cross behind them. Well, Miley is turning her head as soon as my shoulders turn. At first I didn't know what to do. But then after much thought I figured out what to do. We just worked on a very slight shoulder turn. If she didn't flip her head, I gave her a treat. I gradually worked up to a complete shoulder turn without her flipping her head. And then to crossing behind her , head flip, release and treat. I guess we have a lot of work to do. After watching the video, I can now see why my arm movement and things have been confusing her with the crosses.