I decided it was time for Denali to get a dog wheel chair because she’s been bunny hopping and not very mobile.  That just can’t be all that healthy.

Saturday morning, I packed Denali up and we made our way to the person that makes the wheel chairs about 45 minutes away.  We got there and Denali was happy to meet a new person (she’s such a loving girl and loves meeting new people and new doggies).  After all the meet and greets, the wheel-chair guy went to work.

He got into the dog-wheel-chair business about 7 years ago with his daughter’s French Bulldog and has been making them as a hobby ever since.  Surprisingly – he had a bone cancer dog that passed away about 3 yrs ago and he adopted a new Tripawd named Tucker.  Tucker was hit by a car and had his rear leg all pinned up, but then infection set in and they had to amputate.  Tucker still didn’t walk right, they found fractures in one of his front legs, pinned those all up and then he was the happy dog that Denali and I got to meet.  His accident was around 3 yrs ago as well – the guy who made Denali’s wheel chair wasn’t really looking for another dog when he got Tucker, it just sort of happened.

So anyways, after talking with him and Getting the wheel chair all adjusted for Denali, we took her for a spin.  She tried to do her normal somersault which of course did not go over too well, and she took her first spill.  We helped her out – hooked her back in and we went back to the shop just to add the extra padding to the wheel chair.  After it was completed, Denali got to meet Tucker.  She followed him around, but couldn’t keep up as she hasn’t had exercise for 2 months!  After a few minutes of playtime, we said or thank-yous, paid or bill and went on our merry way.

On our way to the highway, we passed a McDonalds… my car pulled in and Denali ordered herself an ice cream (ok, maybe I had a little bit more to do with it than I admit).  I gave her 1/2 of a plain vanilla sundae and off we went again – the 45 minute trip home.   Denali was so tuckered out when we got home, she slept and didn’t even go out for another potty break (good thing she went before she got in the car for the ride home).  She’s still been a little too tired to take for a walk to the end of the street or to motor around the back yard right now – hopefully later she’ll perk up a little more.

Short clip of Denali motoring around