Definitely weird science:

http://www.newscientist.com/article....mg18624955.100

buglady
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:10:25 GMT, "buglady"
wrote:

Definitely weird science:

http://www.newscientist.com/article....mg18624955.100


WOW. I really have to wonder if there's any quality of life or if
these dogs are merely lab experiments. Sure seems like the latter.


Not from spinal injuries, but from blood clots and unknown cause, I've
had 2 cats recover from paralysis, one of them 3 different times.
Both were "only" paralyzed from the midpoint back. I was truly amazed
at how both of them managed to get themselves around with only their
front legs functional - Carey actually climbed the stairs.

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"Janet B" wrote in message
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WOW. I really have to wonder if there's any quality of life or if
these dogs are merely lab experiments. Sure seems like the latter.

.............these are dogs who would probably use K9 carts as they had
severe spinal injuries. Are you thinking a dog like this has no quality of
life?

Definitely it would be a big plus if the dogs could at least signal when
they had to go as in these types of injuries they can't even pee by
themselves. Getting feeling back in the bladder is a big positive step.

buglady
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"buglady" wrote in message
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"Janet B" wrote in message
...
WOW. I really have to wonder if there's any quality of life or if
these dogs are merely lab experiments. Sure seems like the latter.

............these are dogs who would probably use K9 carts as they had
severe spinal injuries. Are you thinking a dog like this has no quality
of
life?

Definitely it would be a big plus if the dogs could at least signal when
they had to go as in these types of injuries they can't even pee by
themselves. Getting feeling back in the bladder is a big positive step.

This is certainly amazing stuff. I'm interested in spinal injuries since my
smooth collie, Pablo, had a FCE (Fibrocartilaginous Embolism - I know I
messed up the spelling) when he was 11 months old. His FCE was fortunately
mild (his right hind leg was originally paralyzed and he eventually got to
about 95% recovered (mild proprioception & motor deficits in that leg). It
put an end to his conformation & advanced obedience/agility career (he trots
crabbed & tends to hang his right hind leg when jumping). None of that
matters now. What is important is that Pablo is 8 and going strong.

I wonder if something like this (transplanting specialized nasal cells to
his FCE site) could've fixed him up to 100%? Being a collie,
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y17D2683A , he certainly has a lot of nose real
estate to work with. ;-)

Chris and her smoothies
Pablo and Lucy