Last updated:
28-Mar-2009
Your Parent's Pet: Friend or Foe?
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When my mother had trouble seeing her black scottie against the dark rug, she put a light colored tee-shirt on him. He was much easier to see. With respect to larger dogs, a Gentle Leader or Haltie head collar works very well to prevent sudden lunges pulling you off your feet. On icy days, I put head collars on both of my laborador retrievers (72 lbs each) and that has saved me from many a fall.
You can take my dogs away from me when you pry their leashes from my cold dead hands! I'd rather die than give them up.
My Mom has a toy poodle that she loves dearly. He keeps her from hibernating in the house all day but I do worry about her tripping over him
Pets are wonderful and my Mom loves her golden retriever dearly, even though she's still recuperating from a fractured pelvis caused by a fall 4 years ago when they were out for their morning walk. Just the normal routine, but that morning the dog saw another dog, my Mom pulled back on her leash and landed flat on the street and couldn't get up. Scary.