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Sue Sam & Mo.. At 7 months
old Mo continues to make strong progress in her training!
You really did provide us with a girl
that has the drive to please! Her
socialization is wonderful! Though you
might enjoy the fact that she has
a special liking for little girls that
have long blond hair! :^) Mo
just got the official permission from the
bus company allowing her to get
on the handicap bus. Her first job is to
take and carry Sam’s books and
laptop computer off the bus. We just
ordered a new saddle bag for her as
she out grew her old one. Second it to
help Sam up the ramp in his
wheelchair. She still wants to play and
wants to back pull rather than
forward pull by the harness. She is
smart and making good progress with
this. Now…. Mo is just fine opening the
door for Sam. That being said
you think we could get ether one of them
to shut the door once they are
outside? Hummmm? You don’t have that
problem do ya? Mo is excellent in
helping Sam get back into his chair. She
is a good solid frame for him to
push up on and she moves just right
instinctively. The wheelchair breaks
on, would normally be use in itself to
lift and turn into to sit. In
Sam’s case he was partially paralyzed and
has cerebral palsy causing
spastic control issues. We found that
similar to HIPPA (therapeutic horse
riding) when Sam comes into physical
contact with Mo his muscles respond
with MUCH more control and his confidence
is greatly improved. When using
coordination rather than strength via the
physical contact with Mo he
easily and confidently glides into the
chair. The two work as one. It is
such an accomplishment for Mo because
when people see the “vicious”
rottwiler
without being asked, line herself up between the chair and Sam
and her body becomes a ridged frame for
him to lift on and “she”
coordinates her body position for Sam to
place him right for a landing in
the seat of the chair. There is no other
breed of dog or better companion
more suited for such a task. I can’t
explain what happens to a CP child’s
body using HIPPA when you watch a slumped
body suddenly spring to life and
is ridged in the saddle or when a rigged
back CP child suddenly starts
swaying at the hipps in time and motion
with the gentle rocking of the
horses hips. This in my eyes is the same
with Sam and Mo. Mo as a
rittwiler
possesses the social skills, strength, agility and desire to
perform. Sam when he comes in contact
with her no longer uses his upper
body’s strength that is normally a
determent to his coordination. As a
father watching the two work together
… Wow. It is powerful.
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