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**DISCLAIMER** Please note: I am not a veterinarian, and the purpose of this blog is solely to educate, provide resources, and share Reo's story. In this blog, I will present research and information on the theories of SARDS to which I subscribe, along with my own narrative. If you think your dog may have SARDS, or adrenal exhaustion/Plechner Syndrome, please seek veterinary care right away!

If you are just beginning your SARDS education, I suggest you start with the blog post from August 22, 2011 entitled "SARDS Resources". If you'd like to know our trials, tribulations, and joys from the beginning, start with "But first...Reo!" and click chronologically on from there.

If you would like to read my suggestions as to how I would approach treatment for a newly-diagnosed dog, check the November 16, 2011 post "If I had another SARDS dog" (and then read my blog more fully for appropriate context).

Though we have decided to suspend Reo's retinal protection supplements in September 2012 (see September 16, 2012 post "Decision for Reo") due to the fact that she had very little remaining vision, I am still strongly supportive of our treatment approach, and know that it changed Reo's health and longevity in a positive way. Feel free to comment and ask me any questions - I am happy to help if I can!

Update: Reo became an angel on October 21, 2014. She had a profound kidney infection, causing acute kidney failure, and she was unable to recover. The contributing factors to her decline are covered in my February 16, 2015 blog post "Farewell to Reo".

Though I do not regularly update this blog any longer, much of the information is still relevant (though some of the links may be out of date). Feel free to join the conversation at "SARDS Dogs United" on Facebook.




Sunday, April 29, 2012

Obstacle course videos, take 3


04/29/12 - We were out in the yard planting and doing various things today, and I thought I'd take a video of Reo.  It's been quite a while since I last did a video of her going through a course, and to be honest, I was not expecting her to do well, given her backslide with vision lately.

But, what do you guys think?  Totally blind or something there?





Note that she bumps the orange bucket with her body and the last black bucket with her face.  I was not surprised by the latter, as I have thought for a while that she has no vision in her right eye.  Overall, I was pretty pleased with how she did, though clearly she did not do as well as she has in the past.

She did these courses so quickly/well in the past (8 months ago and 6 months ago):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookypuss1/6062205311/in/set-72157594384341971/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookypuss1/6223332331/in/set-72157594384341971/


But, this gives me hope that she still has something and her vision is not totally gone...we'll see!

Looking at the video again, I realize I didn't lay out the buckets perfectly to be an extremely effective obstacle course, but because it was warm out (you can hear her panting!), she wasn't very interested in doing it again when I re-arranged - she went and lay in the shade!  Will probably practice this exercise again in the not-so distant future, hopefully with better materials that are closer to what I had last year.  :)

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