This morning felt almost normal. Normal bathroom time and activity, meaning #1 and #2 one after the other. Brought her in and she scarfed down her food, as per normal. Then I placed her in her little private hidey hole under a table, where she usually goes after she eats. Then I gave her a sock and a chewy. She moved her right forepaw to touch her chewy! She did it numerous times. Thrilling!
Ok. so here is the picture of the sling contraption. I should call it the concraption, though! It needs work. For starters, without the rubber stoppers, it wants to collapse. Gluing it together would help with that. Secondly, she's too heavy for the velcro I sewed on to hold her up. I had intended it to be adjustable so we could allow a certain amount of weight on her feet. But it just sort of unrolls her to the floor. Straps would be better. Thirdly, does she really need it? I have found that laying her front half on a blanket folded tall enough to let her feet hang down off the back works well for the leg strengthening excercises. Then I can turn her around and have her front feet hanging off the blanket with her back half supported. The blanket is just thick enough so you can place her legs in a standing position. she will then hold that stand until she tires and gradually sink down. Then you can repeat. Here is apic of what NOT to build. Or at least not to build exactly like this. NO pictures of her in the thing... way too humiliating for all involved.