Today I redeemed myself after my stupid stunt earlier this week.
Some of you know that I am having back surgery in just a few days, and when I get home, I will not be allowed any bending or picking anything up over 5 lbs, among a lot of other restrictions. That presented a problem for me, since I have to pick Myndi up to carry her UP steps - she can get down on her own. We tested out a ramp, but she was terrified of it, so that option was out.
I bought a harness for her, and my idea was to assist her up the steps by lifting up on her leash attached to it. Good idea, but I would still have to bend over to attach the leash to the jump ring and no bending is allowed.Okay - back to square one here. Then the lightbulb came on. I have a "grabber" - you know, one of those handy little things that lets you pick things up without bending over. So I gave that a try - and it works perfectly for what I need. I just reach the grabber down and hook the grab part at the end into the jump ring on the harness and gently lift up on it, and she gets up the steps with no problem. Yippee - problem solved.
She doesn't even mind the harness being on, but it's a nice one so isn't uncomfortable for her. It has the mesh section that fits across her chest, and the straps where her legs go thru is very heavily padded. I won't leave it on her tho, until I'm here by myself, since there will be other able bodied folks to do the carrying up the steps.
Now I can stop worrying about how she is going to manage!
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