While poking around on tripawds.com, Trent and I found a harness they recommend for helping dogs up stairs, into cars, etc.
It was originally designed for search and rescue dogs, but is great for helping amputees when they aren’t steady.
We ordered ours online Wednesday, the night before Romeo’s surgery. The confirmation email I received was so nice. It didn’t just say the usual “here’s your confirmation number.” It gave us other tips and tricks to help manage the challenges of surgery recovery and shared links to other resources for three legged dogs. I was impressed.
I was even more impressed when the harness arrived on Saturday morning, less than twelve hours after we brought Romeo home. We got the red one since Romeo looks very dapper in red.
For now Romeo is wearing it over his bandages and we have been unclipping the straps when he’s not walking around so it won’t rub on his incision.
The handle is nice and makes it much easier to walk him alone. The bag/sling is nicer when you want two people to be able to help him since you each have your own handle. But now that he is getting a bit more comfortable, it’s easier for one person to manage him.
This morning I discovered that the harness has reflective strips and that the camera’s flash shows them off nicely.
