Wally is doing fantasticā¦ in fact maybe TOO well. He's supposed to be on restricted activity for the next 10 days, and he keeps running across the house
I swear I'm going to have to put the cone of shame on him if he keeps this upā¦ Lol
Radiologist report has come in and that "hook & wisp" found on his spine was concluded as a common appearance to ventral spondylosis which in layman terms mineralization of bridging fibrous tissue. NOTHING came up in his x-raysā¦ thyroid test was normal, hips, limbs, everythingā¦
We had another visit w/Nikki our behaviorist today and I told her about the radiology report. She is STILL convinced based on the videos that I have provided her that he is in some kind of pain in that rear area. She wants me to find a chiropractor to see if manipulating that back area will give him some relief
I don't know how I'm going to find that in this area unless I travel to Nashville, which may be my only option. She is pretty convinced that this is NOT a neurological issue, which honestly I was extremely relieved to hear. Today we worked on some skillsā¦ putting the harness & leash on w/out him freaking out, making him wait when I open the front/back door and a command for "check-in" where he is supposed to look at me. He did pretty good at everything but his harness/leash. He goes CRAZY when he sees them, and it took some time to get him to calm down. Nikki feels that Walter needs to learn some self-control (and I agree) and that his OCD is off the charts about some things. She does understand that EBD'S have a certain HIGH level of OCD'NESS
I'm also going to give him breaks from Willow, and she will be learning the same commands as well. SO I will be busy the next couple of weeksā¦
