Tibo, An Immobile Dog Who Walked Again Thanks To The Love Of His Owner
Tibo woke up one day and couldn’t move his body. However, despite this very negative diagnosis, his family found a treatment and filmed the results to motivate others like them.
A special day for Tibo, the immobile dog
With his daily routine, Leonardo, the owner of Tibo, got up one day and opened the windows overlooking the garden. Like anyone else, he waited for Tibo, his huge black dog, to pounce on him to say good morning.
However, that day things were different. Leonardo started calling Tibo, thinking that perhaps he had done some mischief and was hiding.
As time passed, Leonardo became suspicious and advanced in the direction of his pet. Tibo was looking at him, but he couldn’t move. His eyes were open but he was a motionless dog.
In the words of its owner: “I was very scared, I was not hurt, I had my eyes open and my tail was wagging, but the rest was a dead body. You would lift his paw and if you let it go, it would fall ”.
Leonardo lifted his friend over 50 kilos and took him to the village veterinarian. There they observed him and made the first studies.
The diagnosis
At first it was not easy to diagnose what was happening to Tibo. Maybe he could have suffered a blow, a sting, an intoxication, or have made a bad move. The truth is that he had no strength. Veterinarians claimed they could do nothing to help the immobile dog.
The family was very worried. For Leonardo and his wife it was not easy to explain to their young children what was happening. The children were very sad and fearful. Leonardo said: “ If I ask my children to draw their family, they also paint the dog. Seeing Tibo like this was heartbreaking for everyone. “
More tests for an immobile dog
Leonardo and his family insisted on more tests. They took Tibo to the vet in another nearby town for more tests.
However, no one could explain his condition: he did not respond to being pricked with a needle, nor to bending his legs. Their legs did not react.
The animal did not complain, did not cry or feel any pain, but its sensitivity did not react, it was blocked.
The first injections of corticosteroids and vitamins did not give any results, but Leonardo continued his efforts: “I found out until I found a canine physiotherapist. We did a treatment with electrodes and the doctor gave us a battery of exercises to strengthen his muscles and massages to stimulate him ”.
Physiotherapy
The recovery physiotherapy was giving results. The work was continuous and Tibo put a lot of will and was responding to the stimuli that were given to him.
One idea the family had was to bring a new puppy home. It was a playful poodle that motivated him to move. One of the great milestones was that Tibo stayed on his feet for a few seconds, before falling again.
This small advance served Leonardo to insist on that path. With the arrival of summer, the family began exercising in the water with Tibo.
Not a month would go by in this new activity, when Tibo stopped being an immobile dog. He finally stood up and walked for the first time in six months.
An example of toughness
In order to convey to other families about the patience that one must have, Leonardo comments: “All the veterinarians helped us and invited us to give the dog time, even without knowing the origin of the disease. But there are people who, faced with a similar situation, cannot stand it and sacrifice it. For this reason, we made a video and posted it on YouTube, with the intention that other people who go through a similar experience would see it ”, explains Leonardo.
The impact through the networks was immediate. Messages began to arrive from different corners thanking the teaching.
Affection for the dog
Although caring for a dog may seem like a simple concept, there is more to understand than simply loving it and giving it whatever you want. Giving affection to a dog implies having strong positive emotions towards him and wanting what is best. This means making the animal feel safe, loved, and secure.
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