Mintsy's Water Therapy Session

This is Mintsy. The tiniest patient in the puppy pen. Both his back legs are immovable and rigid as his spine is damaged, but he is a precious little chap. Every day, we give him a water therapy session. He is put in the small basin which makes a nice deep pool for him, and warm water flows down on his back from the nearby tap. When the basin is half full, Mintsy's butt floats to the surface and he can partially move his back legs, which he does. He loves the water and when he knows the swim is due, he wags his scrawny little tail a few times. That's all he can manage. After the bath/swim, he is rubbed in a towel and then put on the stone bench in the Deaonar garden to dry. He enjoys this part of the 'treatment' as he knows soon he will get a nice bowl of milk to drink. Going through all that therapy is thirsty work!! We are all hoping he will make it to 2 months old, then usually puppies are safe from illness and worse. By the time, we love this little mite to bits and try our best to make him as comfy as possible.