Seth had his first session of hydrotherapy with a company called K9 Splashes (near Clacton),  the lady there was fantastic and you can tell she loves her job and the dogs.  He was fitted out in a life preserver and a rubber hat to protect his ears.   In total he was to swim for 5 minutes.  The lady got into the pool with him and held him up, the timer was started and there was about as much splashing as our sinchronised divers (sorry boys).  However he was swimming, and even better than that his back legs were moving, not dramatically but he was gently kicking them.  This was a great result.  After his initial panic (aparently you can tell if a dogs stressed by looking at its gums, pale and they are stressed), he settled down to 3 sessions within a total of 5 minutes.   It was more successful than we had imagined and we were told though that all our physio therapy was really helping him as he was gaining muscle back, which was nice to know.

That evening whilst taking him out he walked on his hind legs, only 5 steps or so and still very weak in his back but he walked..moving both right and left legs.  This was incredible as we had expected to only see signs of walking after maybe 6 months not 1 month. 

We cant get to excited about it but Seth seems to believe that he can walk/run anywhere and has to be watched very carefully in case he makes a bolt for the garden (which he did tonight and he was still to fast for me to catch even on his two legs).  He is confined to his cage now as he could really have hurt himself and set back all that has been acheived.

Each week shows signs of progress, but we dont expect things to continue at such great speed.

A good week.