Lady Long Legs (Paralyzed Back Legs)

That history belongs near the top — it explains both how far she has come and why her care needs are likely permanent. I’d phrase it without making promises about future mobility:<br/><br/>### Lady Long Legs<br/><br/>Meet **Lady Long Legs**, a tiny special-needs girl who has already come an incredibly long way.<br/><br/>Lady was found **abandoned in a park and paralyzed**, unable to use her back legs. Since coming into foster care, she has regained strength and learned how to become mobile in her own way, using her front legs to scoot herself around and get where she wants to go.<br/><br/>She continues to surprise us with her determination and progress, but we want adopters to understand that **she is unlikely to ever regain normal use of her back legs.** Lady needs a family who will love the dog she is today, rather than adopt her with the expectation that she will someday walk normally.<br/><br/>Lady needs her bladder **manually expressed about four times a day.** She is very cooperative, and her foster mom has developed an easy routine using a pee pad on a table outside, which also makes the process much easier on a human back.<br/><br/>She **poops on her own**, but because of her neurologic limitations she is not always able to control when it happens. Her adopter should be comfortable with occasional bowel accidents and understand that this is part of her disability, not a house-training issue.<br/><br/>The wonderful thing about Lady is that she is becoming increasingly **independent despite her paralysis.** She is stronger, she can move herself around, and she is very much engaged with the world around her. She does things differently, but she is still a dog who wants affection, companionship, comfort and a family of her own.<br/><br/>For her safety, Lady can be adopted as an **only dog or with gentle, respectful small dogs.** She should not live with large, rough or highly physical dogs who could accidentally injure her while playing.<br/><br/>Lady’s adopter will need to be dependable about her bladder-expression schedule and comfortable making some practical accommodations for mobility and accidents. We are happy to help the right person learn her routine.<br/><br/>What Lady does **not** need is someone waiting for her to become a different dog.<br/><br/>She needs someone who looks at this determined little girl — scooting around on her front legs, getting stronger and enjoying her life — and thinks, **“I can do this with you.”**<br/><br/>If you have room for a tiny dog who may never use her back legs normally but has already proven she doesn’t need them to keep moving forward, **Lady Long Legs may be your girl.**

That history belongs near the top — it explains both how far she has come and why her care needs are likely permanent. I’d phrase it without making promises about future mobility:

### Lady Long Legs

Meet **Lady Long Legs**, a tiny special-needs girl who has already come an incredibly long way.

Lady was found **abandoned in a park and paralyzed**, unable to use her back legs. Since coming into foster care, she has regained strength and learned how to become mobile in her own way, using her front legs to scoot herself around and get where she wants to go.

She continues to surprise us with her determination and progress, but we want adopters to understand that **she is unlikely to ever regain normal use of her back legs.** Lady needs a family who will love the dog she is today, rather than adopt her with the expectation that she will someday walk normally.

Lady needs her bladder **manually expressed about four times a day.** She is very cooperative, and her foster mom has developed a

That history belongs near the top — it explains both how far she has come and why her care needs are likely permanent. I’d phrase it without making promises about future mobility:

### Lady Long Legs

Meet **Lady Long Legs**, a tiny special-needs girl who has already come an incredibly long way.

Lady was found **abandoned in a park and paralyzed**, unable to use her back legs. Since coming into foster care, she has regained strength and learned how to become mobile in her own way, using her front legs to scoot herself around and get where she wants to go.

She continues to surprise us with her determination and progress, but we want adopters to understand that **she is unlikely to ever regain normal use of her back legs.** Lady needs a family who will love the dog she is today, rather than adopt her with the expectation that she will someday walk normally.

Lady needs her bladder **manually expressed about four times a day.** She is very cooperative, and her foster mom has developed an easy routine using a pee pad on a table outside, which also makes the process much easier on a human back.

She **poops on her own**, but because of her neurologic limitations she is not always able to control when it happens. Her adopter should be comfortable with occasional bowel accidents and understand that this is part of her disability, not a house-training issue.

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