Carrying a dog

Ome of our collies has developed epilepsy. At the moment he has come out of his seizures quite quickly with no ill effects. However, we have been wondering that if there was a problem when we were out walking, how we would get him off the hill? He’s quite big for a collie (27kg) & I would certainly struggle to carry him far, especially if he was continuing to fit, whilst my wife would have no chance.I have seen a thing called a Fido Pro Airlift, but I’m not too sure about it. The video shows man with dog on the ground & then man standing with dog in the device, but not the tricky bit of transitioning between the two stages which I suspect may not just be an oversight. Has anyone else had this sort of problem & what solutions did you come up with?

We had a Border Collie for 13 years. She started having fits after she banged her head playing in the garden when she was one.
On the occasions that she had them when we were out walking, once she had stopped, we used to carry her on our back and over the shoulder like a sack of coal until she started coming round. She weighed 23kg and you knew when you’d done it.
Eventually she got worse and at age 13 had one in the garden and never came out of it.
Still miss her and it took another 13 years before I felt ready for another.

Have you seen the pics of folks on the New York subway carrying their dogs?

A blue ikea bag with holes cut for the legs seems to be popular.

Also had the advantage that it packs down small.

I’d carry like this http://k9joy.com/dogtraining/lifting.html

I have a dog with weak ligaments / prone to injury. I keep looking at these…

http://vildmark.co.uk/equipment/reviews/fido-pro-airlift-harness-dog-rescue-harness/

I had a smaller version of this for my little dog
https://www.petsownus.co.uk/products/innopet-hercules-dog-stroller-incl-rain-cover
Might be an option.

He’s one of the family and maybe your best friend…. If it comes to it you’ll always get him of the hill with you.

Ome of our collies has developed epilepsy. At the moment he has come out of his seizures quite quickly with no ill effects. However, we have been wondering that if there was a problem when we were out walking, how we would get him off the hill? He’s quite big for a collie (27kg) & I would certainly struggle to carry him far, especially if he was continuing to fit, whilst my wife would have no chance.I have seen a thing called a Fido Pro Airlift, but I’m not too sure about it. The video shows man with dog on the ground & then man standing with dog in the device, but not the tricky bit of transitioning between the two stages which I suspect may not just be an oversight. Has anyone else had this sort of problem & what solutions did you come up with?

Dog climbing harness from ruffwear and then roped over back or chest is how I’d do it.

It’s the way the loonies carry them

Here#s the belay harness that should do the trick

https://ruffwear.co.uk/collections/dog-harnesses/products/doubleback-harness

EDIT: That airlift harness looks the easiest thing to use out of the box

I have a fido pro. We have an Australian Shepherd (like a big Border Collie) who sometimes loses the use of a back leg. It’s kind of like an ikea bag with leg holes and a bigger shoulder strap.

He does not like being carried, so I’ve only tested it briefly. Seemed to work ok, and there are good instructions with it. It’s expensive for what it is, though.

I once used my waterproof jacket as a makeshift stretcher for my dog when she injured a pad walking in the peaks and refused to go any further. Was a two person lift and not easy.

She bloody loved it.

One of my collies developed epilepsy about a year ago, he’s on max dosage of most of his meds now, and down to 1 seizure every 3 weeks.
Hes had a lot of seizures, but always while resting at home, he’s never had one while out walking, I think because his mind is so active when he’s out.
I don’t think a single seizure would be too much of a problem to deal with, but a cluster would – we’ve got a few doses of diazepam to use to deal with a long seizure or cluster, and in the cases where we’ve used them, he’s been ok to walk on lead shortly afterwards.
Worth getting some of them, as the longer a seizure goes on, the greater the effects on the dog.
Good luck, it’s not easy!