# “Gunnar’s Wheels” needs you, Dopers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203 "2017-04-10T22:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/61 "2017-04-21T01:35:41Z")
Tonight’s vote is courtesy of Luna, our younger dog (3 1/2). Luna is a dynamo of physical energy – she needs no wheels – but she is a friend to all dogs (and humans). She dragged me two miles around the lake this evening, stopping to meet and greet every dog she could. She would want other dogs to be mobile too, I am certain. She’s super gentle and respectful with Simone. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/62 "2017-04-21T04:02:23Z")
**Gus** , **Baker** , **Sailboat** and **Luna** : thanks for keeping the ball rolling today while I was waylaid with–I believe they’re called–“chores.” To paraphrase Bette Midler, _You vacuum the house, six months later you gotta vacuum again, so why bother?_ Thanks for your votes. [Two more of our furry friends got their carts today](https://www.facebook.com/Gunnars-wheels-1155089164561706/)\*; **Trotter Boy** (Pittie mix?) sent two videos and **Rizzo** (Goldendoodle?) sent some pix with vids forthcoming. It’s amazing how quickly they adapt to these chairs. \*Link to **Gunnar’s Wheels Foundation** Facebook page. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/63 "2017-04-21T18:16:05Z")
Again. Any idea of where Gunner stands in the voting? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/64 "2017-04-21T21:31:37Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Again. > > Any idea of where Gunner stands in the voting? In post #35 the OP said they don’t know what the standings are, it’s not revealed until the end. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/65 "2017-04-22T01:30:20Z")
The wheels on the dog go round and round! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/66 "2017-04-22T02:51:28Z")
Well, **GusNSpot** , **Baker** , **Sailboat** , we meet again. New information from the Foundation: a pic of **Scooter** (Chihuahua), who got his wheels today–his look says to me **What are YOU lookin’ at? Never seen a Robo-dog before?** And pix and video of **Becky** (Chihuahua mix?) who got her wheels today, handed down from several dogs at Friends of Emma. Look at her go!! Wish _I_ moved that well. Try not to smile at her turn-on-a-dime near the end of the vid. And what a smile on the full face pic. Oh, and thanks once again for your votes, folks. …all through the town. (I LOLed, I did)! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/67 "2017-04-22T14:48:05Z")
Thanks **Baker** , I forgetted that. 😃 Again: I voted. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/68 "2017-04-23T03:46:58Z")
When it rains, it pours: a short video from Portugal(!) featuring **Sky** –a couple of happy tails there; a video from **Turbo** (Boxer?) getting the hang of it; a video follow-up from yesterday starring **Scooter** ; a picture of **Sally** (Lab?) in Iowa whose cart is on the way; **Oreo** from Missouri got his cart yesterday; Bulldog **Daphne** from the Keystone State is getting a prototype front-leg-limited-mobility cart any day now; and, **Sydney** in Texas–limited mobility–her cart ships out Monday. So 🆒! Hang in there, **Gus** , and thanks once more! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/69 "2017-04-23T17:01:42Z")
Done today ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/70 "2017-04-24T03:52:48Z")
You da man, **GusNSpot** , you da man! You are awarded 🆒 🆒 🆒 🆒 New today: Video from **Daisy** (Black Lab?) who is getting a 4-wheeled cart soon (funded by the **gofundme** campaign); **Cherri** (Chihuahua mix?), from MD, on video, tearing up the sidewalk (So long, suckers, I’m outta here!)–looks like **Cortney** , her owner, can barely keep up! Be sure to catch the very end; and **Trotter Boy** is back with a nifty placard posted by his sponsor, **pitties&purrs(.org) Rescue, Inc**, who are also helping to get out the vote! Sweeeeeeet! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/71 "2017-04-24T15:45:17Z")
I do not feel right in the day until I vote for G ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/72 "2017-04-25T03:57:32Z")
It’s good of you to keep plugging along, **GusNSpot** , thanks! And thanks to the **Mods** for indulging our little venture. One more week! Video of **Emmett** (St. Bernard?) from Washington state, taking his cart for a spin; Pix of **Jordan** (Boxer) who got her cart a few weeks back. Her owners were traveling through Wisconsin and they all stopped by _Gunnar’s Wheels Foundation World Headquarters_ to meet Jason; and video update of **Oreo** (from Missouri) soloing his cart. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/73 "2017-04-25T15:37:23Z")
No problem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/74 "2017-04-25T15:58:52Z")
I continue to vote. And shockingly, on Sunday afternoon I came home and my doberman Drago seemed to be paralyzed in his hind end. I pulled a tick off him, so I’m thinking it’s tick paralysis. I called the vet Monday morning and they said if he seems to be getting better, and is eating, drinking and eliminating okay, I could wait and see. He seems a bit better each day, but My other doberman, Annie, has an appointment for tomorrow, so I may see if I can squeeze Drago in, too, unless he’s considerably better. StG ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/75 "2017-04-26T03:24:34Z")
**Gus** , **StG** , I continue to be thankful for your votes. **StG** , how’s **Drago** doing? Had to research “Tick Paralysis.” Cripes, that’s insidious. Now I’m going to have to inspect my Border Collies every four minutes, 'cause they’re total mops. Keeping my fingers crossed for a total recovery. Video of **Harley** having a rough go of it–cart is on the way, **H** ; Before and after pix of **Draxten** from Michigan; and 2 pix from 12 YO Pennsylvania cutie **Belle** out for a stroll in her _gofundme_ cart–ruptured spinal disc be damned! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/76 "2017-04-26T04:02:40Z")
**burpo** - Drago continues to improve. He’s still doing a pace instead of a normal walk, but he’s moving more on his own, and seems steadier. We’ll see what the vet says tomorrow. StG ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/77 "2017-04-26T04:22:49Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I continue to vote. > > And shockingly, on Sunday afternoon I came home and my doberman Drago seemed to be paralyzed in his hind end. I pulled a tick off him, so I’m thinking it’s tick paralysis. I called the vet Monday morning and they said if he seems to be getting better, and is eating, drinking and eliminating okay, I could wait and see. He seems a bit better each day, but My other doberman, Annie, has an appointment for tomorrow, so I may see if I can squeeze Drago in, too, unless he’s considerably better. > > StG Ticks on Zeus are hard to find. ☹ He is observed a lot and I go after the places he chews when it is new action place. 😃 Regular hunting all warm times and Colleen has an Eagle eye for them. Got to watch the 7 kitties and each other. :rolleyes: Just had another mild winter so it is going to be a bad tick season around here. Hope **Drago** bounces back quickly. Good thunks headed his way… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/78 "2017-04-26T15:24:13Z")
& Bobs your uncle. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/79 "2017-04-26T17:12:54Z")
Voted again. For any computer-shy readers we might have, I’d like to point out that I’ve been voting for two weeks now and each time it asks for an e-mail address – I haven’t received any spam at that address in that timeframe, I’m happy to report. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203/80 "2017-04-27T02:59:13Z")
**GusNSpot** , thanks once more (Someone–I think it was **silenus** –earlier this week used a variation of “Bob’s your uncle,” that I can’t wait to use in public; looking forward to all the blank stares. “Robert’s your father’s brother.” Genius. :D:D) **Sailboat** , thank you, as well, and thanks for pointing out the spam-free voting situation; I haven’t received any, either, other than the usual Home Depot, ebay and Cialis :eek: crapola. **StG** , if you’re checking in later, we’d appreciate a **Drago** / **Annie** update. Pic from Colorado of **Grendel** (the Bull Mastiff) in his cart. Is that an impressive look for him, or what? 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunnar-s-wheels-needs-you-dopers/784203.md?page=5)