We love talking about saving animals’ lives, and, yes, people are listening!  But what’s REALLY fantastic is what this HedzUPpets Watercollar has done for pets who are physically challenged ~~ pets who have lost limbs, who are old, have arthritis, are blind or have other challenges.  The

probability of saving these little ones from drowning can be dramatically improved with the use of the HedzUPpets Watercollar. 

Now, Trevor was another story!  I figured that if this collar would save that little guy, we could consider it TESTED!!!  His owner told me that Trevor had never been able to swim AT ALL.  She said that, paddling with his one front leg, all he did was “spin around like a torpedo and shoot to the bottom of the pool.”  We put the Watercollar on him, put him in the pool, and watched, anxiously, as he began to swim.  His head never went under water!!!  We were all so excited!!  But the astounding thing was this:  After he swam around the pool for about 15 minutes, and we were sure he wasn’t going to go under, I asked if we could put him in, again, without the collar and let me see what would happen.  His owner was very willing, and put him in.  We could not believe our eyes when he actually started SWIMMING!!  His owner was never so shocked!  He had never had more than a moment on top of the water to LEARN how to swim, and his paddling around our pool taught him that he could do it!  That proves that, not only will the collar hold up an animal that is handicapped in some way, or one that is completely exhausted, but it also is, just as we expected, a great training tool! 

The most exciting water trial we had was the one in which we had two dogs ~~ Trevor, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, who has only three legs ~~ his right front leg was damaged and removed at birth ~~ and Zoe, a West Highland Terrier, who is not handicapped.  Zoe is 6 years old and had never been swimming before, but, because dogs naturally know how to swim, she swam beautifully ~~ that is, until she began to fatigue.  We kept her swimming through her panic, until she was totally dependent on the collar to keep her head up.  That took only about four minutes!  The collar worked beautifully and held her head up completely! 

Physically Challenged Pets

                  Trevor,

Missing Right Front Leg Since Birth

                       Zoe,

Who Has No Physical Disabilities

Trevor

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