It is becoming increasingly apparent that I can no longer hold onto things for an extended period of time. Pouring drinks at work the other day, and an almost empty bottle of cranberry juice goes flying out of my hand. My hands hurt like heck after walking Roxie just now, and from holding onto my iPod.
Anybody have any ideas on how to circumvent this? Cuz unless someone makes 1/2 inch rolled beta biothane leads, I'm probably gonna be f*cked. Or just go back to rolled rope leads (I have a few from EL, but I love my beta leash).
I mean, I count on Roxie to be pulling me (and she pulls really well, and hard like a freight train when I need her to) but I may just never do anything ever if my hands can't bloody hold on. It's more of an issue with my left than right, but my right shoulder/back was injured and still recovering, so I can't hold onto her with my right without risking re-injury because she does pull nice and hard.
I've always had issues with grip, but it was never this bad... It's just gotten a lot worse since my bike accident.
I'm just so frustrated by this right now. I will probably be using my police lead as backup on walks from now on, just in case.
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One more vent for today- don't bloody talk about trying to find a dog-less way of including me in things if I'm not going to be able to go home to Roxie after. I don't have a dog sitter, I will not be getting one, and YES, THERE ARE HOTELS THAT ALLOW DOGS! Not that hard to find them.
I don't like being without Roxie for an extended period of time. Stop telling me that having my dog is a PITA and you wish I'd never have gotten her. At least I have a life because if there's someplace I want to go and can take her, I CAN GO! And I don't skip out on it because I don't feel like being around a lot of people. It may be the case that I don't want to be around people, but if its dog-friendly, I will go anyways because I have Roxie and she loves people and I'd feel worse staying home when I know that she would have fun... Which then (usually) turns into me having fun too (because who can't be happy when Roxie is happy?).
Raaah. It annoys me so much when my family gets me all pumped about doing things and then they're like, OH WAIT, WE THOUGHT YOU COULD LEAVE THE DOG. Even if I wanted a dog sitter and didn't have trust issues, how would I find a reliable one last minute? I wouldn't.