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- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -2/+59A few screws and some cement does not make it bionic.
- okie4life, on 06/16/2008, -2/+15There is nothing wrong with doing this. Some people think of their pets as family and you wouldn't opt out of an operation like this for your mom.
- Pittance, on 06/16/2008, -0/+13Exactly. I was thinking part of his spine was a direct synthetic replacement. But no, its just a similar technique to what people who have broken discs get.
- a22e, on 06/16/2008, -0/+10I have three herniated discs in my spine, and while it is very painful I can still walk (most of the time anyway.) I hope that what they are putting this dog through goes a long way toward finding better and cheaper ways of helping humans in similar situations. Dugg.
- thedogfatherx, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1115 1/2 years is a long time. Thats how old my dog was when he passed over.
RIP Tanner - scoobycarolan, on 06/16/2008, -4/+12We can rebuild him!
- HyperionHK, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7I think you'll feel different if you ever become paralyzed from the waist down and your family decides that rather than spend money caring for you it's just cheaper and easier to put you down :)
Yes, I am aware it's "just" a dog, but some people consider their pets members of the family. - buddysystem, on 06/16/2008, -6/+13It's not that surprising that the Human Torch would have a bionic dog.
- davdev, on 06/16/2008, -3/+10I spent $4k getting two herniated disks fixed in my 4 y/o Basset Hound. I was stupid and let him jump out of the back of my truck. As soon as the surgery was complete he was back to his old peppy self. There was hardley any recovery time after the anesthesia wore off he was fine, and this was a pretty major surgery.
if you are not willing to do everything you can to save your pet, you have no right to get one in the first place. Fortunately we have pet insurance, can got $2K back, but even if we didn't, we still would have gotten him the surgery. - Scynet, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7You're the judge who gets to choose between saving a lifetime friend and feeding hungry people? I think you're the selfish one. Can't blame you though, I admit it's probably difficult to understand just how tight the bonds between a man and a dog can be.
- Scynet, on 06/16/2008, -1/+7There are a lot more immoral things going on than saving your dog's life in this world. Can't imagine how you can possibly argue about it. How about buying a cheaper car and donating the saved 20K to homeless animals? No? Most of us wouldn't even think about it, yet here we are whining about a guy who actually uses his powers to save those important to him. Sigh.
- zadadka, on 06/16/2008, -2/+8I don't like Chris Evans....but that's just a personal thing....and no, it has nothing to do with him having been Billie Piper's (Dr Who - Rose Tyler) "better half" at one time.
But, let's be honest, if we had the money, we'd have given it all for our own "Old Yeller" to be with us a bit longer....
...so, fair play to him. - piper999, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5Poor us - Norma has not been euthenized and thus is living on with no dignity. Her/his corpse could be used to feed a lot of hungry dogs.
- redisant, on 06/16/2008, -1/+6not bionic this is spinal fusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_fusion
if he's bionic so am I since i have a titanium rod in my arm.
Buried as inaccurate - SirTheGuy, on 06/16/2008, -5/+10Anyone else think that sounds like and Onion News Article?
- moghua, on 06/16/2008, -1/+6Before people start attacking this guy for spending "too much money" to help his dog, you should keep in mind that people who are willing to spend this kind of money are essentially paying vets to research treatments that might not get funded otherwise. Sometimes these types of treatments even make their way to treating humans. Here's one example:
http://arthritis.battlingforhealth.com/2008/05/ste ... - SkippyDoorknob, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3Need to rename the dog to Max.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3Dont you mean hungry?
- TheBSG, on 06/17/2008, -0/+3How do you figure you "saved" your pet? There was no speeding car, big cliff, or bullets. You just prolonged your dog's life, and no one should be told that they have to do the same. I probably would too, but it's kind of ***** to assume everyone should have to spend a significant amount of money on a dog that won't live past 20.
- Erythroxylum, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3Chris Evans is an annoying turd (like the ones that go around the u-bend that you have to poke with a clothes hanger and take about fifteen flushes to get shot of), but if I had the money and my dog needed that sort of operation, then by golly, I'd do the exact same thing. The 'man's best friend' epithet is no coincidence.
- myhandleondigg, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Interesting that all the comments realistically putting the dog's lifespan at completely unpredictable have been buried.
- Ramble, on 06/16/2008, -4/+6Oh come on. For some people (and this may be hard to believe) you cannot justify £4000 on a pet, you just have to let it go.
- kevdotbadger, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2I still won't forgive him for doing Billie Piper, i was saving myself for her.
- Tenlow, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3What the hell is wrong with drinking lattes? Since when did that become an identifier of political bias? There is something wrong with this world today.
- sab0tage, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Damn, I wanted to be able to say I have a bionic hand :(
- Tenlow, on 06/16/2008, -2/+4Yeah, and there are other people too, those who love their pets.
- paradexes, on 06/16/2008, -0/+110 million dollar dog..to go with the 10 million dollar man. Bionic man's best friend.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -2/+3A dog is a friend not an object you sad piece of *****
- wellyuk, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Ouch! A Daily Mail reader perchance? Go on, ***** off and get back to your complaining about immigrants.
PS. McDonalds sells more hamburgers than anyone else in the world, but their burgers are still *****. Much like the Daily Mail's reporting. - asus2000, on 06/30/2008, -2/+3The new Enzo can now run faster than his other dog, Veyron.
- killtrocity, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I hope you can see the pixels, given that your screen is full of them.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1"Hey, I know, let's use metal to replace a thick piece of cartilage!?!! BRILLIANT!" *clink of Guinness bottles*
They don't use a ***** BOLT in other spinal surgery, that'll make his endplates feel reeeeeeally nice when he walks. - bjs3171, on 06/16/2008, -2/+3this spine better be robotic, or else it's not ***** bionic. somehow i suspect this is like that old lady's "bionic" joint replacements from last week. funny, i believe that was Daily Mail too.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1You should check into "McKenzie Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy", we fix herniated discs all the time, it's not hard to do.
www.DirectPT.com - sdcarter, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Oh, what the *****?! My comment gets buried and this tripe gets dugg?! I want a recount.
- okie4life, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1was that you trying to be cesar milan. cuz that ain't what he would say ja dum ass
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Too bad your mother didn't ***** you down the toilet.
- thirteenthcor, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1CAN WE PLEASE GET PAST CALLING CEMENT, NAILS, and PLASTIC "BIONIC" PLEAASE??!
- Erythroxylum, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Perhaps you'd like to indicate how this piece about Chris Evans' dog 'stirs up ill-feeling between middle Englanders and minority races' since this article is from the Daily Mail and - according to you - that's all the Daily Mail does.
Wait, I've got it - some, resented and vociferous minorities are offended by the existence of dogs (and possibly annoying, multi-millionaire, ginger DJs). Damn you Daily Mail, you only ran this story to piss off the People of No Discernible Religious Affiliation!
Of course you'd rather newspapers such as the Daily Mail (despite it being the third most popular newspaper in the UK after News of the World and the Sun) cease to exist - you're a goddamned, ***** lefty; your bigotry and intolerance of differing opinion knows no bounds. If anyone's a fascist here, it's you. - piper999, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Back in the 90's definitely but not so much any more. He learned his lesson and has been allowed back into society.
- stretch611, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Hey its Max... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximillion_(fictiona ...
Now where are Lee Majors and Lindsey Wagner? - unitedkronos, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1He's a radio presenter on BBC 2 so he has more than enough cash to waste on treatment like this, I wish he'd bring back TFI Friday.
- wellyuk, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1No, I'd just rather nasty, fascist newspapers such as the Daily Mail would cease to exist rather than continue to pollute the media with it's hyper-right-wing bias and "reporting". All the Daily Mail does is continue to stir up ill feeling between white middle Englanders and minority races. And that the Daily Mail was a support of the British fascist party, albeit years ago, it can still ***** right off and so can it's readers.
- vassar, on 06/16/2008, -4/+4What a waste of money. This guy must be an idiot. Spine surgery is 50-50 in humans and from the article, not much better in dogs:
"Before his operation he was completely paralysed but now he can use his back legs in the pool - although he is yet to support himself on land." - raid517, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1'At the moment we don't know if Enzo will ever walk again. "
Normally for a dog, I would argue that this was pretty much it. The end of the line I mean. I can't think of any reasonable excuse to keep a dog alive under these conditions.
However, from a selfish perspective, I am kind of won over by the argument that this might aid human research - although I am vaguely suspicious that this procedure has already been pioneered in humans and has eventually made it's way to dogs. - Andrwmorph, on 06/16/2008, -2/+2She did :(
I was raised by rats in the sewers. - kolyana, on 06/16/2008, -9/+9Quote:
In a pioneering operation costing £5,000, the nine-year-old dog had two bolts inserted in the middle of his spine to fuse two vertebrae.
The dog is having extensive physiotherapy and hydrotherapy in the hope that he can one day learn to walk again.
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So they fused two vertebrae and the poor dog can't even walk - and they only *hope* that it will again.
This does not sound particularly 'bionic'. - Andrwmorph, on 06/16/2008, -2/+2He just ***** £5,000 down the toilet.
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