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| Adventure With The Dogs...; Already it's started...oh boy *sigh* | |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 7 2010, 07:08 PM Post #16 |
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Needless to say, he's being made much of also. But no pizza for Champie...though he's gained weight back up to 70 lbs. Just carrots and such for treats. |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 8 2010, 10:32 PM Post #17 |
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Bad skin infection due to yeast was the diagnosis. So he's getting three meds, ear rinses and HORRORS! a bath every three days. He was very happy to go home and I'm sure the vet staff was too. He apparently treated them to his rendition of "I Wanna Gooooo HOOOOOOMMMMMME" several times and was surprised no humans joined in, though he kept trying. He usually only sings that when he's at the groomer's and in a large cage waiting to be picked up. The staff is actually lucky. Jack sings Klingon opera when he sees another dog and that's something to hear. Nero is the "Harpo" of the group...he never says a word...though he has exactly three times since he's joined us. He's a baritone!!! |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 8 2010, 10:44 PM Post #18 |
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Doctor Partner just let them all in from outside and is counting noses...Jack, Champ, Nero, Sampson...where's Mason? He saw Mason at the screen door..had to let him inside. Now the count's complete. Wait a sec...where's Nicholas?
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| wombat | Jul 9 2010, 12:39 AM Post #19 |
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Look in the closet... I will *never* forget that search.... |
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| toms no 1 fan | Jul 9 2010, 08:14 AM Post #20 |
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gu i hope champ 3 is feeling better soon hugs from me |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 11 2010, 03:27 AM Post #21 |
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The only problem we are having with our two guests is one of them is getting extra rations. One of them is snitching Nicholas' food. I've moved his bowl off the table where he usually eats (the back of the loveseat is right there..no challenge to get it) to the maple table under the stained glass light. Seemed to be a fine place but now it vanishes from the center of the table as well. So the little pusscat is always chewing up papers on my desk in disgust that his food is being eaten and the bowl left over by the fireplace. |
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| pattie anne | Jul 11 2010, 01:26 PM Post #22 |
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ahhh, the joys of dog-hood. poor nick.
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| Gold Usher | Jul 25 2010, 04:24 PM Post #23 |
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Well since things come in threes.... Mason refuses to get up. He missed going outside with the other four, he missed the serving at breakfast but did get a handfed biscuit and Nicholas's bowl filled with water. I spoken with Jonah and Julie up in Maine...this isn't usual for him and of course being Sunday, his vet is closed. His legs move ok, but he just can't get up. No squeaking or moaning when he's touched... Jonah says to keep an eye on him for a couple of hours and if no change, we'll have to take him to Banfield. Very strange behavior as he's usually bouncing around and certainly Doctor Partner's shadow in the house. Has us worried... c'mon Mason. "Mason, Mason, get the basin." |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 25 2010, 05:48 PM Post #24 |
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Jonah just called in to see if there's any change. Nope. Doctor Partner says it's almost like the dog's drunk and wanting to sleep it off. He can be put on his back but he kicks his feet to turn back over and just stays there. Looks like tomorrow I'll be taking him in to his vet when I go to work. I'm really worried about Mason.... |
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| wombat | Jul 25 2010, 07:29 PM Post #25 |
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GU - please post again about Mason. This is awfully close to what happened to Sam. |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 26 2010, 03:02 AM Post #26 |
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I can lift him up and he'll struggle up and stand. I came in from being out front and he was standing at the slider to the lania. Got him to eat, then outside to wet the grass but then he collapses. I give him a few minutes to rest then I lift him up and straddle him to walk with him, holding around the neck and belly to catch him. He'll go about 7 or 8 feet then sit and keel over. He's favoring his front left leg and seems weak in the back legs. I got him inside and back on the tile but he'll move himself a bit but not far. He's spent the day on his side unless I'm lifting him to get him moving every couple of hours. He won't lift his head on his own unless he's resting on his front legs. He's had water, has no problem with biscuits. It was thundering about 7p.m. so figured take him out one more time just in case. Got Doctor Partner on the other side of a sheet under him and we got him outside again supporting him that way. He watered the grass properly, staggered back to me and sat. If he wasn't leaning into me, he would have toppled over again. Got him back inside on the tile again with the sheet under him this time. He's starting to cry a bit...but when one of goes over to see who..he clams up. Just tried to get him up but not much luck keeping him up. So tucked him on the sheet and pulled him over to the carpet. I want him to sleep on that tonight as it's certainly softer than that damn tile. He stood up, wagged his tail, got some rubs and then landed down onthe carpet next to the loveseat. Least he'll be comfy there for the night as that's where he was this a.m. I asked Julie when the vet opens (in the plaza a street over from Brum's) she thinks 8:30 or 9:00. Will have to start getting him into the van about 8:15 as that's going to be something to lift him into it. We do have a small flatbed cart to put him on to get him to the van but the 70 pound lift into the van is going to be the hard part. We had no food out he could have gotten into, but who knows what the dogs eat out in the yard. Usually if it's grass, they'll gak that up befor coming in. |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 26 2010, 03:44 AM Post #27 |
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Great...I was just talking with my Tom about Mason. Said he heard of a dog who came down with bone cancer and suddenly just like that, started having similar trouble. Well, it's something to run past the vet tomorrow. Mason already has hip trouble so Jonah was asking if the dogs were roughhousing last night. Nope they dont' do that here. Doubt he fell off the couch as he was over by the tall lamp this a.m. Totally clueless why Mason is having trouble. |
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| bonnie | Jul 26 2010, 04:14 PM Post #28 |
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I'm sorry to hear that Mason isn't doing well. The vet should be able to tell you what's likely to be wrong with him after a couple of tests. Good luck! |
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| Gold Usher | Jul 26 2010, 07:11 PM Post #29 |
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Silly dog. He started crying after everyone went to bed last night. So I slept from 1 to 5 a.m. on the floor next to him. He got water and extra biscuits before I went to sleep. At 3 a.m. he sat himself up and tipped over the other way and was there when Doctor Partner came looking for me at 5. Back to my own bed for a couple of hours. I get up and Mason had worked his way over to the corner of the two sofas and was wake resting on his forelegs. Then when Doctor Partner is dishing out the food, he's right there at the wall desk. He gobbled his and then another serving before his legs went out from under him. Ok..time to get him in the van. Got the flat cart inside and ready to sheet him around the belly to get him on it. He walks out with me holding the sheet in case he decides to go down on the concrete. Then Mason decides to get his front legs up into the van behind the seats. I had the back hatch up and a board tipped down to get him in. He's as happy as can be going for a ride. I ask for help getting him out of the van and see the two of them on the sidewalk coming in. Ok Dog..this is getting embarassing. He was prancing at the desk and wagging his tail. I told the receptionist I dont' think the shop Maine Coon cat "is as happy to see the dog as Mason seems to be to see him." So Mason gets led away to visit with the vet out in the back. At noon, Doctor Partner checks in with them and calls me. "They say he's 'resting'" is all he could say. Mason, methinks you and I are going to have a few words tonight ~ if I'm awake long enough and my back will let me bend down enough. |
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| pattie anne | Jul 26 2010, 11:29 PM Post #30 |
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dear Gold Usher - maybe you need to switch to pigeons ... wombats ... ferrets ... anything but woe-begotton dog-gone K9s! you poor, poor dears. (mason included.) "Oh Poop!" a doggie soap. the continuing saga of man's best friend not doing so 'goodly'! please keep us informed. pattie anne
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Now the count's complete. Wait a sec...where's Nicholas?

pattie anne

12:53 AM Jul 11