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They stick with you no matter how long they've been gone and it's like they just left yesterday.

Snickers got like this with the "bleep" on TV. We couldn't have any of the reality shows on when she was staying here. I'm not sure if a cause was ever determined but I think her owner suspected thyroid changes. I do know that it no longer bothers her because tthe last time she was here, she paid no attention to it.

When Petunia was attacked by a foster I ended up needing to use Quick Clot Powder on a piece of skin that wouldn't stop bleeding. I would say that piece of skin was similar to what you have there with the ear. The vet didn't want me to use it except as a last resort, but after days of the thing bleeding off and on, I decided to move forward, and it didn't bleed again after using the Quick Clot. You will likely still need tto wrap it as others have said to prevent movement until the healing starts and movement no longer makes it bleed. The newer version of Quick Clot apprently don't burn like the older vmovement doesn't make it bleed again. ersion. There is also Quick Clot impregnated Gauze if you can find it in a pharmacy.

Standing, although when the rock was in there spasms were noticeable lying down also. I had a thought a little while ago that we'd better do a hookworm check on Monday since he was eating poop when the rock went in. Greysmom also suggested a fecal which made me think about hooks. The dogs haven't been out of the yard for quite a while as we haven't been walking during the 8 weeks or so that I had the flu, but you know how that goes. They were hook positive a year ago when they came here and we've had lots of clean fecals since, but you just never know and it's easy enough to check. We have no signs of hooks though and they've all been on their monthly preventatives since we eradicated the hooks with the Modified Prison Protocol. Not checking something this basic is what will ultimately bite us.

I'm so sorry, Aaron. Run pain-free, Hazer.

Everything is literally normal during the spasm. There is no change to anything else, no panting, no pulse change etc. He did have a rapid heart beat during the spasms when the rock was in his stomach, but this is 5 days later before the next spasm occurred and there's no rhyme or reason to when it occurs. Sometimes he is just walking around or standing still with the spasm happening, but it's not impeding his walking and he's not heaving like he was when the rock first went in. We only see it when he is standing or walking and not every time - it's very random. He is as normal as his normal gets in all other respects. I opened a new can of Purina Salmon and Beef food last night before it started, of which he only had a spoonful as a topper on his meal. I don't know if he had any of that food last week when this started so I'm going to stop giving him that one and see if the spasm subsides. I'm still thinking some kind of sensitivity to food or one of his supplements is a possibility.

Petunia had them constantly and I think that Kate also had them if I'm remembering correctly. I think there's a thread somewhere talking about using the Burt's Bees Hand Salve to soften them. I know that's what Miss Petunia had rubbed into her pads every night for her "corns spa treatment."

All quiet. Everyone went outside at 4AM because apparently that seemed like a good time to go out in the middle of the night. Mark still has the spasms happening off and on but they really aren't impacting anything and are fairly mild. No heaving, no obvious pain whether belly or spine related, peeing and pooping normally. I am going to take a urine sample in on Monday as I noticed a strong odor outside that makes me think his urine has a strange odor. Will check for a UTI, but I think that's going to be a separate issue from the spasms. I suspect we are going to need to check bloodwork and do an ultrasound to find out what's going on.. I think he's due for his senior panel in March anyway, so we can do that a little early. Thanks for checking.

Definitely belly spasms. He is the most normal dog ever except for the fluttering abdomen. We have company this week so we bought the good stuff. Thanks!

That was my thought too. I will send the new video to the vet but it will be Monday before I hear anything back. The E-Vet is our only option on the weekend, so as long as this doesn't turn into any kind of emergency and he's not in any distress we will just be monitoring him.

Poop normal, no straining, normal appetite etc. As a doctor once said about me, "the worst case of normal I've ever seen." I will try some lunch meat or a piece of hot dog with the Gas-X. This is a dog who never turns down cheese so I guess we have to go to something with better smells. EDIT - Gas-X on board. What were the odds he'd like Boar's Head Roast Beef?

No noise from the stomach and other than the belch with the Gas-X there's no noise, nothing coming from the mouth. The vet we saw last week has been a vet for 23 years and described it as "weird" when she viewed a video of it. We started using a dental additive that gets mixed into the food about 2 months ago and I'm wondering if he has an allergy or sensitivity to something in it. I think we will eliminate that and see if this stops even though they are random occurrences. We have to start somewhere.

Tonight after eating and going out for a bowel movement, Mark came back into the house and within about 3 minutes was having the stomach or intestinal spasm that resulted in us going to the vet last week when the x-ray found a rock in his stomach. The rock was thrown up on Monday and I haven't seen this spasm since. I have no reason to think that he ate another rock because he has not been alone outside - he gets chaperoned and there is nothing on the ground for him to eat. Here is a quick video of the spasm. He does not seem to be in distress but does stand up until the spasm stops. He refused a piece of cheese with Gas-X in it which is unusual - he usually doesn't turn it down. I am not hearing any stomach squeals but Gas-X was resulting in a big belch from him dueing last week's incident so I was going to give it just in case. Anyone seen this kind of spasm previously? X-Rays last week didn't show anything other than the rock which was removed. This only lasts a couple minutes and then he goes back to normal. He's sleeping on his bed as I type this.

Wood shavings because a little goes a long way. . I just threw down a new layer after it snowed to keep from burning paws, making a walking path and a little bit of a potty area over by the fence. . Our snow often melted a little and re-froze and the shavings helped with traction as well as the burning from cold. In the spring we had a pretty good pile of them to rake up once everything thawed.

Miss Jan, When we lived where it snowed (and froze) I used to put down horse stall bedding on top of the hard snow layer or the ice in Rocket's turnout area. It deosn't take much bedding material to give them a good surface to stand on and keep paws from burning. In the Spring I just raked it up and mixed it with the mulch. The bedding was usually good until the next layer of snow fell, so a bale or 2 lasted us most of the winter in our small fenced turnout area. I'm betting if you put down a small area of bedding that will become the new turnout spot. .

Sounds like you should have simply done your research before purchasing this. Have a great day.

Thanks everyone. LaVida continues to be on the mend and is slowly returning to old habits and routines. She has not come back to the bedroom at bedtime yet since that's where the event happened and she has slept in the living room each night. This morning she followed Chris back to the bedroom and laid in the floor waiting for Chris to finish her shower, so I guess it going to be baby steps to get her back i nthe bedroom at night. We will let her do things at her own pace. She also came over to my chair this mornig to scope out the chocolate muffin I had for breakfast. She is always trying to get my chocolate muffin even though she's not allowed to have them. She is definitely bouncing back She also did her first roach last night since the event which I posted in C&F. My girl is almost back to her old self.

Just looked over and saw this. I think our girl is feeling much better.

Same thing happened last night. Stella went out after LaVida had already been out. LaVida followed her and put the seal of approval on it. I will open the door for her all she wants. I'm just glad she is still here with us. On the way to the E-Vet I remember telling her that it is not her time to leave us yet. I think we are now too tired to sleep. So far I've slept 2-3 hours at a time and am then up for hours. I need about another 15 hours of sleep just to function again.

Most battery businesses in the US won't touch these devices. The devices are regulated as medical devices by the FDA and no longer certified once broken open. Businesses don't want that liability. This is going to be a DIY project for the most part here, either on your own or by that friend who can solder. The battery stores will happily sell you the batteries though. My father-in-law was in the battery business for about 40 years. They won't touch medical devices unless they are certified for them and have the equipment to recertify the device, which in this case isn't a thing.

Mark is usually in the lineup too. It usually goes Stella, LaVida then Mark. Then they sniff the rest of the yard in case there have been any intruders that they don't know about.

You moved them to the Arctic. They are just trying to keep warm.

As previously mentioned in Mark's "rock thread," LaVida required a trip to the E-Vet on Sunday night. Chris and I had just gone to bed at about 10:30 with Mark and LaVida both on slumber balls in the bedroom. Stella was on our bed. Suddenly there was a crash and by the time we jumped up Stella was going after LaVida and Mark was standing over her. LaVida had gotten up and crashed into the dresser and probably the bedroom door. She was on her back, rolling aound with her legs flailing in the air. Stella was growling and I'm not sure if she thought that LaVida was playing or if she was going to attack LaVida as we've seen similar behavior with one of the previous fosters trying to take out an old weak dog. Not intentional - just a dog thing. LaVida's eyes were rolled back in her head and she was unconscious for a couple of minutes. Chris and I took turns monitoring her while each other got dressed. She had a pulse the entire time but was not responding to us. After a few minutes she started coming around. We headed for the E-vet. On the way Chris called the closest one and they were on diversion due to being slammed with too many patients. They told us we could stop there and they would stablize her if needed. At that point, LaVida was awake and actually watching the traffic and taking in the ride, so we went to the next closest E-Vet which is just a few more miles. LaVida walked into the E-Vet under her own power but was wobbly and walking crooked like she sometimes does due to a bad foot from an old injury. The E-Vet placed a catheter, put her on Oxygen and started fluids while they did their evaluation. At this point we suspected a Vestibular Event but never saw the trademark head tilt that you usually see with that. We were at the E-Vet from 11:30 PM until about 4AM. They were slammed because they were taking the overflow patients from the other vets that were on diversion. Between being up with Mark due to the rock in his stomach and this, Chris and I were pretty much up for 3-4 days around the clock with just a few naps at this point. I don't even remember the drive home from the vet. We never did get a diagnosis other than "sudden collapse," but LaVida was released at about 11AM on Monday and has been resting comfortably in her favorite slumber balls. She really started bouncing back last night and I knew that we had LaVida back when she followed Stella outside at 2AM this morning and hovered behind her while she peed. She had to pee over that spot once Stella was finished. LaVida is still moving slowly and only getting up to change beds, go outside or to go get a drink, but all of those are good signs. She has to be hurting based on the crash and the way her body was thrashing around during the event. She had good pain meds at the vet and has continued her gabapentin here at home. The E-Vet suggested discontinuuing her Carprofen due to potential side effects, so we will follow up with her regular vet at an appointment on Thursday. LaVida has never known that she is 10 years old, so I'm sure she will be back playing and flying through the air in the backyard in the near future. It's been a long 4 days but both Mark and LaVida now seem to both be doing well. We'll update again on Thursday after the vet appointment.

Mark had an uneventful night and a leisurely breakfast at 930 this mornig. He seems to be back in "Mark Mode" and is layingo n a bed behind Chris in her office. Mark doesn't like to miss work so I think he's fine. LaVida post coming shortly.