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Quite possibly the fat-load from that pork you fed could have triggered a big 'squirt' of bile/digestive enzymes etc from the Gallbladder into the common bile duct. It is possible that some of the 'sludge' blocked the duct. Consider looking up: Gallbladder mucocele, Cholecystitis & Pancreatitis. If your dog appears Jaundiced in some way then it probably is as a result of something closely associated with the Liver. However it could be a bunch of other things which only a vet's careful examination and testing can resolve. IV therapy may still be needed.
I hope your Maryl is feeling a lot better soon.
Obviously if your dog eventually manages to pass a black tarry stool then it is from a bleed higher up in the digestive tract.
Blockage or partial blockage is not really something that gives you a lot of time so I'm hoping that nurse called it right.
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Often in the winter and the dog can wear a coat anyway, but even a short time left in the car is a no-no in the summer if there isn't an person who can sit with the dog and open the doors.
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Yep. That's a sign. Peggy first went 'lawning' and 'estate work-digging' back in the middle of February when we had a couple of weeks of unseasonally warm weather which caused the grass to start. Then it stopped and she stopped. Back out again now though, and with the roots going down again it's not so slippery and dangerous to run in the park.
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Royal Canin Renal worked for quite a while (months) on my last Kidney dog. That firm seem to know what to put in their recipes to make the food still taste yummy. I found their Gastro Intestinal diet was good for digestive problems too.
You just need to do your very best to keep your dog eating, and in late stage eating anything. They'll eventually refuse food of any kind, and after that I think you have just over a week before they need to be let go. People with kidney disease say that it's terrible once they won't or can't drink water.
Good luck... at least you're proactively dealing with the condition now.
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If you can get another dog to visit and pee and poop there, at least you'll get Xena wanting to go out there and mark over it. Long pees (bladder relieving ones) take 3-4 seconds. Marking ones about half that.
Crating and/or leaving the dog in an easy-clean room might be your only option for a while.
You could ask your vet if there are underlying issues for peace of mind too.
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So sorry to read that Q had to go so soon. You made the right call for him. Run free and healthy again Q...
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Try draping a child's cot blanket over him. I think it comforts them, keeps them warmer, and they sleep more soundly.
As Peggy got older she needed the blanket more and also a night light.
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Thanks for the update and glad your vet caught it as soon as they did. I think you're right, at 11.5, to focus on quality time rather than absolute length of time. Remember, one of our years is supposed to be like 7 to them. Keep us posted, we all could do with knowing how to handle recovery from this kind of thing and it makes such a useful archive resource for anyone else who ever needs to find out about the condition too. How's Lizzie taking it?
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Scary stuff, but you handled it well and with empathy. Hopefully you dodged the bullet this time and the other dog will recover; if you look at it any other way it will drive you nuts and into making random assumptions and decisions that benefit no-one. Resume your dogs' routines, they were just doing what dogs do in a pack when one steps out of line. Carry muzzles and put them on if you have to meet a group of people with out of control bouncy dogs. Avoid groups of out of control dogs at other times.
Dog laws in the UK are that they must be under effective control wherever people might be, even in your back yard if a delivery man comes along, even when they're on a lead they're not under control if they bite. So if a loose fluffy yapper runs up you can still be in trouble. Even if they trip or scare someone they can be classed 'a dangerous dog out of control' by a court. Horrible dog-phobic laws. But millions of us still manage to keep dogs and let them mix.
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Just 1/2 teaspoon of cold pressed wheatgerm oil a couple of times a week has helped Peggy in the past. Though it is shedding season now...
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Thank you both for your replies! I can't say for sure what spooked her last night, but even 3 hours after breakfast this morning she still will not go outside - won't get off her bed actually. I hate that this is happening and don't quite understand it either since I have had her for 6 months and even as a new pup she didn't do this. I have read the thread Greyaholic posted and tried the calming signal (my rendition must not have been very good as she didn't move)! I will have her Thyroid and probably the adrenal function tested the next time we visit the vet, unless she doesn't get better soon! Thanks again!
With the dog body language you're trying to let her know that she can relax. She may currently be resolving the conficting tensions she sees with the displacement activity of staying in her bed. Is her eye soft or scary starey? What I was trying to offer you by sending that calming signal was to help you tell your dog something like: I'm feeling tense about something but I'm dealing with it, so don't worry, you're not in trouble really".
The points the others are making about thyroid and arthritis are all valid.
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Try sending her the universal calming signal. An exaggerated yawn, one lick of your lips and look away.
It basically shows you can 'speak dog'. Spooky ones can't stand being stared at, loomed over or patted on the head. They hate being 'trapped' somewhere by a human blocking the escape route.
See this old thread
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So very sorry to read that she needed to go. That lovely heart face.. be glad that she shared her life with you and will continue to be there in your fondest memories.
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Either she has a sore stomach and asks to go out to take her mind off it or she is getting cold.
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My Peggy does too. Windchill today is like 34 F and she loves it.
When it even gets near the mid-Sixties F she is no longer so keen on walks. I'm thinking of getting her a white cotton coat for sunshine now she's on the way to 12 this year
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Felix
in Remembrance
So sorry to read your Felix needed to leave you. It's always too soon. He was clearly very, very much loved.
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What is "SCC"?
Sorry I replied off the top of my head like that, I must remember not to be so direct.
SCC is squamous cell carcinoma of epidermal cells.
At least you're onto it now, and that at the very least has to be a positive thing.
Wishing you, your dog and your vet all the best.
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That's a dog which is home.
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I'm so sorry to read your dog has this. Unless it's Aspergillosis it could be a rare-in-dogs SCC or some other kind of cancerous lesion. I think something like 8 out of 10 of them are cancerous and survival rate is 6-18 months with appropriate treatment. Obviously I hope your dog doesn't have cancer there, but please see your vet as a matter of urgency.
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With long term use it is thought that it can further compromise blood flow in the fine structures of the kidney, but you have to go for quality of life rather than extreme length of life really. One of my dogs with late stage CRF had issues with Tramadol concentration building up too high and causing heart arrhythmia, and had to be taken off it. Also a severe intestinal bleed from it can cause shock and organ failure. Treat a kidney disease dog under close supervision of your vet.
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Lovely pictures! The Brindle reminds me very much of Angel who went to the bridge 01/22/09.
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Peggy has just had two bouts of gum/dental surgery. The first removed 10 or even 11 teeth and she bled for quite a while after that but with towels it wasn't a problem. There was a lot of dark tarry blood in her stool so she'd lost quite a bit of blood. The vet said they had her on fluids all the time and that surgery was longer than they would have liked. With Tramadol she bounced back to eating soft foods by the end of the next day and was good after day 3.
The second bout of surgery, which saw 6 teeth having to come out, and deep gum problems with the big 3-rooted teeth, was not so onerous, the anaesthetic cause no issues at all, and she was back to good by the end of day 2. That time she lost about 1/4 the amount of blood she did the first time. In fact the most trouble she caused was when the vet checked her mouth and gave her an antibiotic shot at the end of the second day and, for his troubles, she gave him the GSOD at full volume!
So glad your dog is feeling better.
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What a horrible shock to hear such news. I think the only positive thing is that once detected you can start on the road to dealing with it as best you all can. Sooner rather than later and harder to cure maybe? I wish you and your vet every success in treating those conditions.
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Be very careful. I have reservations about any new dog being "certified cat safe" and frankly the behavior you describe with the cats is PREY behavior- NOT play behavior.
Totally agree with you. Peggy was erroneously said to be cat and even 'ferret' safe, but over the years I've learned that 'cat safe' doesn't reliably apply to to cats that don't behave like rocks. The slightest movement and that prey drive kicks in.
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Good thoughts & prayers from across the other side of the Atlantic. I know how worrying this must be and that part of owning a dog is that we do our very best for them when they get into old age.