Riverhound

Beautiful babies! Keep the pictures comin'!

Yup. Joe had one around Christmas a year ago. Nothing showed up on tests, but we had a miserable dog who needed to pee all the time. The vet gave me a combo of two antibiotics for 2 1/2 weeks. We noticed a difference right away, and he's been fine since. When Brees started to act like she might have one, I skipped the testing and when straight for drugs. She was fine a couple days later -- except that she learned that barking and whining gets you let outside to chase critters at night!

I love her coloring.

Dear god, that's cute!

Gee, I don't think he has enough places to sleep!

Well, now he'll never have tummy issues again (till you give the Tylan away)! Glad he's sleeping through the night. It's rough on them when they don't get a full 15 hours.

How much do Walter and Blossie hang out? Since C. just treated Blossie for worms and he's doing better, is it possible Walter picked them up from him? OR Did you go to the picnic yesterday (we didn't make it) and did he eat something unusual that might have bothered him?

Nah, you took him someplace really cool and he had a great time! Now he's just pooped. Get yourselves some ice cream or fries; you can wallow and he can celebrate!

How long has he been limping? Is the leg warm or cold? Any swelling? Was there an injury? If the leg is cold, you go to an E-vet NOW.

Aww, poor Gracey! That doesn't look fun. I'd looked at the pics on NGAP's site -- but a dog all splayed out on the table looks a lot different than one belly-up on the sofa! That other link was what I needed. Thank you. That's pretty close to how she looks, but she's not all red. So I'll buy some baby wipes and try to figure out which bark means "Gotta pee!" and which one means "Want a kitty!" My little hellion: :lol Brees wouldn't mind! She catches flies!

I just want to see what one that needed the surgery looks like. She's not red, sore looking, or oozing anything. I just don't think she looks like she should back there! The urine wasn't cultured. I got her in to the vet right before they closed, and she'd been screaming to be let out of the crate when I got home. Ran straight out and peed. I should've chased her around with tupperware that day. She hasn't had a UTI before that I know of. Diagnosis was based on behavior. I'll give her a couple more days, and put my glasses on so I can see what she's doing when she asks to be let out at night. She is a very bossy, very smart little girl, and it's quite possible she learned a new "trick" when she had the UTI.

Yeah, but I don't usually try to takes pics of either one to post on the inter-webs! I felt like such a wacko! She asked to be let out at 5 when I got up to use the bathroom. When I got up for real at 6:30 she threw a complete tantrum while I made coffee before letting her out of the crate. When I did let her outside, she ran right for the fence to look for kitty-across-the-street. No potty action. I think I'm being punk'd.

Brees is a three year old spayed female (11/11) who has never given birth. I don't know if she was ever allowed to come into heat. She developed what seemed to be a UTI a few weeks ago, just before GIG. It was treated with 2 weeks worth of Zeniquin, and she seemed to get better. Last night, she woke us up twice to go outside, which is what she was doing before the antibiotic. Ok, now I need to get skeevy! Her girlie parts seem really small, almost buried. Nothing looks irritated. She isn't licking. No discharge. I just spent a good chunk of time trying to take a picture, which was really disturbing. My camera doesn't want to hear about it. (I don't blame it! ) I'd like to see pics of girls who needed the surgery so I can smack myself upside the head for being a paranoid loon. She probably just had to pee last night, right? Or I'm a munchausen's mommy. Or she's a manipulative twit who wanted to go chase squirrels! (Before Joe and Brees, I last lived with dogs when I was a teenager -- almost 15 years ago. I didn't pay much attention to their nether regions then!) At any rate, the vet is open late on Tuesdays. If she needs to potty a lot the next couple nights I'll haul her in.

Happy crying is really nice!

I'm very sorry. She was a really cool dog. She knew she was home the second she saw your girls waiting at the fence, and was very happy to be there with you. You gave her the best last weeks she could have had. :f_pink :f_pink

How is she tonight? How are you?

We're looking forward to Tuesday!

Glad she's doing a bit better! I hope OSU can get back to you with some ideas. Try to get some rest tonight.

I'm glad she's home with you. The cool water probably feels really good on her belly; are you sleeping under the stars tonight?

This is so not what I wanted to read! That girl had a such a good time barking her fool head off at GIG; she should get the chance to do it at Dewey. Fingers are crossed for a miracle.

Oh, god. Mary Pat, I am sorry to hear this. Crystal is such a great dog! She deserves a lot more time with you and her new sisters.

Don't know what it is, but Joe has it, too. I keep forgetting to mention it to the vet, but it doesn't seem to bother him so I'm not overly worried.

Oh god. I didn't realize Chelsa was gone. I'm so very sorry. I remember reading your story about Teppy a few months ago. Got me all teary. Run free, girls. :gh_run :gh_run

Joe had something just like that about a month ago. I just kept it clean and used a little triple antibiotic ointment so it didn't dry out. Baby sock on top for about 3 days. I *think* I gave him 1/2 a Rimadyl a couple times. Probably didn't walk him for a few days, or at least not far! Good luck.