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Sending lots of prayers for Brody!! :hope

I'm so so sorry. I hate, hate F(*&^ cancer. . Sending lots of prayers to Trish and Peatie. :grouphug :hope

It's also really helpful to have an idea of what the pup wants/needs. I.e. new pup in a cold climate might need a coat or jammies!

wooohoooo!!! All set! I know it's silly... but I LOVE SS!!

Amoxicillin isn't clavamox-- it's one of the ingredients in clavamox. Clavamox (aka Augmentin) is a combination of Amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium.

I am so, so sorry. :grouphug

:grouphug I'm glad to hear that he's feeling better than that the swelling is down!!! So sorry about the reaction to the pred... though I can certainly understand... I am WAY tired of having to get up 8 or 9 times per night to pee. :blink: Poor guy, I know how he feels with that!! It can be hateful stuff, but it can also be a lifesaver. Hopefully he doesn't need it for long, and things smooth out. Don't feel guilty about the surgery. You did the best you could with the information at hand. That's all anyone can do-- there isn't a right or wrong decision there, you went for surgery with the best interests of Blitz in mind, thinking that there was a mass, something that really needed to be taken care of.

That's probably more like it. LynnM is right.... stuff happens.... you can try to prevent it, but somehow, some totally unforeseen thing will happen: like Diesel vs. The Steps. Have common sense and be careful, but remember that no matter what, sh*t can happen, and just be prepared (i.e. first aid kits are handy to have, etc.).

I'm glad he gets to come home!! Sending more prayers for a continued recovery :hope

I will admit I'm more likely to take a dog to a vet than myself to the doctor, but I try very hard to avoid the e-vet, because of that. Generally, look for things like bleeding: profuse? Will it need stitched? (how deep, wide, etc.) Other wounds? How much swelling, if any is involved? How distressed is the pup? What's the pup's temperature? (temp won't help if it's a cut, but if something's not right, it's a good thing to know) In the end, sometimes it's a hard call to make. I've done unnecessary evet visits too, I think we all have. With things like cuts, bumps etc. You learn to judge better after you've dealt with a bunch. I just restocked on vetwrap-- went to buy a couple rolls, and it was more cost effective to get a case. Hope I never need it all, but the stuff is handy for all those scrapes and bumps my clutzes seem to get! (and we equally clumsy humans use the stuff too... )

Diesel's belly was covered with them when he first came here a couple years ago. We did the warm compresses and squeezed lightly. They came out (EEEW nasty black stuff....) and have never come back. His belly is nice, pink and smooth now.

I'm so, so sorry Jennifer. :grouphug

I really need a new vet. I had a wonderful vet who retired the other year. Since then, the practice has changed hands a couple of times. There have been a couple of good vets there, but they've left. I can't stand the current one (who owns it). Does anyone know of a good vet in the Northeastern MD area? I'm near Newark, DE, so Baltimore area is way too far south to go. Actually, a good vet just over the line in DE would be great too.

The current vet (which at that practice always seems to be changing now, no one stays very long) will NOT budge from a 1 year vacc protocol-- including rabies, distemper, etc. I understand that Lyme and Lepto need to be yearly, but not everything. This past spring when I refused to revaccinate (they had been vaccinated the previous spring) I got a long "irresponsible owner" talk from the vet that made me feel like an abusive POS that was neglecting my animals. And then I told him 'No' about the Lyme as well. Yes, Lyme causes problems, but I did the vaccination on Sebau, she still got sick, and very sick immediately after the vaccine. I'll not give it to my other dogs, or to her again. The old vet, who retired and sold his practice the other year used the 3 year protocol, and one of the things we discussed was Lyme. Even though it's prevalent, he had a lot of issues w/ the vaccine, enough that he said he really couldn't recommend it, but to just be very sensitive to the symptoms of Lyme, so if necessary, we could start a course of doxy. I really miss him. He could be gruff at times, but was a great guy. I'll never forget being in a panic when Sebau was young, had been spayed, and managed to rip out her stitches. it was a Sunday morning, and I called him. I drove her to his house (which had a small secondary clinic in it) and he fixed her up right away.

Well, he seems to be ok. He's snoozing on the floor right now . DH didn't even realize anything had happened (he had already left for work before D's clumsy zoom catastrophe) since Diesel was acting normally when he got home. I checked him over again, and he looks fine. He does have a nice big rug burn mark on his chest from his tumble, but that's it.

This morning started like usual.... alarm going off at 4:30, DH getting up, turning on the shower, and attempting to roust me (not an easy task at 4:30!). I staggered out of bed, like usual, trip over 3 happy dogs (Diesel is always happy and bouncy at 4:30 ) on my way downstairs to let them out. Everyone goes out, pees, and come dashing back in, ready for breakfast. Breakfast is consumed in record time as always, and I go back upstairs to get ready for work. As I'm getting out of the shower, I hear Diesel dashing about the house with morning zoomies Suddenly, I hear a horrible crash, followed by whimpering (Diesel doesn't cry). I run downstairs (still wet), and there is Diesel, standing in the hallway holding up a leg, crying. My heart is racing, pounding... OMG, Diesel doesn't cry. He doesn't scream. He's Mr. Stoic. It's gotta be bad.. OMG.... He leans into me, shaking, while I check him over.... a couple nicks, nothing seems out of place, nothing swelling.... ok... I can breathe, he's probably ok.... I look around, and from best guess, Diesel decided to zoom down the steps, but couldn't stop. He cut the corner too close and took out the mahogany end table . I finally got him to calm down, gave him a rimadyl, figuring that no matter what, he'd be SORE. By the time I left the house an hour or so later, he was no longer limping, nothing was swelling, and he was bouncing around nibbling my butt persistently to let me know he wanted his kong NOW (with all the panic, I was running late. D expects that PB stuffed Kong at an exact time!). OY!!! I love my boy, but he is NOT graceful! I'm just glad he's ok, but OMG.. that scared the crap out of me!!! OTOH, I realize Sully would've been in full blown scream mode (that's him, he's a diva), but what freaked me out is that Diesel is not one to normally make a sound. I guess he probably scared himself more than anything and I'm sure he's going to have some bruises. PS, it's truly amazing the amount of fur that can stick to wet skin when you are trying to examine a trembling, shedding dog....

That does sound like a nasty UTI. He'll feel better pretty quickly once he's got some antibiotics.

I'll keep Blitz in my prayers tomorrow!!! :hope

Diesel and Sully are always getting scrapes. And that's not even w/ playing with each other. Neither one is especially -graceful-, and Diesel, well, he got his name for a reason. He's like a tank. It's funny to watch him trot down the hall, turn, hear something, swing his head around and WHAM!!!! hit is hard on the corner . Doesn't phase him, but wow, you'd think it'd hurt! He's the same way in the yard... he'll just go trotting by, cut a corner too close, and whack his butt against some branches... and gets a new scrape. Nothing big, since he isn't going fast, but he's just got to be the clumsiest boy ever!

Thanks Feemandvm! I didn't know about the Filarabits. I've never heard of them. For regular prevention here, we just use Ivermectin. This June should be time for the annual HW test (new vet now wants to do it 2x year but I don't see why . We use ivermectin year round. I refuse to do the test 2x year, so I do it in June w/ the rest of the scheduled "annual" exam.)

Don't limit water, like Burpdog said. With D, he had a UTI, we did a standard course of antibiotics, but w/ a week or two it was back and raging. At that point we did a culture, found out Baytril should work, and did a LONG course of it. There are times if there's a really persistent infection that an antibiotic is necessary for a long time. (i.e. a couple months)

We're going through this now with our old girl, who's 13. Since the weather's been nice, I've been leaving the sliding door open slightly, which has worked great, but it's not a permanent solution (i.e. this won't work when it's 10 degrees outside!). I'm working on DH on getting a patio dog door insert so that she can go out whenever she needs to.

No experience with Primor, but I have taken a related drug, Bactrim. Reading the side effects were scary (considering my first dose was double ) but it went just fine and worked well. My father uses it all the time with his patients (mainly for MRSA), and says overall, it's very well tolerated, even by the patients that already have liver function impairment (alcohol abuse, hepatitis, etc.-- he's a chem. dep. nurse)

I am so, so sorry. Thank you for giving him so much love and a wonderful home for the time he had here. :grouphug

Wonderful!!!! :pepper