Is he named Ibis?
I tried to convince my wife we should name him "BirdDog" but his name is Theodore.
Is he named Ibis?
My brother just let our family know that he has to put down his senior dog that he rescued two years ago (after he had been in the shelter for 5 months). It’s just always so tough and I’m feeling for him a lot right now.
To add to the bummer news, our 15 yr old bugaboo, Harvey, is starting to have some mobility issues. He's started falling half the time while trying to climb stairs, and he has been pooping on the porch because he can't walk off to go potty. I have the feeling we are going to have to make some difficult choices in the next few months.
I thought i would take a chance and post this here...
does anyone have experience with Hyperuricosuria (Huu) in dogs? my rescue dog had to have emergency surgery to remove bladder stones (6K vet bill ) and we did a DNA test and his diagnosed with rare Huu, i say rare because it is normally found in dalmatians and my rescue has no dalmation (staffordshire terrier and australian shepherd)...so a very slight chance of this diagnosis. essentially he can't eliminate waste bodily protein which results in high levels of uric acid in the urine. causing the formation of solid, hard, urate stones in the kidneys and bladder which can block the drainage of urine causing severe pain and the risk of kidney failure and death.
we already have him on a new diet (in fact we started to make him a home-made diet) because the UD diet ends up costing like $5-10 (wet food) a day. we have to check the pH in his urine once to twice a week, and make sure he is extremely hydrated (2 1/2 cups of water in each of his feedings).
i have done a ton of research, but because this is rather rare i wanted to see if anyone else had experience...
my son has a Dalmatian and has experienced this. The dog had two surgeries as the first was not 100% successful, but is now on the mend. He has been told that this condition improves as the Dalmatian ages (dog is currently 3), so between the restricted diet and age, they should not expect to have a recurrence.
My Little guy has seizure disorder, but it started when he was about 3 years old. He's been on meds for about 6 years now and hasn't had a seizure in over a year, when he does have one they are more mild than before. I don't think it is painful as much as it is scary for him. When he does have one, right before it's obvious what is going on he comes over and acts clingy. The big risk, as my vet (wife) explained is if he were to ever have seizure in a precarious spot, like maybe he'd have a seizure and fall in the pool and drown or fall off the back of the couch and break his back, so we've got him on the meds just in case mostly.My dog that was left when his brother died in February has started having seizures. He has had 3 in the last 6 weeks with the last 2, 2 weeks apart. Its always outside when he has finished pee/poop. He just falls on his side, wails, then goes motionless for 30-60 seconds, and an awful wail comes out. We took him to Vet after the first one but they could find nothing wrong. They said to monitor the situation and if it got worse we could try some anti-seizure drugs. I am not sure why they didn't offer those when we took him in (cost?).
Anyway he is in no pain that we can tell and we have done the necessary prodding and poking. He just sleeps a lot and I have to pick him up to take him out as he can't navigate steps anymore. He just kind of wanders around, eats, and sleeps. I guess what I am getting at is are the seizures painful to him and will they eventually kill him and are we better off to put him down?
My dog had this. I thought it was seizures, but it was actually syncope.My dog that was left when his brother died in February has started having seizures. He has had 3 in the last 6 weeks with the last 2, 2 weeks apart. Its always outside when he has finished pee/poop. He just falls on his side, wails, then goes motionless for 30-60 seconds, and an awful wail comes out. We took him to Vet after the first one but they could find nothing wrong. They said to monitor the situation and if it got worse we could try some anti-seizure drugs. I am not sure why they didn't offer those when we took him in (cost?).
Anyway he is in no pain that we can tell and we have done the necessary prodding and poking. He just sleeps a lot and I have to pick him up to take him out as he can't navigate steps anymore. He just kind of wanders around, eats, and sleeps. I guess what I am getting at is are the seizures painful to him and will they eventually kill him and are we better off to put him down?
Harvey, our 15 year old mutt pupper, has been having trouble holding his bladder. I work from 80% of the time, so it's manageable during the days, but overnight and when we're out and about, we are left with a surprise.
Yesterday, we broke down and got him some puppy diapers. Happy to say that last night was a success, and he peed in the diaper. So much easier to wash the diapers than having to clean up puddles on the hardwoods each time.