Loving my Oldies

What a little character. Quite gorgeous.

Yonjuro, I don't know if you read the thread about toxic relatives in Off Topic, but I read that with horror and thank my lucky stars I don't have some of the horrible rellies that others have. BUT!!! I am beginning to wonder if I have a toxic house The news for Bunter is good - has some slight signs of bronchitis, but heart is all okay. Meds three times a day for a week and check in with vet and LOSE A LOT OF WEGHT, at least 2kgs .... Bunter and I are very overweight and it is no one's fault but mine. Mrs RB, Danny ate a little bit of VIP Gourmet Chicken roll. OMG!! They are huge. I'll be feeding them that for weeks LOL. It is all cut up into day sized chunks and in the freezer. I need a bigger frig.

Oh no. This is so sad, poor little girl would've been so frightened and confused and then for it to end after days like that. It is just too too sad. To have to live with the knowledge that your darling girls ended their lives running in terror.

Your hearts must be very sore, ness. Your Lochness was a beautiful and accomplished soul.

My hope that nothing more can go wrong has been seriously misplaced. Danny had his Cerenia injection this morning. I took Bunter in for a consultation as he has had the most godawful dry hacking cough. He has a very mild heart murmur and vet seems to think this has worsened and I had to leave him there for X-rays. Came home and tried Danny with some icecream. He licked some up, then threw it up. He did lick a little bit of it back up. I spent the next couple of hours out to it on the couch. Gave Danny, Jeune and Tamar small amount of Science Diet Beef Stew and also put some Goats Milk and honey down for Danny. He started eating (read: picking and spitting out), but eventually ate a tiny amount and then started on the milk/honey mixture. Tamar has now thrown up all over the deck and Danny has thrown up again inside. Jeune coughs and brings up a bit of slime when she drinks water. She is eating normally though if anything she does could be called normal. In a couple of weeks' time, we will have lived here for 10 years. At that time, I had 5 dogs (Danny, Jeune, Tamar, Tirra and Gong Zhu) and one Gussy Cat. Today, with Bunter at the vet clinic, it was the old originals here. So many dogs have passed through my home in those 10 years, it seemed strange that, 10 years on, 4 of the originals (Danny, Jeune, Tamar and Gussy) are still with me. A lot has happened in those 10 years. Can't say I am wiser: definitively older and sadder.

In an ideal world, Steve . . . . . . If the owners don't have a clue, they can't teach anything except cluelessness.

Thanks, Mrs RB. I'll give that a try. I am just so unhappy this morning. The vet said he was happy for Danny to have the Cerenia injections, so I decided I would give the tablet one more try this morning. I dissolved it in a tiny bit of water swished around Gussy Cat's Fancy Feast can which he will sometimes eat. There was no food, just the water slightly flavoured. I syringed it in and he didn't like it at all, whereas the other times he hasn't protested. Watched him like a hawk and followed him downstairs where he started to lick dirt. He has't done that for months and only started it because Myrtie used to do it. Back upstairs and he promptly threw up. So off to the vet when they open and I can ring for an appointment. Today is going to be a tough one as I have literally not been to sleep. Tossed and turned, got up and had a cup of tea at one stage, went back to bed. Got up at 4am and have been up ever since. At least I have given the dogs a walk before the day gets too hot. Saw a few people I haven't seen for ages, because I am always so late or not walking at all in the mornings. Actually, I've just had a thought. Maybe today won't be so bad, because three nasties have happened already. 1. I went to make the bed and found a cicada on my pillow. 2. I was putting more plastic bags in my dog walking bag when I felt something walk over my hand. ANOTHER CICADA !!! 3. Was Danny's throw up. So nothing more can go wrong, can it?

The point is that they aren't being naughty - they are just being puppies. To me it is the same as people who leave their gates open and then say the dog is naughty for going outside. If you had a baby just getting up on his/her feet and toddling along, you wouldn't call the baby naughty because he lost his balance plonked down and by so doing knocked something over.

As do pounds. And some breeders and some rescues Sadly, yes. Probably more than some. Yep I was being politically correct :) :) I realised that.

You entire post is so frightening Grumpette. With regard to the tragedy at the kennels, I agree totally with what you have said about his responsibilities and those of the house sitter. To leave premises unattended and unsafe is a total dereliction of duty.

That's really horrible I don't think Jed will steal mine though ;) I think you'll be safe with Jed. The only problem I see, is that you will demand she takes you as well. Superwoman!! K, that story still haunts me. I still believe Blossom's mum was very poorly served by the Law.

Thanks Powerlegs, I don't mind any repeat questions. This thread would be a heavy load to go back to read it all to check :) Glucose powder - chemist? Compounding meds together - yes, I did ask that. I can no longer remember the reason why not, but I will recheck. Peptosyl - my understanding from Rappie's information and subsequently my vet is that Cerenia is a big gun, but will ask about it. Erratic progress - erratic is right, not sure about progress :)

Have sent another message to the vet. Mrs RB, no one got the first upchuck. By the time I'd wiped that up and gone back for the second, it was the seond that had gone. Tamar has now thrown up all over the deck. She did eat some of it back down. Pebbles, he goes ages without eating as it is. The meds are given three times a day - did you mean to stop even them? Jemappelle, that thought is pretty daunting, but if I have to learn to give injections, I will. As for small meals often: for someone who lives alone and doesn't do much cooking, you should see the mountain of washing up I have LOL. He just refuses everything. The goats milk and honey that he loved last night was poison this morning . Probably the nausea. I have just tried him on some icecream .... ignored. I've also tried a little bit of ordinary food. If he is nauseous, all these different foods I am trying are just a waste of time and probably make him feel worse just to smell them. I just don't know what else to do. I have suggested to my vet having a discussion with someone at ARH, because there is no way I am taking him back to SASH. It wasn't just the so called specialist: it was the receptionist, another vet and the practice manager.

As do pounds. And some breeders and some rescues Sadly, yes. Probably more than some.

As usual, the calm voice of reason and compassion.

Are they long term like some of the antibiotics now or would they need to be given every day?

Yep we were posting at the same time and I came into the study to use my computer to reply and he just threw up again :( I'm about to text my vet again, jemappelle. There must be something causing this. But it is very confusing seeing that all his blood tests yesterday were good. At my wits end. And add to Danny's woes, I just came back from walking Tamar and Bunter and someone has thrown up all over the couch. Whether Tamar did it before we went out walking or whether it was Jeune who was on the couch when we left, I don't know. Danny and Bunter can't get up onto the couch on their own any more.

I'm off to shoot myself. Gave Danny the Cerenia in peanut butter this morning without any difficulty, followed a little later with his Ranitidine and Cisapride and he lapped up a little bit of goats milk and honey. I also syringed some to take away the taste of the Ranitidine. Found it all thrown up on the deck with the pink of the tablet quite visible. Rang the vet to check about giving him another Cerenia. I had to wait for his answer as he was consulting. When the vet nurse called me back about an hour later to say it was okay, I mashed it up in a little water to syringe it. A few minutes later, I found it thrown up in the lounge room. Went out onto the deck to wipe up the previous mess, went into the lounge to wipe up the other and it had gone. No idea who licked it up :( That latest roller coaster at Luna Park doesn't come close to the roller coaster here.

WHAT?? :eek: Seriously, she was a bit bemused. Nothing was stolen. That was a practice in the area she lived in then. think the idea was maybe something might be saved... Oh, I thought you meant they were so upset that her house was saved when theirs weren't. Phew, I was thinking all sorts of horrible things.

Perse is totally wicked. Because I was asking about cat combs n another thread, she actually sent me this link in a PM making sure I didn't miss it. Luckily, but with huge difficulty :laugh: :laugh: I was able to resist having checked my bank balance. :laugh: Still damned tempted by a couple of those beds though.

WHAT?? :eek:

Oh, well that's okay then. We can all go home and forget about. Haredown Whippets has spoken. :mad I'll bet you wouldn't be so sanguine if one of your dogs had been in that that kennels. They, and other businesses of all kinds, are paid not to make judgements of error and when they do, they should be investigated thoroughly. From all accounts, this was more than a judgement of error: it was a blatant disregard for the all the warnings, all the offers of help and a head in the sand mentality.

typical immature response when people can't articulate their argument/point of view, they lash out instead. I tried you are not listening If this whole situation wasn't such a tragedy, this would have me . You are casting this aspersion at labadore simply because she disagrees with your position. She could just as well say the same about you. And you are the one posting insulting remarks and calling people names ..... simply because they don't agree with you.

Did you edit out the green hair :laugh: . Last time I looked it was a pretty insipid light brown.

You'll hear me, persephone :laugh: