Loving my Oldies

Watching dogs play and have the best time can NEVER be boring.

Thanks everyone. Yes, K, I couldn't crate Danny, or any of them for that matter. Hopefully, increasing Tamar's medication will do the trick with her, Caz, and I'll keep up with the belly bands and extra matress protection with Danny and talk to the vet. I have so much to do and yet here I am reading DOL and FB and feeling sorry for myself. Get to, woman

Or is it: OMG, mate . What did you have for breakfast?

He's the one saying: And did you see that poorly bred Husky the other day? Such a tramp.

Some of you will have seen my thread on Danny's problems. Well he has now developed incontinence, poor little boy. I haven't mentioned this to the vet as I just don't know how he can cope with more medication. Tamar (the youngest of the Moochers at nearly 11 - just a puppy) developed incontinence about a year ago and has been managed with Propalin. The night before last I spread a mattress protector (additional to the usual one I have on my bed) under the bedding where Danny sleeps on my bed. He did a wee in his sleep, but then I have all the additional wash and the problem of trying to get dry the m/protector. Last night I tried him with a belly band which I had had when my little toy poodle was a member of the pack. This worked . I woke up early, checked and removed the b/band and carried a half asleep Danny down to the yard for a wee and came back to bed. Big mistake as I had the most awful dreams - more like nightmares. Tamar decided to snuggle down into my side. Woke up a couple of hours later, sniffing and with a wet pyjama leg. Tamar had wet the bed. We may need to increase her dose of Propalin and will talk to vet about that. So what with the nightmares leaving me horribly distressed (so real and unrelenting) not a wonderful start to the day. Off to buy some more mattress protectors, while the washing machine works overtime. Will be breaking my rule and leaving it working hard while I go out.

I think you have misread, sandgrubber. It wasn't the pharmacy, it was SASH (Small Animal Specialist Hospital) which was taking advantage of the love we have for our pets

Arthur's Adventures has made it to ABC News24.

Oh SM, you are so sweet and kind. Is it the liquid? It might not be the correct strength for a 5.4kg little dog LOL. I am off to do some shopping, now, and will go to the chemist to ask about the combination as mentioned above by Westiemum.

I don't because having had a metre board explode into flames a few years ago and seeing in my mind's eye my house go up in flames, I am too worried. I don't leave any appliance on when I go out, not even washing machine, dryer or dishwasher. Ditto in winter: no heaters, electric or gas.

Danny is on both Ranitidine and Cisapride liquid compounded meds, Westiemum. I can't use tablets because there is nothing I can disguise them in . The Cisapride has to be kept in the frig and the first supply of Ranitidine is still going. I was managing some of the time to give him Periactine in peanut butter, but I would regularly find that dumped on the floor somewhere. The Periactine was just a trial to see if it would increase his appetite, but as it made no difference, I have stopped that as of Sunday. The others are vital to trying to get him well again, so can't afford for them to be hit or miss. BUT, thanks to your post, I am going to ask if they can be combined. It would mean fewer syringes of meds for him. I will ask my chest today and also what they charge for Ranitidine.

Not really, Coogie. I suggested that perhaps going back to meds 3 times a day and he agreed with that. So back to early mornings to fit everything in as one of the meds that he is to have 3 times needs to be clear of others by an hour each way. I thought of you and Ronin this afternoon, Yonjuro. I passed a fast food shop and a husky was lying just inside the door while his owner broke up a couple of sausages - dog was beautifully behaved and waited until chap said he could eat.

Can't remember who was so brave LOL :o Things aren't going so well here, more bad/not eating/throwing up days than not. Back to the vet today and judging from the daily log I've been keeping Danny was doing better when he was on meds three times a day, so we are going back to that. The extraordinary thing is that he isn't losing weight still weighing in at 5.4kgs. And no, there is never food left lying about that he can be sneaking LOL. I've been reading through the suggetions again and am going to try what Rural Pug suggested a while ago about mixing some of his favourite food with hot water and pouring that over his prescribed food. The only "favourite" is cat food, but that was making him sick, but maybe just a little bit mixed in water will do the trick. I had to go back to syringing, but he just kept throwing up. A few nights ago, I had boiled up a chicken and while I stripped off the meat, I kept feeding him pieces and he ate more than I've seen him eat in one sessions for weeks. But since then, he won't touch it, even warmed up and hand fed. He kept it all down, so he can't have associated being sick with it. I think he is having occasional incontinence as yesterday and today there was a wet spot on the couch where we'd been lying .

Re the emboldened - no, SASH sends out to a company called Bovac. Thank you, VM. He isn't a well doggy and all this is taking its toll on my poor little man. He is much whiter on the muzzle that he was a few months ago.

Yes. When I saw a dog in a car on the top, unroofed parking area of our local mall on a boiling hot day ... it was lucky that there was a police beat inside the centre. There were 2 officers on duty & I told them about the dog & its location. They were fantastic... they only paused to grab their caps & were out the door like a shot to deal with it. I should have added that in some cases, I don't think anyone should wait. There was a time that I saw a dog in a car, the window was down a bit and it wasn't very hot - although most people know how quickly a car can heat up - so I wrote a note and put it under the windscreen wipers and waited in my car. I was going to give the owner 10 minutes before calling 000. He came out shortly afterwards, saw the note and drove off. Yes, I was on my own, no one else around and, yes, I was too scared to approach him personally.

You bet, Yonjuro. I am finding it very hard to be polite about them Danny's procedure at SASH cost nearly $4,000. I'd already been there just a few months before when Myrtie died of Pulmonary Hypertension and than was about $6,000. So they have had a huge percentage of my pension this year . I don't begrudge a cent in an effort to try to save my dogs or keep them well, but I really think SASH's charges are outrageous. One of the vet nurses (at my local vet) told me that a lot of people won't go back to them. But in some cases, what other option is there?

No, not subsidised by PBS. The chemist did give me a receipt, just in case, but I haven't been to Medicare yet. She does have her doubts, though. Um, I don't really think so. I spoke to my local vet about this this morning as I had to take Danny back and he was pretty aghast. He said they put a 10% mark up on compounded meds. So if I'd obtained my compounded meds from him that would have cost $68.20. A visit to the vet doesn't always mean getting some sort of drug. I don't really understand this statement. Compounded medicines are done by specialist set ups. They aren't physically done at the vets or at the chemist I went to. Yes, Inform Chemist. I really like the two women chemists there. They take an interest in you personally and always have time to discuss whatever it is you may want to know or just be curious about.

What I find hard to comprehend (but must try because people do it all the time) is how, when people come back to their cars they don't realise how hot it is. I agree with CavNrott, in that these people will most likely be hostile and it is best to call police or centre management.

Two of the medicines for Danny have to be compounded. The first lots were provided by SASH and they charged over $200 for each. The vet at SASH gave me a repeat and I've had to have one repeated. Cost? $62.00. Yes, we always expect to pay more at specialists particularly when they are providing 24/7 services, but to charge $200 for a med that cost me $62 to have compounded at my local pharmacy is tantamount to robbery.

Thank you Mita Arthur is truly a dog in a million....... or more. Won't it be wonderful when we learn to speak Dog and we can ask him what was going on in his head?

Yep, I feel like giving in to the tearies. I hope we get to see pix of Arthur being let out of the crate and meeting his buddies when they all get home.

IS THAT YOUR BACK GARDEN .?????

LOL - I prefer the one with Trouble in it. :laugh:

Is that you, Aleksandra157? Jesse is beautiful and also had a very beautiful mum. :flower:

LOL, I thought that as well. What a fabulous video to have. CC, love those pix you posted.