Pepi

I went to see my little man yesterday and he seems to be doing well. He is a fussy eater so i took him his favorite foods to have - milk, Vienna Sausage, Corn & Cucumber They are contiuing with the fluid therapy and he is responding well with producing large amount of urine to elimiate toxins, the vet is running more blood tests this morning to see how well this treatment has been working for the last few days and will get back to me during the course of the day. Other than that he is doing well, sitting, standing and walking in small amounts, alert and seeking company as he usually does. When we went in yesterday the vet we saw on Monday to admit him in wasnt there, we saw another lovely lady, who is absolutely a beautiful person who takes a lot of time to explain things and allowed us to see our baby, she was gobbsmacked and horrified with the things i was telling her our regular vet and the emergency vet had told us about giving him a 5% chance of waking and the emergency vet telling us she has never seen an animal in his state walk out of there alive and when my partner saw our little boys eyes moving she told him he was only hoping he could move his eyes as he was brain dead and not capable of moving his eyes. She stood there in disbelief at what we were telling her and said she cant believe we were told that at all. Partner and i are actully so mad with what they told us, how they had treated us and how they treated my little man and not being able to discover his kidney failure despite me taking him in and admiting him sometimes up to 2 times a week with symptoms we are wanting to call up A Current Affair to warn other pet owners who may be taking their pets to these vets and trusting them to watch out. My heart aches to think how many animals they've destroyed that they could've saved and how many animals they've mis diagnosed. I dont want another pet owner to go through what ive gone through. We love our new vet so much, partner is wanting to advertise for them at his business to spread the word around for the very best vet in Adelaide and possibly Australia wide.

LOL I am not sure what it means but my Pepi did it to me once many many years ago, i was hanging out the washing when i felt something warm on my leg and when i looked down i could see Pepi standing next to my leg with his leg up urinating happily. Never happened to me again and still dont know why he did it. I love him to much to tell him off, so just let it pass.

Even prior to the seizures he was feeling off - i am a panic person and when he wasnt slighly well i'd rush him into the vets & they'd keep him there for the day, they would never let me see him

I openly asked the vet what he thought was best for him and he said he deserved a chance at life, he said "let's give him the best possible chance of beating the odds" and i said i would leave it all up to him with what to do. I feel at ease now i have a vet that genuinely loves animals and understands my love for my boy as well as knowing what to do. Ive never given a vet complete control over Pepi to do as they please, ive never trusted them, there was always something about them that irritated me, their coldness and arrogance towards animals. This one is a god send. An absolute angel and despite the 1.5 hour drive from where i am to where he is, i will be keeping him as our vet from now on. What else i love about this vet is i asked him if i could visit pepi tomorrow and he said "of course you can, anytime" i was in tears when he said this as the other vets had a 'no visitor' policy. I am at ease and comfortable now.

The best thing i ever did was change vets and now i feel very comfortable that my boy is getting the best care possible. I am so glad this vet actually rings me, the others i went to had their nurses call me and then made me come in for a consult before they'd talk to me. My Vet called back and said that he thinks trying to manage pepi's kidney failure is a step and he is going to do so with fluid therapy, this is done through IV so he urinates more. He is also eating today and drinking and sitting upright. He will need to be in hospital with him for a few days and ive been told to call back about 6pm for further results. He is also going to start him on medication for his kidneys as well and he cant determine the outcome until he sees how my boy reponds to treatment. Fingers crossed and a game of waiting again.

I think the waiting is the hardest part. Since Saturday lunch time, when the seizure first happened to now feels like a life time. It was so good to see him this morning, he wasnt as alert as he usually is but he recognised me and i gave him lots of hugs and kisses on the way over to the vet, sat in the back seat with him as partner drove us there. The new vet was so nice (we've never been there before) i didnt want to carry him inside in case i hurt him, so my partner went in and the vet came out personally and carried him in, he stopped what he was doing and was all focused on my boy. So gentle and sweet he was with him, patting him and taking good care of him. A lot more than i can say for the other vets, i remember one of them telling me they can easily man handle him as he is so small and they use considerable force

Thanks everyone, going to talk to the vet when he calls back and see what he recommends and what to do from here. I want him to be stable and comfortable. If that is at all possible.

poor baby.

Thankyou. I am quite devestated at the moment so excuse me if i am not very talkative today. Just waiting on a call back from the vet to see where to from here. I hope i can have a little more time with him - a few months would be nice.

Thankyou everyone for your continued support and well wishes. It was a long morning, sorry for the delayed update, i only just got home from the vets. There was an hour delay in picking my boy up (there was a line up of other people picking up their beloved pets) and then the drive in traffic over took us an hour and a half and then the drive back. The vets are keeping him in over night and doing a blood test as i was typing this the vet just called and said he has kidney failure, so i dont know what this means now, he said he was going to call our regular vet and ask for his file and we can go from there however its limited what we can do for him because of the kideny failure. I dont know anything about kidney failure, what to expect or what this means now.

Only a little over an hour until i see him tonight. Will be back in the morning with news and updates to share.

We're both hanging in there. No news from the vets yet. 4 hours till i go see my boy!!

Believe me i felt like doing that! As they were leaving she was pushing everyone out so she could go home early and the other lady said the wallabies need their bottle when she gets in and she said not till i watch my show first.

Several years ago we did this with our cat. We buried her in a huge pot and planted a cherry blossom tree and several bulb plants in it, so they'd keep flowering. We hung her tags on a silver chain from the tree. It didn't smell, not once, we put it out in the garden so any water from the pot went into the ground, and when we needed to, we refilled the pot with dirt to top it up. Honestly, this is a better option than using taxidermy. The things you love about your dog will be gone. You're better to have those memories inside you, than a reminder of something that looks like your dog, but isn't any of the things that made you love him. We got the biggest pot we could, it was absolutely huge, and we placed it half full of dirt, then put Lily in the middle. We never had to worry about it, and our dog never paid any attention to it, so it shows that she didn't smell. Best of luck, terrible situation to be in Thankyou for sharing this beautiful story with me. Gave me some hope. Do you have any idea roughly of the dimensions or what type of material it was made out into. I am scared of something happening and going wrong and the smell is something that sure does concern me as another member previously pointed out.

I may have to give the human cemetary a try then as a member suggested on here. That's my only option.

lol i cant even remember the name of the organization, i do have thier flyer somewhere. She's at all the craft shows every year. I am planning on going to the easter one this year and if she is there she sure as hell wont be getting any donations from me.

I wont cremate him, there's just something about it that eeks me out.

Believe me this woman was a nasty piece of work and would never donate to that charity again. Her comments of "why spend so much time and money on him? really got me thinknig what she was on about.

Some people dont deserve to be animal owners. I'd be concerned with letting him roam the streets in case he got hit by a car. Doesnt the RSPCA work today?

Going through this tough time i am reminded of a comment a very nasty woman made to me about my little man a few months ago. We were at a xmas fair and this animal rescue team was there with a few animals asking for donations for their care, they were a small unknown place and relied heavily on donations. Me being the animal lover that i am walked up to them and put a generous note donation into their tin (i am always one to give generously to animal charities and have several i support on a regular basis). One lady was over whelmed and couldnt stop thanking me enough and she told another woman about the donation i had made. Then we began chatting and i proceeded to tell her how much i love animals and then we got onto the subject of my little pooch who has a heart condition, so i call him my heart dog and she seemed a bit weirded out that i spend so much time, money and effort on him. Then she came up with a comment and said "the sooner the better" for him passing on. How rude is that coming from an animal rescuer? And the tone she said it in and the way she laughed made me sick. Makes me think she was in it for the money and not genuinely caring for the animals. Just something that crossed my mind today that i wanted to share.

Thanks for posting this. I know a few people who have properties but only small ones and no one i know who will stay put. If there's anyone from Adelaide on here who can help me out i would really appreciate it.

Thanks everyone for your input and suggestions. I was just thinking would it be a good idea to get a large pot to burry him, a heavy duty one that will last and not fall apart. Do you think this could be ok so i could take him wherever i go? He is only a small dog being a toy poodle and weighing in at about 6kg.

Thanks so much. Means a lot to me to know a bunch of 'strangers' who share a common love for our pets can reach out and support another so much.

Thanks again everyone for your well wishes. I went to see my baby last night and unfortunately there are no changes. Everytime he tries to wake up the seizures are starting again so they're giving him regular Phenobarbitone to keep them under control and him sedated. I didnt know Phenobarbitone sedates, but the nurse seemed confident it does. They told me all i can do now is wait and see. I wanted to go see him again this morning but i am feeling so weak i can barely walk and stand on my feet. It was a restless night, there were no calls from the vet, and the nurse did say last night if i didnt hear from them to consider it good news, in that he hasnt gotten any worse or nothing bad has happened. Will keep everyone posted.

Renting a puppy out for the weekend i feel is a terrible idea. Making the decision to take on board a new pup in the house should not be an emotional or impulse purchase. It's all well and good to have the dog for the weekend and the "oh how cute can we keep him?" attitude. Feeding and walking a dog (as would be all that's required for basic needs for a weekend) isnt half of what a dog needs in the long term. There's a lot to think about before taking a pup on. It's why so many of them end up on the 'unwanted' lists at the RSPCA,Animal welfare league etc. Any animal should never be made as inpulse/emotional purchase. It's a commitment for a good length of time.