Has he been tested for valley fever? I would have your vet check.
Angie Martin
Charan GSD's
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stacey Sucky <celldogstacey@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 5:18 pm
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Friend has a sick dog looking for ideas
Something to consider.
http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/foxtail-grass-and-your-dog
Stacey
On Apr 22, 2015 3:56 PM, "Redacted sender CMILL189@xxxxxxx for DMARC" <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Everyone, I just received this email from one of our new club members.
Does anyone have any ideas I can pass on to her? I told her to be sure to
have her vet check for tic born illnesses and lepto. thanks, Cindy
Reaching out to you both for some much needed advice. I feel that we are
watching Our dog deteriorate in front of our eyes. I'm not sleeping for fear
that he will pass away. I also am a wreck because we can't find out what is
wrong with him and can't give him any relief.
Nero is our 1 & 1/2 year old intact male. He has been sick since Easter or
shortly after. He started with a reverse type of cough, like a whale blowing
air. We went to the vets and they put him on an antibiotic. We went back to
vets 4 days later. He was lethargic, not eating well, coughing slightly. He
had no fever, they did blood work and sent it out returning with no infection
and functions normal. He had lost 5 lbs.
His coughing has stopped. However now he appears to be in pain, as he is not
comfortable, is hiding going from crate to crate, under beds, chairs and
tables. His ears are back and he keeps turning his head swiftly as he is
looking at his backside. He seems to be eating better. He just spent the day
at the vet being xrayed and ultrasounded for obstructions. They said
everything looks normal. Still no fever. They took more blood and sent it out
for addisons disease. That came back normal. He has lost 5 more pounds.
I checked on line for symtoms of the dog flu. He has some of the symtoms but
our other two dogs are fine and Nero hasn't had a fever. The two episodes
listed above may be unrelated and as the flu is highly contagious I don't think
he has it.
Do you have any ideas. I have been worried that he has a partial obstruction
which our vets did not see in the xrays and ultrsound. Do you think we should
take him to Tufts or can you recommend someone. I really don't want to do
exploratory surgery at this time.
Any help/advice/knowledge you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Craig & Cindy Miller
Champion Kennels All pets Treated as Champions
MillerTime Shepherds
German Shepherds with Style
