lets start with-- all teh dogs here would very safe if we kept them all in cages---miserable but safe-i try a balancing act and yesterday we won one and lost one. the puppy LILO that was so sick and was left at teh woburn special hospital was deemed fine-- with maybe a stomach bug- and sent home- which was confusing to enter her back in the pack... at which time one of sizzles pups got hurt and bled uncontrolably- we lost her in spite of a quick run to DAH with her mother as possible blood donor.
IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO THINKS ACCIDENTS WILL NEVER HAPPEN, PLEASE GO WATCH THE FISH.
ALL OF OUR PEOPLE DO A WONDERFUL JOB WALKING THE TIGHTROPE OF RAISING ANIMALS.. IT IS A SCAREY THING AT BEST. I AM TERRIFIED AT THE SITUATIONS I SEE AROUND HERE DAILY- FROM TRUCKS IN TEH DRIVEWAY TO AN ODD NAIL STICKING OUT OF A FENCEPOST.
THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER TO EACH - EXCEPT THEY DO PILE TOGETHER-- I CAN NOT POUND TEH NAIL WHEN TEH TRASH MAN IS COMING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I NEED TO CHECK IF DOGS ARE LOOSE...- AND BY THE TIME HE GOES I WILL HAVE NOTICED A GATE LEFT OPEN THAT SHOULD N'T BE. THERE IS NO END....
FUGEN DID THE RIGHT THING--- SHE IS SENDING US SOMETHING TO HANG TO WARD OFF EVILS-- THAT IS AS GOOD AS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE WHO DID NOT LIKE MY EXPLINATION..... AND TOOK THE WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST XXXXXXXX- WELL I COULD TELL YOU WHY-- BUT FRANKLY IT IS TOO COMPLICATED. AND IF MY EXPLINATIONS GET ROUNDED AT THE CORNERS... SO BE IT.
I THINK WE HAVE ROUNDED ONE CORNER WITH THE THROWING..... ONE PUP LAST NIGHT SPIT UP 14 TIMES- PEOPLE ON LINE GOT UPSET WITH THE 14 TIMES.... SOMEONE DECIDED SHE SHOULD GET FLUIDS-- SOMEONE ELSE DECIDED I WAS BAD NOT GIVE HER FLUIDS- AND SOME OF TTHE CP'S WERE OFF AND RUNNING.
LET ME RUN THRU THIS ONE THING AND GIVE YOU SOME OF THE FACTORS.-- i was up--- and did check on her.... my big concern would be bloat-- an immediate surgical problem this did not seem to be that..... so i went back to bed. fluids could wait in this case...
VOMITING CAN LEAD TO DEHYDRATION- ESPECIALLY IF COMBINED WITH DIARRHEA -AND TEHY HAD SOME LOOSE STOOL... THOSE 2 THINGS LEAD THE SENSATIONILISTS TO DECIDE WE WERE HARBOURING PARVO- A POTENTIAOLLY FATAL DISEASE FOR DOGS---
WELLLLLL... WE ARE 4 DAYS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO VACCINATE FOR PARVO-- WHICH THEY GET AT 6 WEEKS.. REGARDLESS OF WHAT TEHY WERE VOMITING... TAKING THEM TO A PLACE THAT HAS SICK DOGS IS ALWAYS A RISK -- LIKE A VET HOSPITAL .
THEY JUST--- THE DAY BEFORE-- HAD MOMMY GO HOME- SO THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT MILK SUPPLY... PLUS THEY ARE DUE TO BE WORMED ( WHICH EVERY PUP NEEDS LIKE EVERY 2 WEEKS)
teh rest of teh place had been coughing with the darn kennel cough... whch sometiems is an attractive gagging maneuver.--- so---- faced with a puppy in pain and vomiting i decided to tiake her to dah-
however---- on teh way she passed an incredable amt of gas and produced a small quantity of not quite loose poop... then fell asleep- so i felt better about her -----but with all the medical people telling me all the horrible things it could be-- i opted to go to woburn teh big referreable hospital.- sort of teh ultimate in vet hospitals..- to be tested for everything. $1100 later the report said -
probably a stomach ache...
She can be returned to her usual puppy diet, and exercise as she chooses.
so even with teh 7th pup vomiting 14 times and then falling asleep, it bolsters my belief that danes have a "reject" button in their tummies -- and throw up many times-- from bile to socks--
not every vomiting is parvo... even if parvo is out there.
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does this mean we do not have parvo? yes
does it mean we will not have parvo tomorrow? no
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moving on...
