JUST WHEN YOU THINK EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED....
WILLOW GOT HER LOWER JAW STUCK IN THE SOFT CHEW TOY ONCE MORE
PROVING YOU CAN NOT ANTRICIPATE AND PREPARE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WILL BE THROWN
AT YOU.
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MAJOR DISCUSSION OF THE DAY IS PERRY
AND I WILL PREFACE IT WITH IMO IN MY
OPINION-- WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE WHAT THE CURRENT VETERNARY
PRACTICE SUGGESTS-- I AM SURE I WILL HEAR FROM GEORGE ON THIS...
(MAYBE HE WILL AGREE--- BUT DON'T COUNT ON
IT)
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SEVERAL WEEKS AGO-ABOUT NOV 26 TH WILLOW WAS DREADFUL AND I WAS THINKING
MAYBE SHE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT...( SHE IS NEARLY FINE NOW FOR THE
MOMENT...) I WENT DOWN AND LOOKED OVER THE REST OF THE LITTER LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY FOR SIGNS OF HOD-- WHICH IS WHAT WILLOW HAS...
AND I NOTICED PERRY WAS WALKING LIKE HE HAD A LOAD IN HIS DIAPER.-- A
STRANGE SWAGGER WHERE THE TAIL ALMOST WAGS THE DOG... I HAVE SEEN THAT BEFORE---
SO I WATCHED - NEXT PROGRESSION IS HE STARTED TO PACE-- THIS IS NOT PACE BACK
AND FORTH-- IT IS 2 LEGS ON THE SAME SIDE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER GIVING THE DOG A
SWINGING/SKIPPING LOOK/- HE WAS NOT DOING IT ALL THE TIME-- BUT OCASSIONALLY-
THE REST OF THE TIME HE TROTED WITH DIAGIONAL FEET-- AS HE SHOULD.\
TO ME-- PACING MEANS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE..
A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LAB SERVICE DOGS PACE-- AND "THEY" DON'T THINK
ANYTHING ABOUT IT... BUT I DON'T LIKE IT.
SOMETIMES WHATEVER THE CAUSE- GOES AWAY AND THEY ARE EBETTER...- SOMETIMES
IT GETS WORSE AND THEY WILL OCASIONALLY FALL SIDEWAYS-- AND TTHEN GET UP ON
THEIR OWN WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEM.- THIS IS WHERE PERRY IS AT THE
MOMENT...
COULD GEORGE DIAGNOSE WHATEVER... CERTAINLY-- BUT WHAT WOULD IT COST AND
WHAT WOULD HE THEN DO? THE ROAD IS A BUNCH OF MRI'S AND XRAYS AND THEN
SURGERY-- WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE 85% EFFECTIVE-
ANOTHER THING VETS WILL DO-- AND GEORGE AND HIS ASSOCIATES WOULD NOT DARE
TO DO WITH ME IN THE ROOM.... TO TEST THE DOG ... VETS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO LIFT
THIER CHIN WAY UP AND PRESS THIER NECK FORWARD TIL THE DOG YELPS- AT WHICH
POINT-- IF THEY DID NOT HAVE A NECK PROBLEM ALREADY..., THEY NOW DO.
THAT "TEST" GETS YOU NO WHERE AND POSSIBLY DOES DAMAGE.
I HAVE SEEN ALOT OF DOGS HAVE SURGERY AND IT MADE THEM WORSE AND IN PAIN
FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS WHEN THEY ARE FINALLY PUT TO SLEEP. IN ALL HONESTY I
KNOW OF ONE DANE-- A WHITE /DEAF DANE WHO WAS NATIONAL CHAMPION AGILITY DANE...
NICO-- GOT BETTER. ALL THE OTHER SURGICAL CASES HAVE GONE FROM A COMFORTABLE
WOBBLE TO A MISERABLE INFIRMATY. - I HAVE SEEN A FEW GO DOWN HILL FAST TIL
THEY FINALLY CAN NOT USE THIER FRONT LEGS EITHER... SOME JUST WOBBLE--ONE WAS
ABBY- WHO JUST RECIENTLY DIED AT 13 YEARS OLD-- ANOTHER WAS GIGI- A HOUSE DOG OF
OURS THAT GOT KICKED BY A DONKEY( NOT MARY) -- SHE DIED AT 9 YEARS HAVING SPENT
HER LIFE ON RUBBER BACKED BATH MATS AT EVERY CORNER OF THE HOUSE AND MANY
TIMES WHEREVER SHE FELL SHE WOULD STAY TIL SOMEONE CAME ALONG AND PUT HER BACK
ON HER FEET... -- SHE COULD ALWAYS JUMP A 3' FENCE... IT WAS JUST TURNING
CORNERS THAT GAVE HER TROUBLE. SHE ENJOYED LIFE-- EVEN HAD AN UNPLANNED
PREGANACY WITH SOME SUPER PUPS-- LIKE "BROWNIE"-
FOR THE DOG'S ENTIRE LIFE-- EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER READ ANY BOOK ( OR
THE INTERNET) WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU IN GREAT DETAIL HOW"YOUR DOG HAS HIP
DYSPLASIA" SOME PEOPLE WILL GT ANNOYED AT YU IF YOU DON'T AGREE WIHT THEM...
THE DOG CERTAINLY COULD HAVE HIP DYSPLASIA -- BUT THEY ALSO COULD HAVE
PERFECT HIP JOINTS...AS GIGI DID.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL OR A CHILD-- YOU TAKE WHAT YOU GET.AND IN THE CASE
OF GIGI WE DID NOT GO FOR THE $5000 SURGERY AND PROBABLY SPENT THAT IN RUBBER
BACKED BATH MATS-- SHE WAS A LOVELY DOG- WHO WOBBLED. SO WAS ABBY... I HAVE
NOT HAD MANY WOBBLERS-- BUT IT CERTAINY DOES HAPPEN.
SO WE/ YOU WILL NOW ALL STOP THE MOANING AND GROANING EVERY TIME PERRY
FALLS OVER...
AND YES HE IS IN WITH THE GIRLS- THEY DON'T CALL FEMALE
DOGS B#TCHES FOR NOTHING. WE WILL WATCH AND SEPARATE IF AND WHEN THE BENEFITS
DON'T OUTWEIGH THE CHANCE OF INJURY IN OUR OPINION.
AND YES HE WILL GO ON TO SOME KIND OF PRODUCTIVE
LIFE AS A COMPANION TO SOMEONE WHO CAN COPE WITH HIS NEEDS
AND NO- THE 17,000 OF YOU WHO WANT HIM, HE WILL
PROBABLY BE PLACED WITH SOMEONE AROUND HERE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR HIM
FOR EDUCAIONAL PURPOSES...
20 20 HINDSIGHT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.. WE WILL NOT KEEP HIM SAFELY IN
A CRATE.--- HE CAN GO 13 YEARS OR 2
HE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME... GET OFF HIS NECK !!
NEXT---
WE HAVE PUMPKIN BACK... MAJOR DISASTER HAS HAD MORE MAJOR PROBLEMS NEEDING
SPECIFIC HOSPITALIZATION.. I HAVE TOALKE WITH MAJOR'S NEIGHBORS AND DAUGHTERS-
AND WE ALL FELT SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE CARING FOR PUMPKIN- THAT BEING THE
CASE, SHE COMES BACK HERE.
AND THERE IS A BIG RECLINER CHAIR IN NEWTON - SOMEHOW I NEED TO FIND THE
HORSE TRAILER ( WHO COULD LOOSE THAT ?? WE COULD) AND GO GET IT IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
THE DURANGO IS BACK FROM THE FIXERS... AS IS THE COA VAN.... AS IS THE
SMALL VAN.. NOW IF I CAN JUST FIND THE HORSE TRAILER..
MEGAN'S FATHER IS LOCATING HIS RELATIVE WHO IS A PLUMBER...
AND THE DRYER WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY AFTERNOON..
LINN FOUNDATION HAS DONATED MONEY FOR CHAIN LINK IN THE LAUNDRY SO I WILL
MEASURE AND ORDER THAT TODAY ALONG WITH THE CHAIN LINK FOR THE NUTT HOUSE...
SINCE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO KIND LATELY...
NOW FOR TH E PROBLEM-- IN A NUTSHELL
WE BRED NOEL AND BENTLEY 12/3
WE WIL NOT HAVEE ANY IDEA OF PREGNANCY
FOR 25 DAYS-? DEC 26-30?
SHE DID NOT CONCIEVE LAST TIME WE BRED HER.
OLIVE IS HERE--IN HEAT
SATRUDAY WILL BE HER 8TH DAY ( PROBABLY FERTILE TIME)
SATURDAY IS TOO SOON TO TELL IF NOEL IS CARRYING PUPS...
THESE PUPS WOULD BE FOR RECIPIENTS 2014
IF WE DO NOT BREED THEM WE WILL HAVE NO PUPS IN TRAINING IN 2014
SO WE BREED THEM- AND PRAY THAT THE CAMERA CROWD CONTINUES TO SUP[ORT US
WITH CHICKNE S#HIT NUMBERS AND PUPPY BREATH DONATIONS OFF OUR WEB..
I HAVE A HUGE FEAR OF MORE DOGS THAN I CAN SUPPORT.
SO I AM HAVING FAITH YOU ALL WILL CONTIMUE...
IF YOU DON'T I WILL HAVE A LEMONADE STAND ON THE CORNER WITH DANE
PUPS.
