Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 25, 2007 - 05:25pm PT
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It's been a rough month but life's OK today.
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Blinny
Trad climber
NWMontana
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Nov 25, 2007 - 05:33pm PT
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Ahhhhhhhhhh. . . I love doggies!
What happened to his little legs - did he/she have to get heartworm treatment IV?
eKat
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Nov 25, 2007 - 05:34pm PT
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Now that's a happy pup! Was he/she ill or injured?
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Nov 25, 2007 - 05:34pm PT
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What's with the blue tongue?
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cowpoke
climber
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Nov 25, 2007 - 05:38pm PT
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awh, Jack! what happened?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 05:50pm PT
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The blue tongue he comes by naturally. Part chow, we guess -- he was found on the median strip of an interstate so we never met his parents. On-the-Road Jack has no trace of a chow disposition, though.
As for the leggings, he tore a hind-leg ligament and at the same time got real sick earlier this month -- we're not sure how or if those troubles are related. Ended up needing IVs in both forelegs for a bit. The flashy purple wrap is to keep those areas protected while healing.
The red bandana is his deer-season fashion.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Nov 25, 2007 - 05:52pm PT
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Well certainly glad to see he's looking chipper!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 06:57pm PT
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Chipper enough I'm not lifting him into the car anymore!
Anyone else had experience with torn ligaments and how well they heal? We got an iffy description from the vet.
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Blinny
Trad climber
NWMontana
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Nov 25, 2007 - 07:08pm PT
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Bianca (GoldenRetriever/YellowLab cross) blew out both ACLs. . . the surgeries were $1800 for the first and $900 for the second. Seems the procedure got dialed in and easier and faster. . . so when Skadi (GoldenRetriver/Newfoundland cross) blew hers out 10 years later I figured the surgery would be FREE!
HA!
They changed the whole thing and went with a patented procedure called a TPLO - Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy - and it was. . . HOLD ON TO YOUR SHORTS - $3600.
OUCH!
Bink recovered from hers faster than Skadi did. . . Bink was over them in about 2 months. . . Skadi (much bigger breed) took 10 months. We had to pick her up and carry her a lot.
Ended up taking a canvas shopping bag with handles and ripping it down the seams so we had a sling - with handles and we'd sling her around her belly/boobs and assist her to get out to PoopCity.
IT WAS HARD!
She's beautiful, though. . . and worth the effort!
SplashFwimmyFwimmyFwimmy!
Which, by the way, is the BEST exercise for them when they are recovering from TPLO and other related ligament injuries.
:-)
eKatAndTheBabyBlack
May Bink rest in peace!
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Nov 25, 2007 - 07:15pm PT
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Larry...looks like he is doing great. Good luck to him. My two last year on a winter ride.
Blinny...nice looking pup. If you need any info on Ecuador...drop me a line.
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locker
Trad climber
Joshua Tree Ca
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Nov 25, 2007 - 08:07pm PT
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"On-the-Road Jack has no trace of a chow disposition, though"...
it's in there alright...
and COULD come out if taunted...
and that is how it SHOULD be...
but most likely the little doggy is cool simply because he is...
LOVED...
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DavisGunkie
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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Nov 25, 2007 - 10:29pm PT
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you guys should think about pet health insurance. we have it for our pup and it has paid for itself. she had pretty invasive stomach surgery, her colon/small intestine had adhered to the cavity wall due to IBD, we only paid a hundred or so if i recall correctly. we have our policy through VPI, ours doesn't do regular maintance type stuff. but covers virtually everything else
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Blinny
Trad climber
NWMontana
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Nov 26, 2007 - 08:15am PT
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DavisGunkie. . . doesn't your pet have to be a pedigree to get that insurance?
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All my doggies have been half breeds. . . magnificent half breeds, but half breeds nonetheless!
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eKat
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2007 - 08:32am PT
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eKat -- thanks for your note. Jack's ACL is only a partial tear, so he doesn't need surgery "yet." But the vet said it's likely he will tweak it again and need an operation in the future. Your costs are in line with what we were told, yow!
But on the bright side, looks like your doggies have gone on to enjoy life.
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DavisGunkie
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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Nov 26, 2007 - 09:20am PT
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not at all, my pup is a rescue and we have no idea what she is.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2007 - 10:02am PT
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DG, we thought about insurance for our mutt, but it seemed pretty expensive. You've found it cost-effective, though?
Guess we should watch out for "pre-existing condition" fine print too.
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Blinny
Trad climber
NWMontana
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Nov 26, 2007 - 10:07am PT
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Chiloe. . . . don't wait. . . the longer you wait, the better (or worse, depending on how you look at it) his chances of getting arthritis are. . . and the healing process takes WAY LONGER.
I know a big GoldenRetriever/Yellow Lab cross here in town who had a partial and the owners put off the surgery for too long and even though they pounded down the major fundage and had the TPLO, he never quite fully recovered and has serious arthritis and he's only 5.
:-(
He's beautiful and I'm glad he's still alive - but if the owners had just acted quicker I think he'd be back on the ball, as it were, instead of just being on the floor. . . asleep all the time.
You'd never know Skadi had it done and she's 11. (she had it done 5 years ago) She's fully certifiable, though. . . as in COMPLETELY NUTZ!
eKat
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atchafalaya
climber
California
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Nov 26, 2007 - 10:54am PT
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A dog's life is sweet. Hiking the Methuselah Grove trail at sunrise on t-day...
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