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[MENTION=572]Libra926[/MENTION] -
Just caught your post. Ill be honest. i am done with the whole scene. I am not bringing baxter to dog parks anymore. They are disgusting, and filled with so many diseases. Owners don't pick up poop. He just ends up getting fleas, ticks, or kennel cough. Im not bringing him to doggy daycare anymore. They feed him grain-based treats, and let larger dogs "tumble" him (resulting in his dislocated leg), and you're right - I am betting he got that object in his mouth from there. Because I watch him like a hawk usually. Every time I have brought baxter around large quantities of other dogs, he has left the situation sick as hell, and I am tired of it. He has been on four courses of antibiotics, had kennel cough for something like 16 weeks. Four ticks pulled off him. Two bouts of fleas ... and endless other random problems. *every* one of them was after taking him to a heavily dog-trafficked place. When he's with me, in my apartment, and at parks/beaches that have zero dogs - he stays healthy. No fleas. No sudden infections. No unexpected health issues. Or when he's with family friends animals whom I know are vaccinated, healthy, and clean. So that is going to be his life from now on. Im sick of other people making my dog sick. Plain and simple.
As for the vet .... I want to line up every doctor I have ever had and give them an earful, but I have to restrain myself.
There is absolutely no excuse why a bunch of "lay people" (us) are CONSISTENTLY able to diagnose things better than they can.
You would be blown away at my track record of diagnosis on my own health issues with a complete fail on the part of numerous doctors.
Self diagnosed and self treated. Ultimately self cured. They hate Google. Google is the greatest thing public health has ever seen.
What I will do, is write a quick note that looks something like this, and send it to her:
* Sudden violent/extreme vomiting
* Excessive Salivation
* Lethargy, dehydration, loss of appetite
* Inability to defecate <---------------- key!
* Large amounts of mucous exiting anus
* Normal upper GI tract, utterly messed up lower GI tract <---- key!
* Elevated Liver Enzymes
* Negative Parasite/Giardia/Heartworm
* Normal Temperature
* Clear X Rays, Clear Ultrasound <--- means nothing! object was soft spongy rubber. Undetectable!
Diagnosis: POSSIBLE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION - urgent attention necessary.
That's speaking her language. She will hopefully internalize the list of symptoms, and remember the possible diagnosis, and save another puppy's life.
Kevin
Just caught your post. Ill be honest. i am done with the whole scene. I am not bringing baxter to dog parks anymore. They are disgusting, and filled with so many diseases. Owners don't pick up poop. He just ends up getting fleas, ticks, or kennel cough. Im not bringing him to doggy daycare anymore. They feed him grain-based treats, and let larger dogs "tumble" him (resulting in his dislocated leg), and you're right - I am betting he got that object in his mouth from there. Because I watch him like a hawk usually. Every time I have brought baxter around large quantities of other dogs, he has left the situation sick as hell, and I am tired of it. He has been on four courses of antibiotics, had kennel cough for something like 16 weeks. Four ticks pulled off him. Two bouts of fleas ... and endless other random problems. *every* one of them was after taking him to a heavily dog-trafficked place. When he's with me, in my apartment, and at parks/beaches that have zero dogs - he stays healthy. No fleas. No sudden infections. No unexpected health issues. Or when he's with family friends animals whom I know are vaccinated, healthy, and clean. So that is going to be his life from now on. Im sick of other people making my dog sick. Plain and simple.
As for the vet .... I want to line up every doctor I have ever had and give them an earful, but I have to restrain myself.
There is absolutely no excuse why a bunch of "lay people" (us) are CONSISTENTLY able to diagnose things better than they can.
You would be blown away at my track record of diagnosis on my own health issues with a complete fail on the part of numerous doctors.
Self diagnosed and self treated. Ultimately self cured. They hate Google. Google is the greatest thing public health has ever seen.
What I will do, is write a quick note that looks something like this, and send it to her:
* Sudden violent/extreme vomiting
* Excessive Salivation
* Lethargy, dehydration, loss of appetite
* Inability to defecate <---------------- key!
* Large amounts of mucous exiting anus
* Normal upper GI tract, utterly messed up lower GI tract <---- key!
* Elevated Liver Enzymes
* Negative Parasite/Giardia/Heartworm
* Normal Temperature
* Clear X Rays, Clear Ultrasound <--- means nothing! object was soft spongy rubber. Undetectable!
Diagnosis: POSSIBLE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION - urgent attention necessary.
That's speaking her language. She will hopefully internalize the list of symptoms, and remember the possible diagnosis, and save another puppy's life.
Kevin
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, I was scared scrolling to the next update
. It's so great how you explain everything, now I know exactly what to look for if this should happen to me. I'm so relieved for you and Baxter, big hugs to you both
