[nagdu] Worried about Chet. Again

Sharonda Greenlaw sbgreenlaw at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 15:27:01 UTC 2009


Buddy,
I had the same problem with Rusty while he was with me--he's been retired
and in a new home because of theheat here in AZ. Anyway, I found out that it
was something he was scrounging. Do you think this could be happening? Just
a though.

Sharonda


On 7/28/09, Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:
>
> Hi y'all,
>
> OK, it's 4 in the morning and I'm up. Not a great sign (because I actually
> did go to bed).
>
> Since a couple days after Melanie's surgery at the end of June, Chet's had
> the runs. Oh, not continuously, but every time I think he's hit the end of
> them and is getting better, they start up again. After several weeks of
> boiled hamburger and rice (with increasing food, resulting in runs, then
> back to boiled hamburger and rice), we went to the vet, also for his annual
> checkup. Bad news: he lost about eight pounds. Which, by the way, I didn't
> notice; no ribs sticking out horribly, and the vet even thought he still
> looked OK, but 8 pounds is significant when your dog weighs about 55. The
> blood work showed nothing, and I (obviously) couldn't get a stool sample,
> but they gave me a de-wormer anyway, which didn't help, so then we got a
> week's worth of antibiotic and something to help with the diarrhea, no idea
> what that was, but I was to give both for a week twice a day. This I did,
> and things improved such that the boiled hamburger went away, then the rice
> went away, and stools felt normal again. His meds finished up on this past
> Friday, and right up through Monday evening, not only was everything looking
> better, stools were normal, at regular and expected intervals, and at
> regular and expected quantities.
>
> Naturally, over this time, I've taken Chet out for guide work very little.
> Since we got home, I think he's been actually working three times, including
> yesterday. And yesterday's was probably the longest time he was out, about
> three hours total. Well--this morning at a little before 3:30, we awoke to
> an unpleasant and all too familiar odor, so out the door we ran, and the
> diarrhea was back. There was a nice solid poo in the crate, along with some
> icky squishy stuff, but it was all at least able to be picked up, and I have
> it in baggies for the vet (assuming it's not too old by the time I get there
> later today). I'm not confident I'll get a newer sample though.
>
> In light of Chet's anxiety on long car rides, I wonder if this isn't
> related to going back to work? Chet is always very eager to go, but I wonder
> if he isn't still anxious about it anyway? Seems like a strange coincidence
> that this should start back up after his first trip out and in harness in
> about two weeks.
>
> Well, we'll see what the vet has to say about it later today. But I'm
> mentally preparing myself (as far as is possible, anyway) for the R word.
> Which isn't going to be easy for Chet at all if we determine that that's
> what's needed. Probably not easy for me, either, but these things never hit
> me until they're right on me.
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Sharonda Greenlaw
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