[nagdu] Worried about Chet. Again

Lora blindhistory at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 20:45:24 UTC 2009


My dog hashad colitis since I got him. It isn't as bad as your dogs. I am
tryng different food with more fiber in it. I am switching to natural
balance duck and potatoe. HTH

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS) <
REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com> wrote:

> What about colitis?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:34 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Worried about Chet. Again
>
>  It could be something he's scrounging, but if it is, it's something he's
> doing *very* fast.
> On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Sharonda Greenlaw wrote:
>
> > 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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