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[Michelemarrano]

Oooops..heres the pic...aren't the boys priceless?

[jesvetmed]

Hi all... I've just been reading through several pages of this thread catching up on everyone's new pets, and the losses, also.

I've been pre-occupied by own dog's illness lately. Mac, my 11 yr old black lab, came down with cancer. Not just one, but TWO kinds... leave it to a vet's dog to manage that one.

We had to remove her spleen in an emergency surgery, as it was bleeding. She recovered very well, but then got more and more sore on her left leg. Turns out there is (presumably) another type of cancer in that bone in two places.

SO.... wow. What do you do with that? Well, we found a great pain control cocktail of meds, and she thinks she is still 2 yrs old again! That is really nice to see. And I think I will start a little chemo for her this week and see how she handles it -- it's only once every 3 wks for 4 treatments, and hopefully she'll have more comfort and prolonged survival if we do.

Wish her the best of luck! Dogs' spirits are truly amazing -- she is just still SO happy, it is unbelievable. Funny, as a vet I deal with this with clients and friends all the time, but this will be my first dog lost of my own (at least as an adult, away from mom and dad). I didn't get a dog till after I was 30 yrs old after leaving home.

Here she is from this winter!

[bmccasland]

Jesvetmed - hope Mac gets to feeling better soon. Is it a good thing or a bad thing to have a Vet for a Dog Mom?


I was off work last week - vacation of no responsibilities - and took Nala to the groomers for her Summer Part II shave - poor thing looks so skinny. But she is cooler. Anyway, yesterday's rain storm cooled things off a lot, and with her lack of fur, she was prancing on her walk! Me, I was looking at the lightening bolts at the coming storm, but she was a happy dog, cool breezes, cool temperatures, life is good.

[Biciclista]

boy, Justvetmed, sometimes, it's nice to have a veterinarian in the house!
I hope your dog is going to be ok now.
(I must say that SNOW looks pretty good today)

[jesvetmed]

Thanks Mimi and bmc: That is why I chose that photo! SNOW, COLD... mmmm... doesn't it sound nice?
I think Nala probably likes her new "do". Dogs always like being cool in the summer! But they do sometimes look a bit funny!

[mtbdarby]

Jesvetmd - I sure hope Mac will be ok - that's quite a lot to deal with. Keep us posted on his progress. He sure looks happy in the snow!

Michelemarrano - I can't see the pix

Well, we had to find Rusty a new home. He kinda snapped after I crated one day and started biting on Zeus. The trainer I had been working with took him and decided to keep him instead of bringing him to the refuge center that was going to take him. Funny thing is, I've tried to follow up with him to see how he's doing and he's not replying. I hope that just means he's busy.....

Zeus is thrilled to be the only dog again so I guess I didn't realize how it was stressing him out. I think he will stay an only dog for the rest of his days!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Darby,
You did way way more than almost anyone else would to help that dog, and when you gave him up (for very GOOD reasons) you made sure he was going to a person who would take care of him and know his history.
I admire you for having put so much into trying to help that dog adjust to your home.
But you have made the right decision. Time to take a deep breath and move forward.

[sundial]

Well, we had to find Rusty a new home. He kinda snapped after I crated one day and started biting on Zeus. The trainer I had been working with took him and decided to keep him instead of bringing him to the refuge center that was going to take him. Funny thing is, I've tried to follow up with him to see how he's doing and he's not replying. I hope that just means he's busy.....

Zeus is thrilled to be the only dog again so I guess I didn't realize how it was stressing him out. I think he will stay an only dog for the rest of his days!

Mtdarby, thank you for giving Rusty a nice home and I know you tried very hard to make it work. Sometimes despite the best efforts it just doesn't work out. (((((((Zeus)))))))

[sundial]

Wish her the best of luck! Dogs' spirits are truly amazing -- she is just still SO happy, it is unbelievable.

Here she is from this winter!

Ah Jes, gee whiz! Why does this have to happen?? She'll fight for as long as her little body will let her. They do try to stay with us for as long as possible and when her body is just too tired to work anymore she'll let you know. These dogs are amazing. ((((((Mac and Mom))))))