the last week has been challenging for me. My fur baby developed a hematoma on his ear which is not uncommon and easily fixed but this one has been a nightmare. The 1st attempt to fix it failed so he had to have a second. Vet wanted to keep him confined so kept him over night. Next morning he walked in to find my baby had spent the night shaking his head had the place looking like a crime scene. So he gets him out and by the time they got him calmed down the place like someone need to call CSI. So he had to sedate him and let him come home but I am not sure he knows where he is. I take him back Friday and I hope we can stop the zombie pills. I got him a new can of tennis balls to celebrate the event. On a side note I took him a plain cheeseburger while he was in the vet kennel and my DAD told me I should have left him a beer along with it. We discovered some time ago that he loves a good cold beer so we have to watch our beers if we sit them down.
Poor buddy!! Hope all goes well tomorrow!
I had a dog when I was younger that drank beer (https://www.getsmile.com/smilies/%5Ecad/dog5.gif)
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I had a cat that liked beer....but it had to be cold... hysterical.gif Hope he gets well soon!!!
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love the pics he would be one of them if I let him. I doubt the vet would have allowed him a beer . most vets do not have a permit to serve beer
Harley, I'm so sorry to hear about your furbaby. A friend of mine had a golden retriever who would shake so hard that the blood vessels broke in her ears, causing huge hematomas. It was always a problem. I hope your baby gets well quickly.
he is getting better and after his checkup last friday he no longer is a zombie dog. it took a couple of days but meds are out of his system and back to normal. Hubby was afraid he would have withdrawal but none. This Friday he gets the stitches out and we should be done. I will be glad dog needs a cleanup but with his ear I have not done that.
Thought I would up date this. My sweet furbaby(85lbs of love) had his 5th surgery today on his ear. When I picked him up the vet came out and said he was going to get me a bed and put it in the back. Now if this does not work I will have part of the ear flap amputated he has been through enough and has had only a few days he was not Zombie Dog. Right now his ear is once again stitched to his head then stitched to the bandage. He is ticked off would not eat the cheeseburger i got as a peace offering
Awww, Harley. The poor thing. Those heavier ears are somewhat of a problem, I think. I wish you the VERY best!
Update at this point 5 surgeries have been done to fix the ear. The last one has failed. Ear is once again swollen. Going this morning for a talk with the vet. I most likely will have a one eared dog after today. Surgery will likely be on Tuesday. So he gets some beer this afternoon.
Oh, poor baby! He'll love the beer, though! Good luck, Har.
Thanks Squid at this point I am thinking I need miracles. After we get it fixed for good we gonna to have a beer bash for him
Awww, Harley i sorry to hear about your Dog, i hope he will get better soon. My sister has a Golden Retriver & she is constantly having to take her to Vet. with problems. So he likes Beer, now i think that would be cute too see. Drinks are on Harley for everyone LOL beer11.gif
I was looking over things and discovered this will be the 7th surgery. Kegger for sure
Poor puppy. I hope this ordeal is over soon for the both of you. It's so stressful on the dog but also the owner, it's not good for anyone. I hate it when pets get ill. I fall to pieces when my dog gets sick which luckily hasn't been too often. Good luck to your boy.
I have a very good vet who is just as upset as I am with all this. I paid for the 1st surgery but have not been charged anything since then. He told me today that never had one taken this long. That we are in uncharted territory.
embrace.gif He`s your best friend and ... you sure are his! Good luck harley hun..
I know the financial consideration is not primary here, but it's great that your vet hasn't been charging you for the subsequent procedures. This kind of thing can break the bank. Give the pooch a big kiss from your pogocheats buddies.
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Love ti Gran. Zack dog is know at the vets office as the WILD ONE. Takes 2 to get him in and out of a kennel
Update on my fur baby. 7 surgeries have failed to fix the ear. We have chosen to have the ear amputated. That will be done on Friday. We both felt that he had been through enough. Time to end it.
Awww, (((HAR))). The poor lil' guy. He'll probably be happier in the long run - you, too! I hope it all goes well. I hope it's easier on your furbaby than the pooch below. Thought maybe you could use a smile right now girl5.gif
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I had an old Boston for the last 5 years of his life only had 1 eye and he did great...He will be fine I'm sure... tumbsup.gif
Zack will be just fine. He will still be able to walk around with 2 tennis balls in his mouth barking at everyone. And i do believe he will still be able to give the foxes a good run
i took my pooch to vet for ear infection . i went to pick him up and dum azz vet pulled his teeth? whats that snit .. i did not pay
Quote from: Sugarfootin on July 12, 2012, 04:38:43 PM
i took my pooch to vet for ear infection . i went to pick him up and dum azz vet pulled his teeth? whats that snit .. i did not pay
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Quote from: Sugarfootin on July 12, 2012, 04:38:43 PM
i took my pooch to vet for ear infection . i went to pick him up and dum azz vet pulled his teeth? whats that snit .. i did not pay
If I were you never go to that dumb azz vet.
Quote from: Sugarfootin on July 12, 2012, 04:38:43 PM
i took my pooch to vet for ear infection . i went to pick him up and dum azz vet pulled his teeth? whats that snit .. i did not pay
Seems like you have a vet that does not have a well run practice. To do the wrong thing is one thing. To not know you did the wrong thing is why I would never go back. I never drop Zack off for anything other than surgery. I never allow him to be kept overnight unless it was vital to his survival. And now some poor animal that needed his teeth pulled got treated for a ear infection he did not have. Your dog is missing teeth and still has the ear problem. new vet time. I am lucky that Doc D is a over the top vet and has a great staff. Zack will have his 8th surgery on Friday. I paid for the 1st one. I have not been charged anything for the other 7
Finding a great vet who loves animals more than his bank account is hard...We had one for years but he relocated to care for his elderly mother and it took years of crappy care to find another....
Final surgery went well. and Zack is doing great. I realize now I let this go on to long. I now see that he had been feeling bad for quite awhile. I got my high octane wide open dog back.
Quote from: harley89 on July 15, 2012, 12:03:23 PM
Final surgery went well. and Zack is doing great. I realize now I let this go on to long. I now see that he had been feeling bad for quite awhile. I got my high octane wide open dog back.
I'm so happy to hear it, Harley. Yesterday, I saw pic of a license plate that said "1EarUp" and there was a dog in the back of the car (station wagon/SUV) with only one ear up. Too cute. You need to get the plate, "Old1Ear". LOL, give the pup a big kiss from us.
Quote from: Squid on July 15, 2012, 05:01:42 PM
I'm so happy to hear it, Harley. Yesterday, I saw pic of a license plate that said "1EarUp" and there was a dog in the back of the car (station wagon/SUV) with only one ear up. Too cute. You need to get the plate, "Old1Ear". LOL, give the pup a big kiss from us.
embrace.gif Sounds like a plan ... just gotta love em!