dog thread

[Bitter]

Had the dogs out for a nice walk yesterday, they got to see some Bison through the fence and the stumpy on boofed at them from the trail, the spindly one was insulted that fence stopped her from chasing them. They both got to problem solve themselves around a cattle grate in the trail and were tired when we got back. Nice walk, 10/10 would do again.

[paddy-stone]

Dinky has a UTI, ATM treating with pure cranberry juice, and seems to be working as her symptoms have lessened a lot since we started treatment. If it looks like it's not going away fast enough, then will get her some antibiotics from the vets... obviously trying to avoid vets because they are only treating urgent cases right now amid covid-19.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

1 hour ago, paddy-stone said:

Dinky has a UTI, ATM treating with pure cranberry juice, and seems to be working as her symptoms have lessened a lot since we started treatment. If it looks like it's not going away fast enough, then will get her some antibiotics from the vets... obviously trying to avoid vets because they are only treating urgent cases right now amid covid-19.

Oh no! Poor Not So Dinky! I hope she responds well to the cranberry juice!

[MEC-777]

11 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Dinky has a UTI, ATM treating with pure cranberry juice, and seems to be working as her symptoms have lessened a lot since we started treatment. If it looks like it's not going away fast enough, then will get her some antibiotics from the vets... obviously trying to avoid vets because they are only treating urgent cases right now amid covid-19.

Hope she's feeling better soon.

 

UTI's can be common in female dogs. Olivia had a couple really bad ones when she was really young. The vet analyzed her urine and found she had excess struvite crystals in it which irritates the UT. We started giving her vitamin C (like a 1/4 or 1/2 tablet) which is said to break down those crystals. It seemed to work because she never got one again. After changing her over to feeding raw and seeing how much less water she was drinking as a result (like less than 25% of what she used to drink), we stopped with the vitamine C and she's been fine ever since.

[MEC-777]

Someone's sleepy.

 

[MEC-777]

Yesterday was a sad day. Had to put my rat, Xanadu, down. He had a syst on his belly that was starting to cause pain and discomfort. He was 2.5 years old, which is a pretty good long life for a rat (especially a feeder). We still have his 'brother' Leonard, though, who enjoys hanging out with Olivia to keep him company.

 

 

[paddy-stone]

21 hours ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

Oh no! Poor Not So Dinky! I hope she responds well to the cranberry juice!

 

Thank you, yes she seems to be getting better, she's a lot livelier now, back to playing all the time

 

11 hours ago, MEC-777 said:

Hope she's feeling better soon.

 

UTI's can be common in female dogs. Olivia had a couple really bad ones when she was really young. The vet analyzed her urine and found she had excess struvite crystals in it which irritates the UT. We started giving her vitamin C (like a 1/4 or 1/2 tablet) which is said to break down those crystals. It seemed to work because she never got one again. After changing her over to feeding raw and seeing how much less water she was drinking as a result (like less than 25% of what she used to drink), we stopped with the vitamine C and she's been fine ever since.

 

Yeah, I'm hoping that the cranberry juice does the job, has a lot of vitamin C etc. I also have some 100% pumpkin coming, that's supposed to help with UTIs and some other stuff too, mostly digestive issues. I'm also gonna start giving her a small amount of apple cider vinegar every day, I am gonna try it too.

I might swap out the cranberry juice for cranberry extract pills.. the same ones a lot of vegans use. It's actually supposed to help with the immune system too, so I'm gonna be on them too, they;'re pretty cheap too (though that wasn't a factor in choosing them), at only £10 approx for 120 tablets... if I was just giving them to Dink, these would last about 8 months plus depending on how much I gave her. Someone mentioned a good rule of thumb on one of the sites I visited, to use 1mg per Kg of weight for dogs, so closest I would use for Dink would be 25mg... but I have my mortar and pestle ready if I decide to go for the actual weight instead of closest match

 

 

Oh, yeah BTW, Dink has now ripped most of her toys to shreds - and have had to throw most of them away. Her birthday toys only lasted a few days for the "tough bear toy", and the Crunchy Sheep only lasted about 3 weeks... so won't be buying those again... but to be fair, most dogs play with toys better than that - we've now had to give her her supervillain name "Dinky the Destroyer"

[paddy-stone]

17 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

Yesterday was a sad day. Had to put my rat, Xanadu, down. He had a syst on his belly that was starting to cause pain and discomfort. He was 2.5 years old, which is a pretty good long life for a rat (especially a feeder). We still have his 'brother' Leonard, though, who enjoys hanging out with Olivia to keep him company.

 

 

Oh no, sorry for your loss  

 

My rat, Denzel, only lasted a few years when I had him too... it's hard when they have to leave us. I was distraught when Henry moved on last year... I would have been much worse without getting Dinky, those 8 weeks without a dog were very bad for me. I know it's too soon for some people, but for me it felt like a life-line.

 

I'm glad Olivia and Leonard have each other too.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

58 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

Yesterday was a sad day. Had to put my rat, Xanadu, down. He had a syst on his belly that was starting to cause pain and discomfort. He was 2.5 years old, which is a pretty good long life for a rat (especially a feeder). We still have his 'brother' Leonard, though, who enjoys hanging out with Olivia to keep him company...

 

I'm so sorry for your loss! Xanadu may have been small but the hurt of losing even such a small animal can be just as big as losing a larger pet, often as much as losing a child. It's surprising how much personality a rat can have.

[Bitter]

So in an unfortunate turn of events we found out that our dogs have caught coronavirus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[paddy-stone]

16 hours ago, Bitter said:

So in an unfortunate turn of events we found out that our dogs have caught coronavirus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UUUggh! - don't even go there. Some extremely stupid people actually thought that they could get the disease off their pets and have been dumping them, at places like pet stores/shelters etc, and worse asking vets to euthanise them... the stupidity of humans seems to get worse every day. At least there's also a surge in people rescuing animals too. I can't even comprehend how anyone could dump their pets, I would let Dinky eat me if it'd save her life... but hell if it was that dire, I'd probably just kill some of the stupid people to feed to her instead

[Lady Fitzgerald]

7 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

UUUggh! - don't even go there. Some extremely stupid people actually thought that they could get the disease off their pets and have been dumping them, at places like pet stores/shelters etc, and worse asking vets to euthanise them... the stupidity of humans seems to get worse every day. At least there's also a surge in people rescuing animals too. I can't even comprehend how anyone could dump their pets, I would let Dinky eat me if it'd save her life... but hell if it was that dire, I'd probably just kill some of the stupid people to feed to her instead

THANK YOU!

 

I wouldn't feed stupid people to the dog, though. It might poison her.

[soldier_ph]

I heard someone whining in front of my door and when I opened and checked the time I realized: Oh it's time to go on the evening walk.

[Andreas Lilja]

Just uncovered him from under these sheets, loves sleeping under for some reason. 

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Puppies have to sleep a lot to regenerate their energy for more mischief later.

[paddy-stone]

15 hours ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

Puppies have to sleep a lot to regenerate their energy for more mischief later.

Oh, don't I know it

 

She's feeling much better now BTW, we think her UTI is pretty much gone, she has no symptoms at all now.. I'm just being cautious and still giving her cranberry extract for another week maybe... I may just carry on giving her it anyway, I'm only giving her a little anyway, usually crushed in my mortar and then mashed into some banana. I've also been giving her a little pure pumpkin every few days. She loves it.

She will eat almost anything, she loves most fruits (haven't given grapes or avocado for obvious reasons), she loves banana, apple, pumpkin (not a fruit I know), peach, pear, cranberry, pineapple, she'll tolerate a little satsuma, and some others. We've never had a dog like her before, most dogs we've had wouldn't touch most of those.

[The King of the Undead]

48 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Oh, don't I know it

 

She's feeling much better now BTW, we think her UTI is pretty much gone, she has no symptoms at all now.. I'm just being cautious and still giving her cranberry extract for another week maybe... I may just carry on giving her it anyway, I'm only giving her a little anyway, usually crushed in my mortar and then mashed into some banana. I've also been giving her a little pure pumpkin every few days. She loves it.

She will eat almost anything, she loves most fruits (haven't given grapes or avocado for obvious reasons), she loves banana, apple, pumpkin (not a fruit I know), peach, pear, cranberry, pineapple, she'll tolerate a little satsuma, and some others. We've never had a dog like her before, most dogs we've had wouldn't touch most of those.

why are grapes and avocados bad for dogs?

[Bitter]

10 minutes ago, The King of the Undead said:

why are grapes and avocados bad for dogs?

Certain compounds in them that they can't break down because they lack the needed enzymes or proteins for it, they accumulate and can create issues not being processed out or create other compounds which are harmful.

[paddy-stone]

1 hour ago, The King of the Undead said:

why are grapes and avocados bad for dogs?

Also, there is a good guide here https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat

[The King of the Undead]

9 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Also, there is a good guide here https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat

glad carrots are OK! because zoe loves them for no aparent reason

[paddy-stone]

1 minute ago, The King of the Undead said:

glad carrots are OK! because zoe loves them for no aparent reason

Yeah Dinky does too, we also gave our dear departed Henry carrots whenever he wanted them, good for getting food out of their teeth and stuff too, keeps them nice and clean. I think they like them because they're crunchy, and kinda sweet too.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Carrots also are supposed to be good for a dog's coat.

[Bitter]

This dog is a freak! The end is hanging by a thread, I've thrown it the basement twice (she's not a fan of the basement for some reason) and she's carried it back up twice!

 

[MEC-777]

Took some photos of the monster today.

 

 

 

^^We call these her "walrus bristles", lol. ^^

[Lady Fitzgerald]

3 hours ago, MEC-777 said:

Took some photos of the monster today.

 

Wow! Look at the size of that monster termite!