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The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)
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Why are you nervous?
Putting him through anesthetic, the operation, the recovery, the general experience. I'm nervous about putting him through something that will naturally be a bad experience. He's never been away from family/people he trusts before outside the home.
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Putting him through anesthetic, the operation, the recovery, the general experience. I'm nervous about putting him through something that will naturally be a bad experience. He's never been away from family/people he trusts before outside the home.
Ah it's terrible leaving them in!! Would you feel better if you stayed with him while they sedated him (assuming they'll let you)? That way he'll go asleep with you and when he wakes up it'll all be over!
I've done that the last few times with Bailey and then I work 5 mins away so they call me and I come and get him immediately. Time before last he was out in 2 mins lol - eh do you want to lie down there Bailey? Boom ZZZZZ
He was actually in on fri and it wasn't great - he had a half dose and moved away because he had only been in 3 weeks before so knew he was getting an injection in the bum and that it was going to hurt.. so it didn't knock him out enough and he had to have a second shot... At that stage he was annoyed with us all and had to be muzzled and we had to get another pair of hands to hold him! The vet had thought he might need the other cruciate done but it's fine..the knee he had done last year is very painful so we'll be upping his laser so plenty of opportunity for him to go in and be petted and get loads of treats so he'll love them all again... Only thing is that I had asked them to check his mouth (because of the jaw thing our old vet would check him all the time) and one of his teeth has a hole in it(!)... they said no rush with it but we'll have to go through it all again! >_<0 -
I tried that with the dog once.
She was fine and sleepy when i left
I got as far as the car park and the howling started...OH MY!
A couple of kind old ladies persuaded me not to go back in as they were very good with dogs..
When I got back to collect her, it was the vet who was in bits. "She is TERRIFIED!"
There she was, at the back of the cage, and as soon as she heard me, bullet from a gunAh it's terrible leaving them in!! Would you feel better if you stayed with him while they sedated him (assuming they'll let you)? That way he'll go asleep with you and when he wakes up it'll all be over!
I've done that the last few times with Bailey and then I work 5 mins away so they call me and I come and get him immediately. Time before last he was out in 2 mins lol - eh do you want to lie down there Bailey? Boom ZZZZZ
He was actually in on fri and it wasn't great - he had a half dose and moved away because he had only been in 3 weeks before so knew he was getting an injection in the bum and that it was going to hurt.. so it didn't knock him out enough and he had to have a second shot... At that stage he was annoyed with us all and had to be muzzled and we had to get another pair of hands to hold him! The vet had thought he might need the other cruciate done but it's fine..the knee he had done last year is very painful so we'll be upping his laser so plenty of opportunity for him to go in and be petted and get loads of treats so he'll love them all again... Only thing is that I had asked them to check his mouth (because of the jaw thing our old vet would check him all the time) and one of his teeth has a hole in it(!)... they said no rush with it but we'll have to go through it all again! >_<0 -
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Ugh, I want to get my boy neutered but I'M nervous!
I was too I cried when I found out they could fit him in, I cried when I dropped him in, and I cried with happiness when I picked him up. I got my fella done the Friday of June bank holiday weekend and I do not regret it one bit. You can PM me if you have any questions. He is fully recovered and went out swimming yesterday evening so he was delighted (the keeping him inside with no exercise and the cone is the hardest part.)0 -
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Ah it's terrible leaving them in!! Would you feel better if you stayed with him while they sedated him (assuming they'll let you)? That way he'll go asleep with you and when he wakes up it'll all be over!
I've done that the last few times with Bailey and then I work 5 mins away so they call me and I come and get him immediately. Time before last he was out in 2 mins lol - eh do you want to lie down there Bailey? Boom ZZZZZ
He was actually in on fri and it wasn't great - he had a half dose and moved away because he had only been in 3 weeks before so knew he was getting an injection in the bum and that it was going to hurt.. so it didn't knock him out enough and he had to have a second shot... At that stage he was annoyed with us all and had to be muzzled and we had to get another pair of hands to hold him! The vet had thought he might need the other cruciate done but it's fine..the knee he had done last year is very painful so we'll be upping his laser so plenty of opportunity for him to go in and be petted and get loads of treats so he'll love them all again... Only thing is that I had asked them to check his mouth (because of the jaw thing our old vet would check him all the time) and one of his teeth has a hole in it(!)... they said no rush with it but we'll have to go through it all again! >_<
Honestly I'd love it if they could give me something to essentially knock him unconscious at home, because I know the moment he's going to see the vet practice he will flip, last time the vet shouted at him because he was barking in the room because he could hear other dogs barking, or when poked his tummy making him scream when he was suffering with HGE. They've always been so good with our other animals, given they never protested at being there, but my big boy will struggle given the times he was there he was REALLY unwell, I know he won't have forgotten it.[Dog Training + Behaviour Nerd]
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Honestly I'd love it if they could give me something to essentially knock him unconscious at home, because I know the moment he's going to see the vet practice he will flip, last time the vet shouted at him because he was barking in the room because he could hear other dogs barking, or when poked his tummy making him scream when he was suffering with HGE. They've always been so good with our other animals, given they never protested at being there, but my big boy will struggle given the times he was there he was REALLY unwell, I know he won't have forgotten it.
Ah no thats terrible I'll admit that I wasn't that impressed last year as his handling went out the window when he'd been there - I'm assuming they didn't really listen to me about his handling when he's afraid and maybe thought I was a bit precious eg not giving liquid metacam as he doesn't like the syringe coming at him etc etc etc but OMG they're fantastic with him. Even last week - the vet decided she wasn't going to give another injection because she needs him to trust her so she can examine him and just stuff like that.
Bailey's so at ease in the waiting room there he just sits with his ball - he did that once ever in the old vets but it was so cramped at everyone on top of each other - this one is a bit bigger so more space and he just chills out.
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hehe well Bailey normally cries when he hears me or if he's really had enough of them 3 barks in a row over and over - that's his distress signal!
I know it well. a collie nearby does it for hours on end in the small hours. Had serious words but they claim they cannot hear it!
Started at 2 am last night so I turned all the lights on and it soon stopped!0 -
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I've had the worst few days with my two dogs.
On Wednesday morning Hiro did some diarrhea. Which was strange but wasn't too concerned. Later that morning he vomited in the living room. Now of course all the talk is of keeping your dogs safe from heatstroke but my two hadn't been outside except that one time to do their business and had come straight back in. He was showing no other signs of heatstroke and when I was cleaning his sick, I saw it had lots of little lumps of melon rind. So I guessed he got his paws on rind the day before and had a little tummy upset. Nothing to panic about.
Except then he didn't want to drink. And with the heat, even with the dogs inside, I started to panic about him dehydrating. I managed to get some fluid into him with his dinner (just chicken and rice) and gave him a cool bath etc etc to be extra extra safe.
On Thursday morning he still wasn't drinking and even though through hardship I'd gotten water into him the day before I wasn't comfortable letting it go any longer in this weather and was all set to book a vets appointment when all of sudden he had a bowel movement on the kitchen floor that was more water than poop and more blood than water.
This is when I entered full hysterical panic mode. My partner was working so I had to have my mum meet me at the vet to keep me calm!! Then in the waiting room, blood started pouring out of his bum! (This is when I started crying!) The vet examined him and was happy that he didn't have heatstroke and wasn't at all dehydrated (how did I manage that miracle?!) So he was admitted for tests and fluids etc.
And then a couple of hours later, Khali started vomiting and passing blood. So straight back to vets and she's admitted. They were both kept for about 24hours on IV fluids and antibiotics. Turns out they both have really severe gastroenteritis. I didn't get a wink of sleep without them but they came home yesterday and are vastly improved already.
And even though it wasn't anything to do with the heat I'm in full paranoid mode about it now!!!
Edited to add: jeez this is long! Sorry about that!0 -
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