So one of my dogs is not well. I brought her to the Vet last week. He said it was a false Pregnancy

AMKC · 02-09-2023 8:20pm #1

She is 8 and never sprayed. I am not so sure. It is a false pregnancy do. She has a lot of white puss coming out of her Vagina/Vulva and is lethargic as well as depressed. He gave me tablets to give her but she is not even eating. She has not eaten in three days so I had to force it down her and did not enjoy having to do that one bit.

She is drinking a lot do.

I am hoping they help but not sure if they will.

I think she might have pyometra.

Think I might have to bring her back to the Vet on Monday.

What do people in here think?

pauly58 · 02-09-2023 8:51pm

We've had a couple over the years with pyo, my advice would be straight into a vet as soon as possible.

Rubberchikken · 02-09-2023 8:56pm

No question...straight to a vet. Hopefully your vet is good. I'm thankful the two we go to are excellent

Hope all goes well with your dog.

AMKC · 02-09-2023 9:02pm

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Thank you. I will do.

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I will do.

It's hit and miss. One is good ones not that good and he was there the last day. A very unlikeable character.

Thank you.

unkel · 02-09-2023 9:06pm

Change vet so.

Why did you force food on her? A dog can easily go for 4-5 days without any food. As long as it drinks water.

SillyMangoX · 02-09-2023 9:42pm

If it is a pyo, I wouldn’t even wait until Monday to bring her in. Your vets should have an out of hours number, or if you’re not happy with them, ring another vets out of hours and get seen sooner rather than later!

DBB · 02-09-2023 10:05pm

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100%

If it is pyo, you can't wait til Monday.

AMKC · 02-09-2023 10:11pm

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It was not food it was a tablet the vet gave me for her.

unkel · 02-09-2023 10:32pm

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Thanks for clarifying. You're still not specific what the tablet was for, in your OP you suggest it was food you forced down on her. For anything essential, a vet would use an injection, not force feed a pill and certainly not leave it to the dog owner to do it.

Not sure where you live, but if in the Dublin area, I find hermitage vets (now called myvet.ie - Lucan branch) very good.

For out of hours emergencies, the UCD vet clinic is open 24/7/365, but they will charge you a huge fee for this

AMKC · 02-09-2023 10:45pm

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"Thanks for clarifying. You're still not specific what the tablet was for, in your OP you suggest it was food you forced down on her. For anything essential, a vet would use an injection, not force feed a pill and certainly not leave it to the dog owner to do"

Not really sure myself what's it's for. He did give her an injection. I think they are anti-biotics.

I do not live in Dublin no. I live in Offaly so unfortunahly no emergency Vets or at least nothing I can get too :(

There is one in Kildare. Will see about getting her there tomorrow/today Sunday.

DBB · 02-09-2023 10:50pm

There's an emergency vets in Summerhill in Meath (Veterinary Ireland). Not sure what part of Offaly you're in but this might not be too far from you.

Antibiotics are not a cure for pseudopregnancy, so I suspect your vet knows there's an infection going on. Can you see what name is on the tablets he gave you?

AMKC · 03-09-2023 4:25pm

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Thank you.

Yes I brought her there today. Lovely place. They checked her over and said she needed an operation as it was as I suspected Pyometra.

So will hopefully have her back home in a couple of days with her getting back to herself.

unkel · 03-09-2023 4:51pm

Great you caught it in time, hope she makes a speedy recovery after the surgery!

dashoonage · 03-09-2023 6:15pm

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Boards has changed a lot over the years but forum has always been a stable of great advice and help

Glad doggo got to the vets and going to be ok!

DBB · 03-09-2023 6:29pm

Good for you AMKC, pyo can become a huge problem very quickly, so it's great that she's in the right hands now. Summerhill is expensive, but I find them really good, very thorough, and very nice to deal with too.

One of the vet nurses snoozed in my (large) pup's kennel with him on an overnight he had with them, to keep him company 😁 (it's probably closer to the truth that he was lying on her and she couldn't get up 😂🫣)

Keep us posted on how your lassie gets on 🤞

AMKC · 03-09-2023 10:15pm

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Thank you.

Yes hopefully.

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Thank you. Me too.

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Yes it is and that is good to know.

The two staff that I talked to there seemed lovely.

Awe very good.

I will do.

Hope to have some idea of how she is tomorrow even if I have to ring them to find out.

AMKC · 04-09-2023 7:56am

Well that was nice. I got a call from them this morning saying the operation went well and she is in the recovery process now. She is quiet but doing good. She will be there for a couple of days yet do as she recovers before going home.

tk123 · 04-09-2023 9:43am

Well done AMKC for knowing your dog so well and hopefully she has a speedy recovery.

AMKC · 05-09-2023 3:40pm

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Thank you. Yes hopefully.

AMKC · 05-09-2023 3:43pm

Well I got another update this morning. She had a temperature last night so they are keeping her for another day today and night to make sure she is OK before letting her home.

Dial Hard · 05-09-2023 4:32pm

Better that than they send her home prematurely. Sign of a good vet, imo. When I collected my girl it was from the vet Ashton (and this was back when they were good) pound used. She was post-surgery and the rescue I was fostering for asked me bring her straight to their vet for a check-up. When she got there they said she had a raging infection and really high temperature and were aghast that any vet would discharge her in the condition she was in. She ended up staying in there for nearly a week.

It's mad the differing standards among practises.

AMKC · 05-09-2023 9:17pm

It's not looking good for her. I got a call from the Vet place. I knew as soon as I seen it that it was not good. She had a heart attack. She might not make it through the night. Hopefully she does. I am crying my eyes out here 😢

Update. So Pippa died at 10:49 pm on Tuesday the 5th of September 2023.

She will be missed by all here.

May She Rest In Peace.

Dial Hard · 06-09-2023 2:56pm

Ah I'm so sorry to hear that, AMKC. If it's any consolation, you know you did the right thing for her by getting a second opinion and she died in medical care, surrounded by people looking after her; not at home in pain on the wrong medication that was never going to help her.

Mind yourself. You did everything you could.

muddypaws · 06-09-2023 5:19pm

I am so so sorry.

I can't find any words of consolation for you, except that you did the right thing and that whilst she has passed away it would have been an easy passing for her in medical care, rather than a painful and terrifying end of an untreated pyo.

I really am so sorry for your loss. Be kind to yourself.

DBB · 06-09-2023 5:46pm

I'm just so sorry to read your bad news AMKC... what an awful shock for you.

As the others have said, you should take comfort in knowing you did everything you could for her. I'm sure you'll miss her very much.

pauly58 · 06-09-2023 6:01pm

I'm very sorry to read your sad news, I do feel for you, I've been there more than once & it hurts like hell.

tk123 · 06-09-2023 7:17pm

So sorry to read this. I saw your first update last night when I was up with sick Bailey and was hoping both of us would have a good outcome. 😪

AMKC · 06-09-2023 8:57pm

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Thank you.

Yes she is at rest now.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

Yes I will but I have lots of lovely videos and pictures to remember her by so that is good.

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Thank you so much.

Yes it does.

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Thank you.

So one of my dogs is not well. I brought her to the Vet last week. He said it was a false Pregnancy

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