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    #1322
    mymo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    I've not been on here much lately, just finishing my first year in college. Quite a shock re learning how to write essays after *mumble mumble* too many years.
    The year has flown, 3 more to go.
    Currently struggling with lack of sleep as Tiffi has an eye issue. Ulcer wasn't healing after nearly 3 weeks and multiple vet visits, so had to have a procedure yesterday. She was very upset by the cone and since she's so low to the ground she couldn't walk with it on.
    Blow up one is much better, she's really milking it though, whining and looking pitiful and asking to be carried around.
    Just trying to stay awake for last dose of meds before bed. 13 alarms a day on my phone to remind me of various drops and meds. Fingers crossed this works.


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    #1323
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Hope everything goes good. My own dog got his eye taking out over a year ago.


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    #1324
    mymo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Hope everything goes good. My own dog got his eye taking out over a year ago.

    Hoping to avoid losing the eye. Back tomorrow to see if any progress.


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    #1325
    SillyMangoX
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    mymo wrote: »
    Hoping to avoid losing the eye. Back tomorrow to see if any progress.

    Poor pet, eye issues are the worst. Peach had recurring ulcers in her eye so we were eventually referred to the eye vet in limerick. Expensive but so worth it. She did a complicated bit of surgery on her eye to avoid having to lose it. 3 years on and she still gets a bit of a yucky runny eye that needs drops for a few days but thankfully no nasty infections like she used to get!


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    #1326
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,021 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Oh best of luck with Tifi! Bailey had a benign melanoma removed from his ankle on Friday. Not having our walks is killing me! The wound looks great though so I’m not chancing it


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    #1327
    mymo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    The ulcer has closed!
    Can't believe it, after all the visits and meds, the procedure worked. Got to keep the doughnut on and keep up meds til next Thursday when we go back for check.
    The relief.


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    #1328
    mymo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    tk123 wrote: »
    Oh best of luck with Tifi! Bailey had a benign melanoma removed from his ankle on Friday. Not having our walks is killing me! The wound looks great though so I’m not chancing it

    Poor Bailey, hope you're back out walking soon.


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    #1329
    frosty123
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭frosty123


    micah537 wrote: »
    Yes. Test one out on your neck and see.

    Most dogs are trainable with patience. What is your problem with the dog? Someone here might be able to help you.

    It's my neighbours dog...the other week I heard a loud yelp! I honestly thought the dog was hit by a car...I ran out the front and my neighbour told me she's got a tazer collar, it's to stop her from chasing cars which she did have a constant habit of doing...so maybe its understandable I don't know?


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    #1330
    em_cat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭em_cat


    frosty123 wrote: »
    It's my neighbours dog...the other week I heard a loud yelp! I honestly thought the dog was hit by a car...I ran out the front and my neighbour told me she's got a tazer collar, it's to stop her from chasing cars which she did have a constant habit of doing...so maybe its understandable I don't know?

    Uh no, I’d advise your neighbour to try it on their selves, maybe you could let them know it’s cruel & given that the selling of them are banned in several European countries I’d quite happily let them know it’s adversative & downright cruel.


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    #1331
    em_cat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭em_cat


    @tk123 sorry to hear about Bailey, hope he’s feeling better soon.


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    #1332
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Well my dog has made it a week over 17 years and is in excellent health and to think people on here were telling me to put him down 3 weeks ago. :pac:


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    #1333
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,727 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Well my dog has made it a week over 17 years and is in excellent health and to think people on here were telling me to put him down 3 weeks ago. :pac:

    Congratulations to him!
    But, you admitted yourself, twice [edit, actually 3 times], that you had exaggerated his symptoms which, as you described them at the time, made it sound as if he was in a very bad way, so people including myself could only go on what you shared with us. I think it's quite unfair of you to disrespect people who were genuinely concerned for your dog, given the information you gave was, by your own admission, wrong.

    By way of reminder, this is your original post..
    Well a half a month update on my dogs journey to 17 years old. 2 weeks to go till he hits 17 years old. I cannot believe it but he is getting a lot weaker and sleeps a lot but after a long nap he gets energy and walks about aimlessly in circles and falls and gets stuck in corners. He only has one eye and probably 20% sight left in his only eye. It's hard bringing him out to the toilet as it's as if he has forgotten why I have brought him outside as the same as in the house he walks about aimlessly in circles and it's only if he is absolutely bursting will he go. But he is still strong enough to keep him alive.

    He always slept with me but stopped for a long time as he got too weak to make the jump up onto the bed plus he hasn't the strength to make the fall off the bed and I was afraid if he fell off wrong and broke his leg in would most likely have to be put to sleep due to age and long healing, so I decided to let him sleep on either of his two dogs beds. One on the floor in my bedroom or in the kitchen. He would change throughout the night to either one, back when he had more strength. So the past week I moved my mattress to the floor as he can now sleep with me in the last couple of weeks of his life. Which he seems to like which is a good thing. It's mad sleeping on the floor reminds me of staying with my cousins when I was younger.

    Anyway long rant but hopefully he makes the next two weeks.


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    #1334
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    I suppose reading that it does sound like he was in a bad way which for the record is not the case. He is 100% healthy.


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    #1335
    anewme
    Registered Users Posts: 11,862 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    I suppose reading that it does sound like he was in a bad way which for the record is not the case. He is 100% healthy.

    Posters here have only been supportive of you and concerned for your dog as all dog lovers would be.

    Please update your posts accordingly. It’s great he is well.


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    #1336
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Well some of it's true. The part about being too weak to make the jump up onto the bed. He is like that over a year anyway. And he is also too weak to make a fall off the bed also as he would have to be put to sleep if he fell off the bed the wrong way onto his leg and broke it. And he is also back sleeping with me the past while as I said in the second paragraph. This below is the only wrong part in the second paragraph:
    He would change throughout the night to either one, back when he had more strength.

    He has enough strength to walk from the kitchen to my bedroom.


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    #1337
    sunbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    My 15 year old cat with hyperthyroidism was doing relatively ok on her meds until today, when she started to throw up violently after eating. I am so worried about her. We are taking her up to the vet tomorrow. Please cross all fingers and paws for us. :(


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    #1338
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users Posts: 6,564 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Good luck today Sunbeam. I hope it all goes well for your cat and it's just a bug or something disagreeing with her tummy.


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    #1339
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,021 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Best of luck sunbeam. As a human who had thyroid disease it's very hard to explain but everything is just off. I had the best of both worlds lol - an overactive tumour which took over so the rest of the thyroid had shutdown and was under-active. It affects everything - your mood, your energy, your digestion, joints, everything. Bailey has an under-active thyroid and I was able to spot the signs quite early on.


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    #1340
    sunbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    Thanks Mollyb60 and tk123.

    We had a rough night. She slept beside me but got up every couple of hours to throw up, even though her stomach was empty. I was sleeping with one eye open myself, just hoping she wouldn't try to hide under the bed. Luckily she didn't.

    Vet is giving her fluids and anti nausea meds and running blood tests. I'm very anxious but know she is in the best place.


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    #1341
    sunbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    She's coming home this afternoon. The vomiting has stopped. Vet has given her antibiotics just to be careful. Blood test results not too bad. Her organs are ok. Thyroid levels still above normal, but coming down. I am so relieved as I was terrified that the kidneys might have failed.

    The house is so quiet without her.


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    #1342
    SillyMangoX
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    Hope everything goes well sunbeam. It’s such a worry when they’re unwell.

    I’m just out from the vets with Peach. Her eye saga continues. She had been doing well after her surgery two years ago except for the odd few days of gunk and inflammation but for around the last month we noticed that it looked like part of her lower lashes were starting to turn in. I was hopeful that with drops that inflammation would go down and they would turn out again but no such look.
    The vets prescribed a stronger steroid drop that we have to give to her for the next week and if there’s no change she’ll have to go for surgery on the eyelid :(
    But she has lost half a kg in weight which is good because the vet wanted her to lose some last time :o


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    #1343
    VonVix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭VonVix


    I haven't been involved in dog training for months now, I really miss it. I've broken away from the crowd I was involved with (plus with covid, it wasn't really happening anyway). Considering going out on my own, I have been asked to multiple times. Though I love the ability to have discussions/back-and-forth with other trainers in the same circle, it's just not easy to find or get involved in. :(

    [Dog Training + Behaviour Nerd]



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    #1344
    sunbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭sunbeam


    Sorry about Peach SillyMangoX. I hope the stronger drops are working.

    My poor cat is back at the vet's tonight after starting vomiting again. I don't think she can tolerate the hyperthyroid meds at the dose of them she needs. Am just gutted as surgery or radioactive iodine treatments aren't options for her and I don't think she would eat the Hills therapeutic food. I'm also very frustrated with my interaction with the vet for reasons I'm not going to elaborate on here, though I'm sure they are doing their best. And I'm feeling pretty ill myself. :-(


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    #1345
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    My dog is 17 years and 3 weeks old now. Fairly good going if I do say so myself.


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    #1346
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,021 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Every time I see somebody yank their pulling dogs lead (usually a new pup) out on our walk I feel the urge to walk over and push them :mad: ideally over lol


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    #1347
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    My dog is 17 years and 3 weeks old now. Fairly good going if I do say so myself.

    Very good going.. I have a cat the same age!

    Does anyone want a reformed tomcat who used to be ultra aggressive but now adores me! He sleeps by the door, attaches when I emerge, follows me, talking all the time, and as soon as I stop walking, he rolls onto his back and wriggles!

    Utterly devoted... Never saw such a transformation.

    Only aggression now is to his son who is so like him in all respects! And I think he thinks he is defending me...


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    #1348
    SillyMangoX
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    Tomorrow is the deciding day on whether peach needs surgery or not. I can’t see any difference in her eye after a week of drops, hoping the vet might see a difference but psyching myself up for the fact they most likely will say she’ll need the surgery. I know it’ll be better for her in the long run but it’s such a worry when they’re older. She’ll be 12 this summer. I’ll definitely get them to run bloods first before any surgery though!


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    #1349
    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    my dog is gas... all winter its been... let me in so i can sleep under your feet. now it summer its like.... bye im outside and ill see you for dinner round 4 ok!


    * fully enclosed area before anyone asks :P


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    #1350
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    dashoonage wrote: »
    my dog is gas... all winter its been... let me in so i can sleep under your feet. now it summer its like.... bye im outside and ill see you for dinner round 4 ok!


    * fully enclosed area before anyone asks :P

    My cats are the same; treat the place like a hotel. ROOM SERVICE !


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    #1351
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,754 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    150 animals removed from Dublin petting farm due to welfare concerns https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2021/0428/1212664-animals-welfare/
    why don't they name the place?


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