The dog musing/vent thread
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Dog powered running is really quite nice... except for when one of your spikes (the entire foot panel, I mean) falls off your boots and suddenly you have no traction for that icy terrain and BOOM you fall down and your dog drags you for a foot before realizing that she's pulling dead weight.
On the plus side, we did have an amazing "hike" today (it was only 30mins, and pretty much running the entire time), despite the weather. Roxie looks hilarious with her Zack & Zoey hoodie, Fido Fleece, and Hurtta coat all on her at the same time. She is such a good dog
On the plus side, we did have an amazing "hike" today (it was only 30mins, and pretty much running the entire time), despite the weather. Roxie looks hilarious with her Zack & Zoey hoodie, Fido Fleece, and Hurtta coat all on her at the same time. She is such a good dog
Hmmm.. he is sitting funny, which is perfectly described on a quick google search of luxating patella "abnormal sitting posture with the knee placed outward". Definitely seems to be something higher up in the leg.
That being said, this is not a chronic thing, it just happened all of a sudden today. My guess is he hurt himself playing frisbee yesterday (there was one awkward jump I remember). I'm still hoping it's just some kind of soreness though, since he didn't show ANY pain or limping on the way back from the park.
If he is still limping tomorrow, I will take him in to the vet to get it checked out.
That being said, this is not a chronic thing, it just happened all of a sudden today. My guess is he hurt himself playing frisbee yesterday (there was one awkward jump I remember). I'm still hoping it's just some kind of soreness though, since he didn't show ANY pain or limping on the way back from the park.
If he is still limping tomorrow, I will take him in to the vet to get it checked out.
Abrams isn't feeling well. :/ Ugh. Crossing my fingers that it's nothing. If he isn't better by tomorrow or gets wkrse today we're off to the emergency vet.
Vibes he's feeling better tomorrow. If he hasn't improved by Monday or gets worse we're doing rads. Was really hoping the meds would perk him up quickly.
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Not dog related, but I'm still shaking. In July, I lost my precious Persian Cheshire at 4 years old. She seemed fine in the morning, and died at the emergency clinic at midnight. I was crushed.
In September, Felony joined the family. She helped fill the Persian shaped hole in my heart. She's feisty where Chesh was placid, but I love her with all my soul. She's 7 months old now.
On Saturdays, I work a 7am-8pm shift at work. Felony spends the day hanging out in her huge cat tree and getting up to whatever cats get up to when left to their own devices.
When I came home, she was in the top of her tree crying. She's vocal, so I wasn't too worried. Then I realized she was trying to get down but couldn't.
The cord from my blinds, which I had looped up with those 'safe cord' things, had come down and was looped around her neck. She had twisted it until it was less then a fingers width from cutting off her air. If I hadn't come home, or if she had panicked and fallen off the platform, she would be dead right now.
I don't know how many hours she was stuck like that, or how terrified she must have been. Luckily, she had enough air to cry for me, so I know that she wasn't actually oxygen deprived. I freed her, and she bounced off like nothing happened. Her dinner was devoured and now she's snuggled in my lap, purring.
I bought the safe cords specifically to keep something like this from happening and they failed. I cut all the cords tonight so that this will never happen again.
I was less then a half an inch from finding my baby dead and cold, hanging in my window. If you have cats that like to sit in the windows, the safe cords are not enough to protect them.
In September, Felony joined the family. She helped fill the Persian shaped hole in my heart. She's feisty where Chesh was placid, but I love her with all my soul. She's 7 months old now.
On Saturdays, I work a 7am-8pm shift at work. Felony spends the day hanging out in her huge cat tree and getting up to whatever cats get up to when left to their own devices.
When I came home, she was in the top of her tree crying. She's vocal, so I wasn't too worried. Then I realized she was trying to get down but couldn't.
The cord from my blinds, which I had looped up with those 'safe cord' things, had come down and was looped around her neck. She had twisted it until it was less then a fingers width from cutting off her air. If I hadn't come home, or if she had panicked and fallen off the platform, she would be dead right now.
I don't know how many hours she was stuck like that, or how terrified she must have been. Luckily, she had enough air to cry for me, so I know that she wasn't actually oxygen deprived. I freed her, and she bounced off like nothing happened. Her dinner was devoured and now she's snuggled in my lap, purring.
I bought the safe cords specifically to keep something like this from happening and they failed. I cut all the cords tonight so that this will never happen again.
I was less then a half an inch from finding my baby dead and cold, hanging in my window. If you have cats that like to sit in the windows, the safe cords are not enough to protect them.
Well, Leo isn't having a good day.
He ate 1/3rd of a chocolate cake (which my roommate apparently left on the floor next to her bed with the door open, and was surprised that he ate it, since "he's not allowed in here").
Anyways, called my vet, and he said to just keep an eye on him and that he might have diarrhea, but that likely he did not eat too much to be harmful, so hopefully everything is 100% fine.
Before I called the vet though, I gave him hydrogen peroxide, not realizing that that is only effective within the first twenty minutes (we think he ate it about 1-2 hours ago). So the poor dog spent 5-10 miserable minutes gagging up bile. Whoops.
In summary: I have a gimpy, induced-vomiting dog. He is not very happy.
Oh, and StillandSilent, I am SO glad that your cat is ok! That is super super scary!
He ate 1/3rd of a chocolate cake (which my roommate apparently left on the floor next to her bed with the door open, and was surprised that he ate it, since "he's not allowed in here"
).Anyways, called my vet, and he said to just keep an eye on him and that he might have diarrhea, but that likely he did not eat too much to be harmful, so hopefully everything is 100% fine.
Before I called the vet though, I gave him hydrogen peroxide, not realizing that that is only effective within the first twenty minutes (we think he ate it about 1-2 hours ago). So the poor dog spent 5-10 miserable minutes gagging up bile. Whoops.
In summary: I have a gimpy, induced-vomiting dog. He is not very happy.
Oh, and StillandSilent, I am SO glad that your cat is ok! That is super super scary!
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Cajun saw agility equipment today for the first time in a long time and she had so much fun! I was really happy with how well she focused on me and took direction, and also really impressed with how she bounced back after she got completely tangled up in the chute and it took a bit for me to get her to STOP moving so I could untangle her lol... I thought for sure she wouldn't go back in the chute after that. But nope. She hesitated for a moment the next time we tried it, but she went in and didn't have any issues after that. I know if that were Juno, there is NO WAY she would have done the chute ever again after that.
But she had a blast and was pooped afterward, so nice that we could do that during this otherwise cold and crappy weekend.
But she had a blast and was pooped afterward, so nice that we could do that during this otherwise cold and crappy weekend.
Ooooohoho, do they make tiny remote spray collars for cats? Histamine is being NAUGHTY and she totally needs one. She knows what is and isn't allowed, and she knows that when I'm near her I can enforce those rules, but she is being a BRAT and not minding if she can't see me. Little **** needs to stay off my counters, but by the time I get to the kitchen to enforce she's high tailing it out of there.
Cats are dicks.
(She didn't get to go outside today so she's being particularly whiney and throwing fits.)
Cats are dicks.
(She didn't get to go outside today so she's being particularly whiney and throwing fits.)
Sounds like our old cat, Bailey, aka The Criminal, who showed no remorse for any of her crimes (counter cruising, sitting on the dinner table, sharpening her claws on the chair you were sitting on). Have you tried a scat mat? Or a water pistol? We had a battery-powered one that shot pretty far so we could hit a cat from the hallway leading to the kitchen. Mom could shoot a cat out of a Christmas tree from across the room.)
We get ghost cats in the kitchen, too.
ETA: no scat mat, I'm sure she'd just find a way around it that would cause even more damage (aka, knock more things off the counter). Water pistol is out as she likes water and thinks getting wet is fun. (She will actually jump IN to the shower with you. I blame being raised by a Chessie and having so many baths as a kitten.) The only thing that remotely works is compressed air, but that is only short range effective. I am seriously tempted to find a remote citronella collar that is small enough for a five and a half pound cat. LOL
She's better when she's able to go outside on her tether a few times a day with the dogs, but she has just been NAUGHTY lately. I'm about ready to ship her off to Spain to Michael.
