~:~:~:The Doggie Thread!!:~:~:~

pandora

I don't think your vet would say nasty though for you know what
also with you are waiting for a biopsy and all.
I think and am praying its just like Charlie it was a cyst- you know those are nasty.

phillyfan

imalive wrote:

pandora wrote:

I hope imalive lets us know soon how beautiful gracie is
I'm sure she's fine
I've so enjoyed her pics over the past months and feel kind of like I know her

Thanks, Pandora. To know her is to love her (most of the time!)

I just called down there. It had been 6+ hours since I dropped her off. I was beginning to have bad thoughts . I'm gonna go pick her up soon.

The good news - "the procedure went well." The bad news - the lump was "nasty." That's all I know for now. I'm gonna be pretty stressed, waiting for the biopsy results . Let's hope we're doing this again, soon!

hope everything goes well for you

PJaddicted

Hi everyone hope you are all ok! Here is Lil Pete in his new PJ's. He's lost so much weight he shivers at night! The other one is his rain coat.

dcfaithful

PJaddicted wrote:

Hi everyone hope you are all ok! Here is Lil Pete in his new PJ's. He's lost so much weight he shivers at night! The other one is his rain coat.

Pete looks like a sweet boy. I'd definitely be throwin' a ball for him if I was there!

PJaddicted

dcfaithful.....he would go and get the ball, but then wouldn't give it to you! He doesn't do fetch!!!

dcfaithful

PJaddicted wrote:

dcfaithful.....he would go and get the ball, but then wouldn't give it to you! He doesn't do fetch!!!

That's quite alright. My two dogs Zeke (boy) and Rivy (girl) don't understand the concept of the game...they'll chase after it, pick it up, and trot back towards me with it but just drop it halfway as if they forgot they even had it in their mouths, lol.

Wobbie

PJaddicted wrote:

Hi everyone hope you are all ok! Here is Lil Pete in his new PJ's.

"PJ's" I about spit my coffee out when I saw this. Those have got to be hell on Petey's street cred! :shock:

Here's poor little Gracie last night, nasty scar and all:



We picked her up and she immediately ran into the wall at the vet's, due to her cone . It was pathetic. It wasn't the vet who said the tumor/cyst was "nasty" - it was a vet tech. We're on pins and needles until the pathology comes back next week. Some people have told me it's a good sign that this lump came on so suddenly. They say the "bad ones" are slow growing. I sure hope so. We bought her a "comfy cone" last night and she was a pretty good little patient. I got out of bed at 1:00 and went to the couch, because Gracie was being such a hog . I'm at work today but my wife has 6-10 girlfriends coming over tonight, so I know Gracie will get LOTS of love! I'll post a better picture of her in her "comfy cone"....it's cute but she don't like it!

Your prayers and thoughts mean a lot to us. I'm not a religious guy (at all) but I do believe in the power of positive thought! You guys help more than you'll ever know. Thanks!

norm

poor gracie :(

i remember when norm had to wear the cone of silence...that lasted all of one night...it wasn't but me who couldn't stand it...it was funny though to watch him run into walls, back up and do the same thing again

hope gracie feels better! :thumbup:

decides2dream

ugh, have to wait a week? ouch!
hope gracie is healing nicely, and i hope the news is good!


wish i was the messenger and all the news was good...;)

pandora

norm wrote:

poor gracie :(

i remember when norm had to wear the cone of silence...that lasted all of one night...it wasn't but me who couldn't stand it...it was funny though to watch him run into walls, back up and do the same thing again

hope gracie feels better! :thumbup:

Me too! I hope all will be fine and just a page in the Gracie book real soon
Jakie had to wear the cone and got caught between his favorite place to lay- the dining room table and the buffet- I found him stuck there with his butt up against the table leg- funny but ohhh
We had trouble keeping that on Charlie he went crazy - we took it off
Wouldn't it be better if they were see thru? ours was white plastic.
hope you have better luck than us.

pandora

PJaddicted wrote:

Hi everyone hope you are all ok! Here is Lil Pete in his new PJ's. He's lost so much weight he shivers at night! The other one is his rain coat.

Lil Pete is very cute in his jams and coat - my charlie won't leave the back step if we dress him up in a coat but then grandoggie Dottie- Chihuahua Jack mix- just loves to dress up- little coats- costumes- funny the difference in personalities.

PJaddicted

Petey only wants the coats on when he is cold, Dobermans don't have a under coat, so they have a hard time in the heat and the cold. I take the boy out almost every day of the year for at least a one hour hike, all weather conditions. He has a closet full of coats! He usually only wears them when the temputure is under freezing and the wind is blowing. He has swam in a pond with that rain coat on..

pandora

PJaddicted wrote:

Petey only wants the coats on when he is cold, Dobermans don't have a under coat, so they have a hard time in the heat and the cold. I take the boy out almost every day of the year for at least a one hour hike, all weather conditions. He has a closet full of coats! He usually only wears them when the temputure is under freezing and the wind is blowing. He has swam in a pond with that rain coat on..

Petey is simply gorgeous keep postin the coats! Makes us all happy to see

a different subject maybe someone know about
I have Lucy- a Shep-pit-Shepherd Pit mix my daughter found in a garbage can last year that I gladly inherited
after the passing of our shepherd mix Jakey.
Anyways she is big and beautiful like Petey with huge ears and spots like a Palomino horse. A couple few weeks ago she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. An unexpected shock to us thinking she pulled a muscle chasing Dottie around. Its moderate - I've done some reading and thought perhaps you might know some on the subject having a larger breed. Shes just maybe a year and a half- Its breaking our hearts the hop limp thats not ever gonna go away.

Wobbie

pandora wrote:

Anyways she is big and beautiful like Petey with huge ears and spots like a Palomino horse. A couple few weeks ago she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. An unexpected shock to us thinking she pulled a muscle chasing Dottie around. Its moderate - I've done some reading and thought perhaps you might know some on the subject having a larger breed. Shes just maybe a year and a half- Its breaking our hearts the hop limp thats not ever gonna go away.

sorry to hear about that . It's sad to think that dogs with HD have to learn to live with pain . I hate to ever see a dog in pain.

Gracie is doing OK, but not great. That fucking Comfy Cone is driving her nuts. But, without it, there is no doubt she would have ripped out all her stitches (14 of 'em) by now. Even as bad as the Comfy Cone is, it's a thousand times better than the hard plastic one! We're letting her sleep on the bed and last night no one got much sleep. At one point, her wound was oozing blood and that was no good . We're just praying for some good news from the lab....

Who Princess

imalive wrote:

Gracie is doing OK, but not great. That fucking Comfy Cone is driving her nuts. But, without it, there is no doubt she would have ripped out all her stitches (14 of 'em) by now. Even as bad as the Comfy Cone is, it's a thousand times better than the hard plastic one! We're letting her sleep on the bed and last night no one got much sleep. At one point, her wound was oozing blood and that was no good . We're just praying for some good news from the lab....

Aw, poor Gracie! :(

I've been away from here for 2 days and I was hoping when I checked back in there would be good news about her. At least this picture made me smile!

Who Princess

pandora wrote:

a different subject maybe someone know about
I have Lucy- a Shep-pit-Shepherd Pit mix my daughter found in a garbage can last year that I gladly inherited
after the passing of our shepherd mix Jakey.
Anyways she is big and beautiful like Petey with huge ears and spots like a Palomino horse. A couple few weeks ago she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. An unexpected shock to us thinking she pulled a muscle chasing Dottie around. Its moderate - I've done some reading and thought perhaps you might know some on the subject having a larger breed. Shes just maybe a year and a half- Its breaking our hearts the hop limp thats not ever gonna go away.

Wow, what a shame when you've rescued a good dog and she has a problem like that. I know next to nothing about hip dysplasia except that it's common with German Shepherds. Do you have a good vet? What are they recommending to help her cope with it?

norm

imalive wrote:

Gracie is doing OK, but not great. That fucking Comfy Cone is driving her nuts. But, without it, there is no doubt she would have ripped out all her stitches (14 of 'em) by now. Even as bad as the Comfy Cone is, it's a thousand times better than the hard plastic one! We're letting her sleep on the bed and last night no one got much sleep. At one point, her wound was oozing blood and that was no good . We're just praying for some good news from the lab....

i'm thinking of gracie...everything will be fine

imalive wrote:

can't help but laugh...too friggin' cute!...the bone is priceless!! :thumbup:

PearlOfAGirl

I miss my little babies... :( all of the dogs in here are adorable...



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pandora

whoprincess wrote:

pandora wrote:

a different subject maybe someone know about
I have Lucy- a Shep-pit-Shepherd Pit mix my daughter found in a garbage can last year that I gladly inherited
after the passing of our shepherd mix Jakey.
Anyways she is big and beautiful like Petey with huge ears and spots like a Palomino horse. A couple few weeks ago she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. An unexpected shock to us thinking she pulled a muscle chasing Dottie around. Its moderate - I've done some reading and thought perhaps you might know some on the subject having a larger breed. Shes just maybe a year and a half- Its breaking our hearts the hop limp thats not ever gonna go away.

Wow, what a shame when you've rescued a good dog and she has a problem like that. I know next to nothing about hip dysplasia except that it's common with German Shepherds. Do you have a good vet? What are they recommending to help her cope with it?

oh doesn't gracie look cute- sad but cute
I think we have a good vet been with him since 93. There are surgeries they said we may want to look at eventually for quality of life down the line- success rate pretty good. Theres pain meds he said if we are noticing her having trouble already. Young dogs like her often get"used to" the pain the vet said. Arthritis is the problem that will set in though for sure with time. I think there are injections for that. The only way we see her having trouble is not always wanting to climb the stairs. In play she seems unaffected so far cause shes so young and easily distracted. Its so sad though nothing really worse than thinking your pet is in pain. And a whole life of it geez I still really can't believe it and hope hes wrong and its just a pulled muscle or something.

pandora

HeartShapedBox wrote:

I miss my little babies... :( all of the dogs in here are adorable...



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oh look at them at the window side be side so cute