Thanks, sleeper.sleeper;1374230 wrote:Lots of respect for you otrap. I love dogs more than people. Let me know if his medical expenses get too great; I would be happy to donate in order to save his life.
Donate on your iPad?sleeper;1374230 wrote:Lots of respect for you otrap. I love dogs more than people. Let me know if his medical expenses get too great; I would be happy to donate in order to save his life.
Thank you. This is reassuring.Commander of Awesome;1374239 wrote:I volunteered at the Berea Animal Rescue for 4 years, you're doing the right thing. Hopefully the vet doesn't charge you.
How did you find this out?O-Trap;1374226 wrote:By the way, his name is Ivan.
We named him.Sonofanump;1374247 wrote:How did you find this out?
As I read, I think it's a lack of oxygen in the blood. Thanks for the affirmation, though. I'm more and more glad we took him.GoChiefs;1374252 wrote:Good call on taking the dog to the vet. Blue gums are a sign of a disease called Syanosis (sp?) I believe it was. We had the same problem with one of our dogs, but it ended up being nothing, but that was something the vet warned us it could be, and that's a serious issue. Don't remember exactly what it is. Something about the dog not having enough blood or something if I remember correctly.
O-Trap;1374250 wrote:We named him.
If only I could rep you again. If I could I would.Mr Miyagi;1374278 wrote:6 years ago I rescued a coon dog under the same kind of circumstances. I named him Stains which my wife thought was a good idea until I stood on the porch and yelled "Come Stains! Come Stains!"
She changed his name pretty quick after that. Still have him and sometimes I think to myself "who rescued who?" LOL! Good for you O-Trap, Good Luck
O-Trap;1374287 wrote:Got back from the hospital. Nothing life threatening. They said that because he's a pit with several large scars, he was possibly at least briefly involved in a dog fighting ring, so they did a pretty thorough uninvasive check for internal injuries, particularly hernias and broken bones.
Either way, they did seem to think he was in pain, which accounted for the irregular breathing and panting, even though he didn't seem to have any tender spots, so they gave him some pain meds. He's about 49 pounds now, but they say he should gain about 10 pounds when he gets back to a healthy diet.
Just glad he's okay.
Now if we can just keep him from farting so much. I swear to already having called him 'Ivan the Terrible'.
They did charge us for the care and the meds. $130, but in my opinion, it was totally worth it, and I was happy to pay it.
We're taking him to a clinic tomorrow, since tonight they just checked to make sure he wasn't seriously sick or injured. Hoping for the best.
I seriously might keep this dog. We already have 3, but he's just a great dog.
Would Rep again if I could. Take care of that dog. I already told Sleeper I'd match what he'd pay...Seriously. My Mutt was a pound puppy almost 15 years ago and she doesn't have that much time left, and she was abused before I got her... Something about dogs with tough life's that kill me...WTF!!!O-Trap;1374287 wrote:Got back from the hospital. Nothing life threatening. They said that because he's a pit with several large scars, he was possibly at least briefly involved in a dog fighting ring, so they did a pretty thorough uninvasive check for internal injuries, particularly hernias and broken bones.
Either way, they did seem to think he was in pain, which accounted for the irregular breathing and panting, even though he didn't seem to have any tender spots, so they gave him some pain meds. He's about 49 pounds now, but they say he should gain about 10 pounds when he gets back to a healthy diet.
Just glad he's okay.
Now if we can just keep him from farting so much. I swear to already having called him 'Ivan the Terrible'.
They did charge us for the care and the meds. $130, but in my opinion, it was totally worth it, and I was happy to pay it.
We're taking him to a clinic tomorrow, since tonight they just checked to make sure he wasn't seriously sick or injured. Hoping for the best.
I seriously might keep this dog. We already have 3, but he's just a great dog.
O-Trap;1374287 wrote:Got back from the hospital. Nothing life threatening. They said that because he's a pit with several large scars, he was possibly at least briefly involved in a dog fighting ring, so they did a pretty thorough uninvasive check for internal injuries, particularly hernias and broken bones.
Either way, they did seem to think he was in pain, which accounted for the irregular breathing and panting, even though he didn't seem to have any tender spots, so they gave him some pain meds. He's about 49 pounds now, but they say he should gain about 10 pounds when he gets back to a healthy diet.
Just glad he's okay.
Now if we can just keep him from farting so much. I swear to already having called him 'Ivan the Terrible'.
They did charge us for the care and the meds. $130, but in my opinion, it was totally worth it, and I was happy to pay it.
We're taking him to a clinic tomorrow, since tonight they just checked to make sure he wasn't seriously sick or injured. Hoping for the best.
I seriously might keep this dog. We already have 3, but he's just a great dog.
