It's a shame Dolly has to have these bouts. But certainly good that you are aware of them now and can rather head them off at the pass so things don't go too bad.
How sweet Desi is with Dolly.. I guess she trained him right from the very beginning. Love hearing about them... hus, mj ________________________________ From: Joan Croft <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 3:14:23 PM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Going to the vet today Thanks…me too! I know there is something wrong when she wants me to hold her all the time, then I hear the breathing sounds and it just breaks my heart that she keeps getting these infections. Last time, I asked the vet if it would help to keep her on a maintenance dose of the Atarax, so he gave me another bottle of them, and I did stop when she was good for a long period of time…but I don’t think that is the total problem…she is just so susceptible to these…and I wish she wasn’t. At least today I had a coupon for a free visit so I just had to pay for the meds and the anal gland expression. From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Michl Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Going to the vet today So glad she is going to be okay!! Beth --- On Wed, 3/16/11, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: From: Joan Croft <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Going to the vet today To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 2:26 PM We just got home a little while ago. The vet said that she does have a respiratory infection but it isn’t as bad as it has been in the past…I guess I am getting better at seeing the signs, plus I have been giving her the Atarax to help with the congestion but not fast enough. I also had them empty her anal glands because a few weeks ago I thought she was constipated, but pumpkin every days wasn’t helping…he did say that they were very full. I asked him about Desi’s little legs that splay out at the wrists like a doxie does…he said that it will not cause problems needing surgery…that is a relief. So, Dolly is on meds every 12 hours which is easy for me, because I can just give her the meds at the same time that I take mine. I bought her at Petland and she had a surgery for an umbilical hernia when she was 7 weeks…I was the first non-breeder, non-vet, non-pet store person that ever held her. I noticed some funny sounds coming from her and they kept taking her back to have someone listen to her, and they told me she was OK. It got worse after I got home and I took her to the vet first thing the next morning. She had a nasty respiratory infection and she was actually coughing and it felt like it was coming from her belly…it took four weeks to get that gone because we even had to change meds because she was worse after 1 week. I don’t know if the initial infection was kennel cough because the vet didn’t tell me to keep her away from other dogs. But, I wonder if she has some congenital thing that she has a lot of these infections. Well, hopefully this time she will get well faster because it got caught earlier. Thanks for the prayers…I don’t know what I would do if something bad happened to her! From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Michl Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Going to the vet today Hope she is going to be okay!! Prayers going out to Dolly!!! Beth & girls --- On Wed, 3/16/11, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Joan Croft <[email protected]> >Subject: [Chihuahuas] Going to the vet today >To: "Joan Croft" <[email protected]> >Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 10:20 AM I have to take Dolly to the vet today because she is having some respiratory issues. I am giving her the Atarax, but really need the vet to look at her because of her history of respiratory infections. Dolly will never go without Desi, and vice versa. I will have him weigh and examine Desi to see if he needs a little more food. He looks thin to me because Dolly is shorter and therefore looks wider. They have different bone structure too. Desi is very long and tall and his rear bones are quite a bit narrower. He has the little doxie wrists where his feet point outward…maybe I should bring that to the attention of the vet because he is very long and has those feet…maybe a bit doxie in him.
