Dogs

[BBC3]

Yes I feel ya. I think I told the story about my first high bred lab many years back that I watched get dragged 100 feet under an asshole in a duely truck going way to fast. She got up and ran around for a second CLEARLY TRYING TO LOCATE ME, fell to my arms and died. I was 12. Tried CPR, screamed at her, Screamed to the sky's above. My mom drove up right after it happened and vet pronounced her DOA. She was too smart for her own good and I knew trouble when I got her. She left us with a 2 week old litter which we saved...

BUT THE POINT - NOT TO HIJACK - Is how Dogs manage to get back to their connected owner at the time of death - if near and at all possible... And funny how cats disappear (Come to think...)...?!?

Get back on the horse man - if you have not. Life is about DEATH.

To not embrace life is to let DEATH STEAL IT FROM YOU...!!!

B.!

That's really something. I had a Doberman years ago, I Took him everywhere I went, he was always with me. I had a little Austin Healey Sprite and he would sit beside me in the other seat. Every time I would glance over at him he would be sitting there leaning on his side against the seat and staring at me, always staring. .... I watched him die one day. I was working at a construction site at Fort Ord and looked down the hill that the site was on, and he was crossing the road, headed back.. The car hit him and knocked him 10 or 20 feet. He got up and tried to run up the hill to where I was. He was limping badly, but made it up to me. He laid down when he got to where I was....And died. He was the last dog I would ever have. The pain of losing him was just to much.

 

[kawilt]

Yes I feel ya. I think I told the story about my first high bred lab many years back that I watched get dragged 100 feet under an asshole in a duely truck going way to fast. She got up and ran around for a second CLEARLY TRYING TO LOCATE ME, fell to my arms and died. I was 12. Tried CPR, screamed at her, Screamed to the sky's above. My mom drove up right after it happened and vet pronounced her DOA. She was too smart for her own good and I knew trouble when I got her. She left us with a 2 week old litter which we saved...

BUT THE POINT - NOT TO HIJACK - Is how Dogs manage to get back to their connected owner at the time of death - if near and at all possible... And funny how cats disappear (Come to think...)...?!?

Get back on the horse man - if you have not. Life is about DEATH.

To not embrace life is to let DEATH STEAL IT FROM YOU...!!!

B.!

I feel for you BBC, lot of pain to deal with at that age... Didn't want to get that close to such an intelligent and dedicated animal again. Besides, I ended up doing things and going places where I couldn't take a dog.

 

[BBC3]

New family additions... Not direct family. But re-birthing my soul... Twin Brothers... And a freggin HANDFUL as uncle just got done sitting again.. DAMB....!

BUT THEY LIVE TO PLEASE.. about a year old..



Now - Boldly brazin Cock & Ball "Uncle Style"... LOL Proud indeed... LOL



Talk about a filthy ass bed to clean... And these ARE mud luvers. But hey. Makes ya stronger = RIGHT?!? And I'm here to tell ya - If a squirrel so much as whispers on the rear of the lawn.... THEY KNOW IT...!

 

[BBC3]

They were trained on the TV at the time. Come to think I believe I read something about dogs not really being able to see television before recent LED models. But I don't think that is correct cause we had a golden over watching a tennis ball go back and forth on one of my old plasma screens.

But I did notice something strange. I caught on of them looking in a mirror of the reflection of this plasma TV. It was more than him just tripping to see the same show in mirror's reflection, but, he was clearly seeing a different image in his mind I suspect...???

 

[BBC3]

Love will find you again one day...

I feel for you BBC, lot of pain to deal with at that age... Didn't want to get that close to such an intelligent and dedicated animal again. Besides, I ended up doing things and going places where I couldn't take a dog.

 

[Heynow]

Lost the lab to lime disease but Ozzy has done a good job taking her place!!

 

[BBC3]

Nice post. FYI. Next time you put up a pic look hard and you will see an option to place pic full screen or something like that. Its right there just hard to see..

Lost the lab to lime disease but Ozzy has done a good job taking her place!!

 

[Heynow]

My bad. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[BBC3]

No Issue - Just saying its the difference between folks seeing your pic posted in a tiny little tab which they have to click on if they really want to see it. Cause when you set it up to the large version, it plants it right there full screen.

Just friendly advice brotha. I WAS NOT PREACHING. I had just happened to figure that out myself a day or two ago and was fresh on my mind. All the options with this Internet forum format are kinda difficult to figure out. Shit - I just figured out how to post pics like that only recently. Before I thought you had to have them out in an internet vault of yer own or something cause I could never see the tab "Add pic" or whatever, and right there in front of me.

Whats really cool is that a lot of images out there on the net you can just right click on them and hit COPY IMAGE (or something like that) and then you can plant them right there in your post. Pretty cool stuff..!

Yea - I'm long winded - at least they say.

Welcome to MESO...!!!

My bad. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Heynow]

No worries brother I appreciate the advice. In fact I jacked with it myself for a few minutes and couldn't find the fullscreen button with all these small ass icons at the top and was like wtf? So I posted my janky little file and made everyone work for it. Lol. Full screen pic definitely look a lot better.

 

[jaymaximus]

My dog Parker. He thinks he's a cat sometimes. I had to give him away while I'm out of the country for a year. I do miss him always being there. Dogs are mbf for a reason...

 

[Michael Scally MD]

A letter to Pickle.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/201661385/A-letter-to-Pickle

[Warning: this contains graphic scenes of pet adoration.]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

How Dogs Forge A Bond With Rio's Homeless That Is Life-Saving For Both
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/13/dogs-forge-a-bond-with-rios-homeless-that-is-life-saving/

AS IS TRUE OF SO MANY CITIES in the western world, there are thousands of homeless people living on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, the second-largest city in Brazil.

They include families, children, solitary men and women, the old and the young. Many have been homeless for years with little prospect of an exit, especially now that the country faces worsening economic distress, met with often-cruel austerity measures. Homeless people are abundant in most neighborhoods, including the upscale ones most frequented by tourists.

Homelessness in Rio is, in many ways, virtually identical to how it manifests in other large cities: it entails unimaginable material and emotional deprivation, hopelessness, societal invisibility, and utter isolation.

But one aspect of Rio’s homeless population stands out: a huge number of them have dogs that were previously living as desperate, unwanted strays on the street.

Many have lived on the street with their dogs for years. They care for them as well as, and in many cases better than, the average middle-class family with a pet.

The profound bond that forms between them is like nothing else one will find, and is thus deeply revealing.

 

[Eman45]

All this dog talk has me having to share my favorite two diesel and jayda. I have been around dogs growing up but these two are my own raised as pups. The bond build is incredible. The love and loyalty these dogs have for the owners in my case my gf and I are never ending.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Assessment of Severity and Progression of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome Using the CAnine DEmentia Scale (CADES)

Highlights
· We developed and validated a rating scale CADES for assessment of severity and progression of canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome.
· We identified various stages of cognitive impairment from mild to severe cognitive dysfunction.
· The rate of conversion at 6-months follow-up of mild to moderate cognitive impairment was 24%.
· The annual conversion rate doubled to 50%.
· We found that the CDS displayed heterogenic phenotype.

Madari A, Farbakova J, Katina S, et al. Assessment of severity and progression of canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome using the CAnine DEmentia Scale (CADES). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2015;171:138-45. http://www.appliedanimalbehaviour.com/article/S0168-1591(15)00237-3/abstract

Cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) represents a group of symptoms related to the aging of the canine brain. These changes ultimately lead to a decline of memory function and learning abilities, alteration of social interaction, impairment of normal housetraining, changes in sleep–wake cycle and general activity. The initial symptoms gradually worsen over time. Despite extensive research, little is known about the staging and phenotypic variability of CDS.

We have analysed more than 300 dogs; 215 were selected for the study.

We developed a rating scale, CADES – canine dementia scale – containing 17 items distributed into four domains, related to changes in dogs’ behaviour:
· spatial orientation,
· social interactions,
· sleep–wake cycles and
· house soiling.

Using CADES, we identified various stages of cognitive impairment:
· mild cognitive impairment,
· moderate cognitive impairment and
· severe cognitive dysfunction.

Further, we found that the rate of conversion at 6-months follow-up of normal ageing to mild cognitive impairment was 42%, while conversion rate of mild to moderate cognitive impairment was 24%. At twelve months, the conversion rates almost doubled to 71.45% and 50%, respectively.

These findings showed that CADES can be used as a predictor of conversion from normal ageing to mild, and from mild to moderate cognitive impairment.

In regards to the four behavioural domains we found that impairment in social interaction was frequently present in dogs with mild cognitive impairment (40%), 67% of dogs with moderate cognitive impairment had affected social interaction and sleep–wake cycles. For severe cognitive dysfunction, the majority of dogs displayed impairment in all four domains, while other two subgroups showed impairment only in three domains.

In this study, we have assessed the psychometric properties of the CADES scale, and validated it as a screening tool for CDS. The scale is also suitable for long-term assessment of the progression of cognitive impairment in canines, and potentially as efficacy readout for treatments.

 

[Eman45]

Anybody has some informations about that turkish dog called Kangal? I saw it is very big but can't find more infos from someone that already had one.

I got a buddy I work with his uncle has one. He smuggled it out of turkey. I guess they don't allow that dog to leave country. There are very big dogs and needs to be an outside dog. Very territorial and aggressive. Not a dog for everyone.

 

[ironwill1951]

my new puppy 10 week old golden retriever , monte

 

[BBC3]

HEARTWORMS.!!!!! Discussing doggy's health & PREVENTION.

[If you love yer dog, just have him on preventative, trust me on this one]

Its really best to prevent this one... I wanted to point out some issues. There is NO ready-made instant fix!. And imagine a bunch of 1-2 foot worms woven all up in yer heart... I am dealing with this treatment application for the first time with a rescue dog. I did have a mutt stray terrier that came with heartworms when I was a kiddie and I can tell you it's a gruesome death involving organ failure inclusive of general fluid/bloating till they just cant breathe..! Not pretty..

So I have a rescue dog. He's a 100lb Rot/lab mix. Maybe some Dobe or shepherd in there.. Anywayz - He's got heartworms. He's about 2 years old. Was a rescued street stray that came into the local shelter all skinnied-up and GREAT potential. The kind folks at the Rescue Organization are paying for the heartworm treatment/ the worx - Call him lucky.

Discussion of Treatment options...:

1. Fast kill - Drug is "Immiticide" and dosed TWO INJECTIONS 24hrs APART / in dog's lower lumbar muscles adjacent spine - VERY PAINFUL for the dog. Kills 80-90% worms quickly. (Mine just had this one)
2. "Pretty-fast" Kill - More Effective (98%) - Is ONE INJECTION and then TWO MORE INJECTIONS 4-6 weeks down the road. The problem is more down time & Vet$$$.
3. Slow-Kill - Some rocket scientist at Auburn University came up with this one a few years back. He figured out that if you Mega-dose the dog with Doxy, and in combination with one of the heartworm monthly preventatives, Then you can kill the heartworms over a year in many situations. 100lb dog gets 800mgs DOXY/DAY!!!! This happens in 2-4 week bursts (on/off) for up to a year.. The magic is that the antibiotic apparently kills off something living in the heartworm, thus the heartworm dies..
4. Heart surgery - IF YOU ARE RIIECCCHEE!!

*** It also just so happens they are now using doxy (at the same dosage as slow kill method) for 30 days prior to fast-kill treatment, as it does some effective "kill down" and SHRINKAGE of the worms thus minimizing the risks involved with FAST-KILL which I am about to discuss.

WITH ALL TREATMENTS the Primary Risk is worms breaking off after dying and lung embolism or stroking the dog. THE BITCH is that after the fast kill methods are performed, you have to keep the dog calm for AT LEAST 6 weeks to be safe WHILE the worms are being metabolized out of the heart and blood stream... And we are talking bored out of skull kenneled-up..!! Or lay'in on the couch with ME..

POINTS -
- Heartworms have a 5 year lifespan avg if untreated and keep reproducing.
- Use of a monthly heartworm preventative which is safe to administer if the dog already has worms (Check with Vet) will reduce that lifespan, and of course prevent new worms/reproduction.
- Some of these medications apparently go into shortage from time to time.
- Fast kill treatment methods are $1,000.00 PLUS... (thank God they are paying)
- Slow kill is cost of a regular monthly preventative, and 20-30 weeks worth of Doxy, which is relatively cheap in comparison.
- Slower ='s obviously Safer, as you are not killing the whole nest at once.
- There are BLOCKAGE/EMBOLISM RISKS with slow-kill method too. This dog started coughing them up even during a 5-6 week doxy pre-treat for fast kill (which was performed yesterday).

- Apparently the Doxy Based Slow kill method is under scrutiny now, as veterinary science is determining that the heartworms appear to be mutating and becoming immune to some common modes of dealing with them.! Makes you wonder if Humans could become at risk since they now sound this alarm.?!?!?? (Apparently people can already contract heartworms under certain conditions - RARE NOW)

- Fast Kill Immiticide method is stated NOT to kill young immature ADULT worms. So there is a window of worm life that is not addressed even in the efficient fast dangerous method.

FAST KILL NOTES:
- This dog is laying here a'HURT'N, and only 24 hours after second (Last) Injection.
- His backside is sore and he's a bit snappy about it even.
- He does appear mentally and psychologically intact post procedure - as far as I can tell.
- I don't know if they dosed him with a mood sedative, but he def seems to know something's wrong. Very lethargic and looks like he's got a hell of a hangover.
- He gets a little Tramadol (no i'm not stealing it - LOL). That's for the injection muscle pain which is supposed to hurt BAD...
- If your dog gets heartworms and you have to go thru this, its not all that easy. And that is if you got the money and you care enough about your dog...

**** How is it again that even "free dogs" wind up costing 3-5K plus in vet bills before all is done? And I don't even have a fully furnished home..?? LOL