Any Veterinarians on here?

[98tls]

If so and you have a spare minute or 2 can you pm your phone number please.ta.

[Brian d marge]

If so and you have a spare minute or 2 can you pm your phone number please.ta.

sure but it might be expensive

Stephen

[SMOKEU]

I bet it's nothing a shotgun can't fix.

[blackdog]

Hope it ain't serious mate. The only thing more important to us than our bikes are our animals.

[Brett]

I bet it's nothing a shotgun can't fix.

Fail.

10 chars.

[JMemonic]

I bet it's nothing a shotgun can't fix.

Another drop kick post, you are not capable of learning are you.

Engage the 2 neurons you have still functioning and think before you post.

[SMOKEU]

Another drop kick post, you are not capable of learning are you.

Engage the 2 neurons you have still functioning and think before you post.

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[EJK]

This thread sounds like restrained statement. Hope it's not too serious there 98TLS.

Best wishes.

[Owl]

This thread sounds like restrained statement. Hope it's not too serious there 98TLS.

Best wishes.

My sentiments exactly!

[Lurch]

If so and you have a spare minute or 2 can you pm your phone number please.ta.

At times I have felt helpless and desperate in the public health system too. Let me know how this works out.

[Motig]

There are actually vets in Oamaru.

[Grumph]

Yes there are vets in Oamaru....but as an animal breeder for over 40 years I'm well aware of the varying standards around the country.
I can see someone with an unusual problem wanting a second opinion, particularly as a lot of vet practises now use multiple tests as revenue gathering exercises.

Good luck.

[marty]

i still don't know if he's looking for a a Vetinarian, or a Vegitarian

[98tls]

Long story short my Border Collie was for the lack of a better word "flat" (awaiting the run over jokes) and not interested in food etc,hes only 10 months old and usually running around at warp speed.Was smply wondering if i should get him down to the vets asap on Sunday night or wait until the morning and as i posted wanted to talk to a vet if there were any on here that had a minute to spare.Anyways thanks to Stevedg for the offer of advice,Sams down at the vets and they suspect hes got a piece of bone or similar stuck in his stomach/bowel area.:facepalm:Bill starts at $600 but hey shit happens eh,might suggest he gets a part time job to help pay his way.:yes:

[puddytat]

jeez, that happens.....our old dog had a feed of road tenderised Hare a few months back & suffered the same thing.:blink:We called it Crunchy bum Syndrome.
Our vet gave us parrafin which we dosed her with & which cleared the blockage but it sounds like your dog needed internal investigation. Hope the pup's feeling better:yes:

[Dogboy900]

Good luck, hope it all goes well.
My dog had a 5 1/2 hour surgery for a major blockage a couple of months ago.

luckily my partner works at the vets so we get discounted vet care, it was still a big one over $2K!

Always hard to know what to do if the symptoms are just that they are down, but sometimes waiting will kill them so if in doubt get them in there!

[98tls]

Fwiw just called in at the vets,they had a look and couldnt find any obstruction (good news) but lots of scarring in the intestine/stomach where something had obviously passed through.hes got a major case of the shits and very high temp etc,they have sent a biopsy away just to make sure all is well and are confident he will be home thursday/friday,a good outcome really,bar the bill.:facepalm:

[98tls]

There are actually vets in Oamaru.

:sherlock:No shit.Your point?

[98tls]

I bet it's nothing a shotgun can't fix.

If ever your down this way sing out and call in,ive a wee 4.10 that will easily fit down your throat.

[Mom]

If ever your down this way sing out and call in,ive a wee 4.10 that will easily fit down your throat.

Boody dogs! Eat all sorts of shit, and usually get away with it. Hope the pup feels better by Thursday mate. Forget the bill...


Funny story...

Between properties, I had to leave my dogs where we spent all our time during the day. They had free run of the property and were kenneled at night when we were not there. Everyday I took leftovers and food to them, and fed them before we left for the day.

One day I went to get the food from the car, and the bucket was almost empty :scratch: How the hell that happened was beyond me. The windows were down a bit, but not enough for one of them to have got in for a sneaky scoff, a complete mystery. Fed them extra biscuits and went home for the night.

Next day my soon to be neighbour came over to ask if we have been feeding her dog? That would be no. SHe had taken her down to the beach for a run and the dog had spewed up what she thought were really weird coloured worms. She was very worried. Closer inspection showed it to be spiral pasta, tomato and spinach flavoured. How the hell Holly managed to get in my car to scoff the leftovers makes us laugh to this day.

Bloody dogs!

[98tls]

Funny story Mom indeed.Sadly since my earlier post which was completly positive the young fella passed away,came home to hear it on the answer phone which was to put it midly a shock.He was showing a lot of promise,that aside like most dogs he had completly got under my skin.Bloody annoying.:facepalm:

[SMOKEU]

If ever your down this way sing out and call in,ive a wee 4.10 that will easily fit down your throat.You post up like a white Nigger.

I'm not into receiving deep throat, but if that's what you're into I'm sure you can find a "victim" who's into that kind of thing.

[Dutchee]

Funny story Mom indeed.Sadly since my earlier post which was completly positive the young fella passed away,came home to hear it on the answer phone which was to put it midly a shock.He was showing a lot of promise,that aside like most dogs he had completly got under my skin.Bloody annoying.:facepalm:
I'm so sorry to hear that. You got him just after the quake last year? Border Collie? Damn, was probably somewhere in this post, but too lazy to look back through it.

Really sorry to hear about the pup, the answerphone message is not the sort of thing I would think of doing, but I guess these days semi-acceptable.

Off topic: we got a phone call last year sometime, middle of the night. I panic, thinking what'ss gone wrong with our parents/family, only to have the person on the other end of the phone taken aback I'd answered. She was calling from the UK to find out the phone number of a neighbour and expected an answerphone as thought it was a business phone she had called. I had to laugh (but not to her, as she was trying to pass on the message a family member had died). She called back two nights later to get the phone number she needed from me - in the meantime I had the neighbours wondering if it was a scam, me thinking I'd lost the plot and that the neighbours thought I was stalking them lol

But I am bummed about the pup, I like animal stories with happy endings.
Do be careful about feeding dogs chicken bones - they are too soft and can do damage. I can't quite remember, but have a feeling lamb bones are similar (I did vet nurse training 100000 years ago).

[JimO]

Funny story Mom indeed.Sadly since my earlier post which was completly positive the young fella passed away,came home to hear it on the answer phone which was to put it midly a shock.He was showing a lot of promise,that aside like most dogs he had completly got under my skin.Bloody annoying.:facepalm:

sory to hear that mate

[Madness]

Shit news there 98'.

I lost my best mate last year, a Cockatoo. She had a wing removed due to a large tumor and when I went to collect her from the vets she was still groggy from the anaesthetic. She looked down to where her wing used to be and simply said "hello??", it was priceless. The other wing turned cancerous a couple of months later and I had her put to sleep. I was never sure of her age (bought her 2nd hand) but I guesstimated it at 15ish, bloody young for a Cocky. I blame her heavy smoking myself.

[Brian d marge]

Long story short my Border Collie was for the lack of a better word "flat" (awaiting the run over jokes) and not interested in food etc,hes only 10 months old and usually running around at warp speed.Was smply wondering if i should get him down to the vets asap on Sunday night or wait until the morning and as i posted wanted to talk to a vet if there were any on here that had a minute to spare.Anyways thanks to Stevedg for the offer of advice,Sams down at the vets and they suspect hes got a piece of bone or similar stuck in his stomach/bowel area.:facepalm:Bill starts at $600 but hey shit happens eh,might suggest he gets a part time job to help pay his way.:yes:

Oh is that all..My old dog used t eat stones ( flat river bed stones ) ...and was a regular at the vet to have the blockage removed ...
one min fine the other off color , no change for a day or so , off his food but water ok ....

Feel around stomach area , and up by the bottom rib there is something hard ....

Yup 600 dollars and a 3 or four day stay ..... ( happened to him three times )

I wonder how they deal with it in the wild????

Stephen

[JMemonic]

Funny story Mom indeed.Sadly since my earlier post which was completly positive the young fella passed away,came home to hear it on the answer phone which was to put it midly a shock.He was showing a lot of promise,that aside like most dogs he had completly got under my skin.Bloody annoying.:facepalm:

Bugger sorry to hear that.

[Owl]

Gutted for you 98, that really sucks!

[Geeen]

Sorry to 'hear' about your Collie. That sucks. We've had Collies as long as I can remember, they get under your skin real quick.

[Dogboy900]

Sorry to hear that dude!
Its never good when they go and worse when they are young!

Take care.

[unstuck]

Bummer mate, know the feeling. Not easy, they sure do grow on ya.All the best.

[oneofsix]

Sorry to hear about your pup 98. Know how attached you get to them.

[XxKiTtiExX]

Really gutted to hear about your wee buddy 98.




Do be careful about feeding dogs chicken bones - they are too soft and can do damage. I can't quite remember, but have a feeling lamb bones are similar (I did vet nurse training 100000 years ago).


I always always told never to give a dog bones from anything that was cooked as they go brittle and can splinter.

[Swoop]

Very sorry to hear about Sam, '98.
We humans certainly get attached to the little buggers.:yes:

[Hellzie]

Sorry to hear about the sad news....

[Mom]

That is very sad news indeddy, he looked like a real character too.

[chanceyy]

:hug: Mike, loving these animals easy having them go way before their time very very hard to take .. feel for you babe :hug:

[98tls]

Get a phone call late this afternoon telling me i can come and pick up my dog,i tell the girl shes made a mistake and that my dog had passed away last week in the very place she was calling from,long period of silence followed by an apology and do i mind if she puts me on hold,i tell her my dog should by rights have been cremated (didnt want the job of burying him,not a nice thing to have to do) as i requested when they offered me the service,long story short hes been sitting down there for days when he could have come home,they gave me an explanation but to be honest i couldnt have cared less i just wanted off the phone and into the ute to go pick him up.Pissed off?yea a little,probably more tomorrow but at the moment just glad to have the bugger home.

[XxKiTtiExX]

Get a phone call late this afternoon telling me i can come and pick up my dog,i tell the girl shes made a mistake and that my dog had passed away last week in the very place she was calling from,long period of silence followed by an apology and do i mind if she puts me on hold,i tell her my dog should by rights have been cremated (didnt want the job of burying him,not a nice thing to have to do) as i requested when they offered me the service,long story short hes been sitting down there for days when he could have come home,they gave me an explanation but to be honest i couldnt have cared less i just wanted off the phone and into the ute to go pick him up.Pissed off?yea a little,probably more tomorrow but at the moment just glad to have the bugger home.


Are you serious or what???? :facepalm:

[98tls]

Looks ok considering hes been dead for days eh.:facepalm:

[XxKiTtiExX]

I would have been so damn well angry!!!!! What a bloody cock up and half. Glad to hear he is home safe and well. :yes:


On another note hopefully they don't bill the actual owners of the mistaken dog for the cremation (if its not what they would have wanted done).

[Mom]

I would expect there to be no account renedered for the operation. In fact I would insist there would be no charge for the op.

What a horrible experience to go through, but how cool you have that little fella home. Watch him with that wound too. I had a border collie and he licked and chewed at his belly after a similar operation and managed to open the thing right up. Had to get a bucket for his head in the end as he simply could not leave it alone.

[98tls]

I would have been so damn well angry!!!!! What a bloody cock up and half. Glad to hear he is home safe and well. :yes:


On another note hopefully they don't bill the actual owners of the mistaken dog for the cremation (if its not what they would have wanted done).

Indeed,there must be another 1/2 to all this,am going down tommorow at there request to sort a few things out,when i picked him up i wasnt really interested in talking i just wanted to get the bugger on the ute and home,needless to say i wont be paying the bill for his accomodation for the last 5 days.

[XxKiTtiExX]

Indeed,there must be another 1/2 to all this,am going down tommorow at there request to sort a few things out,when i picked him up i wasnt really interested in talking i just wanted to get the bugger on the ute and home,needless to say i wont be paying the bill for his accomodation for the last 5 days.


I don't blame you either. Bet the little guy was absolutely beside himself when he saw you!

[98tls]

I would expect there to be no account renedered for the operation. In fact I would insist there would be no charge for the op.

What a horrible experience to go through, but how cool you have that little fella home. Watch him with that wound too. I had a border collie and he licked and chewed at his belly after a similar operation and managed to open the thing right up. Had to get a bucket for his head in the end as he simply could not leave it alone.

Yea wasnt nice M,pretty bloody amazing now though,called in at the takeaway on the way home and got a few Woddies to celebrate.Hes at the mo fast asleep,must have been tiring in the afterworld eh.:innocent:

[98tls]

I don't blame you either. Bet the little guy was absolutely beside himself when he saw you!

He went ballistic mate,the vet chick was trying to calm him down whilst going on about "bursting stitches" but he wasnt having a bar of it leaping about like an idiot.:yes:By rights he should have been home for days.If this can happen with a dog i wonder if its happened with a human eh.

[Mom]

Yea wasnt nice M,pretty bloody amazing now though

I know that feeling, same but totally different story for me. I moved house and lost my little black cat. She was such a cool animal, I missed her desperately. We did the posters and the advertisements to no avail. She was gone. Three months later I was moving again and having a few wines with a friend, mentioned how sad it was that we had not found Blackie (original name I am sure you will agree), and if she managed to find her way back we would not be there.

She left and went home. About 20 mins later she is in my driveway, tooting her horn and grinning like a mental thing. I did not think she had that much to drink and laughed at her. The reason of the grin? She had found the cat! Saw her running across the road, stopped and called to her and bingo!

I cried like a baby :yes: We still have that little black cat, and those that have met her all agree just how cool she is. I hope you get many happy years with your fella, and enjoy those takeaways :yes:

[98tls]

I know that feeling, same but totally different story for me. I moved house and lost my little black cat. She was such a cool animal, I missed her desperately. We did the posters and the advertisements to no avail. She was gone. Three months later I was moving again and having a few wines with a friend, mentioned how sad it was that we had not found Blackie (original name I am sure you will agree), and if she managed to find her way back we would not be there.

She left and went home. About 20 mins later she is in my driveway, tooting her horn and grinning like a mental thing. I did not think she had that much to drink and laughed at her. The reason of the grin? She had found the cat! Saw her running across the road, stopped and called to her and bingo!

I cried like a baby :yes: We still have that little black cat, and those that have met her all agree just how cool she is. I hope you get many happy years with your fella, and enjoy those takeaways :yes:

Lovely story M.Had some tears here,my partner wouldnt come wih me to get Sam,was all a bit much for her methinks,she wouldnt believe it could be true so said "go get him and i will believe it when hes home",when i turned up it was pretty obvious she had been blubbing since i left:innocent:there was plenty more when he got off the ute.Methinks he will be living the high life awhile.:facepalm:spoilt rotton the little shit.

[Geeen]

What an arse of a thing to have happen! Awesome that hes home healthy and happy :woohoo:

[JimO]

good job mate

[98tls]

good job mate

Good news eh Jimmy,dogs sorted so on to bikes,dont know anyone in Dunners with a naffed TL do you,am after a fuel pump.

[Dutchee]

Wow, I saw you'd posted and wondered what you'd managed to say. Didn't expect that, but wickedly cool.
I did work with a guy who was told he had two weeks to live and to get things in order. This was about 6-7 years ago and I saw him a couple of weeks back. He had high cholesterol and it was in no way terminal, the doctor read the wrong chart. I imagine the person who was actually dying was thrilled when got told he/she had high cholesterol and devastated when the truth was relayed.

I imagine the vet is a stunned mullet and should be upset the mixup happened.
But still a great result for you :) (with a lot of heartache in the interim)

[JimO]

Good news eh Jimmy,dogs sorted so on to bikes,dont know anyone in Dunners with a naffed TL do you,am after a fuel pump.

no sorry mate,........goes out to make sure garage is locked

[DrunkenMistake]

Fuck man, want a bunch of angry bikers to ride up from Dunnerz and sort it out? haha,

Fucking vets, we had to put out dog down and we paid to have her cremated, a week later I was helping the old man dump some shit at the rubbish tip, and a big truck pulled up and dumped a while of dead animals, dogs cats birds etc, and to our dismay ontop of the pile was our dog, it had a red coller with a green tag that had our name and number on it, and it was still on her, I was 12 at the time but I can remember my old man dragging her out and putting her in a blanket into the car and driving us to the vet, I remember him telling me to wait in his car while he had a word to the vet, taking the dog with him. I think I sat in that car for a good 2 hours... Anyways enough of my life story, the point I was trying to make was,
im glad your dog is alright mate,

[98tls]

no sorry mate,........goes out to make sure garage is locked

LOL,if you hear of anything sing out eh.Cheers.

[98tls]

Fuck man, want a bunch of angry bikers to ride up from Dunnerz and sort it out? haha,

Fucking vets, we had to put out dog down and we paid to have her cremated, a week later I was helping the old man dump some shit at the rubbish tip, and a big truck pulled up and dumped a while of dead animals, dogs cats birds etc, and to our dismay ontop of the pile was our dog, it had a red coller with a green tag that had our name and number on it, and it was still on her, I was 12 at the time but I can remember my old man dragging her out and putting her in a blanket into the car and driving us to the vet, I remember him telling me to wait in his car while he had a word to the vet, taking the dog with him. I think I sat in that car for a good 2 hours... Anyways enough of my life story, the point I was trying to make was,
im glad your dog is alright mate,

Mate that sucks,worse still after this i have no doubt it happend.

[DrunkenMistake]

Good news eh Jimmy,dogs sorted so on to bikes,dont know anyone in Dunners with a naffed TL do you,am after a fuel pump.

I actually may know someone, will get back to you tomorrow arvo.

[buellbabe]

Crikey! I would be changing vets if I were you... remembering what you went through with Mac as well...that haematoma of his never really came right did it?

So glad that Sam is home, safe, well and happy.

Bless.

[Swoop]

Un, be, fucking, believable.


I hope some serious karma visits that vet.
Not good on any level.

[DrunkenMistake]

I actually may know someone, will get back to you tomorrow arvo.

Nope turns out I did know someone, but they just dumped it

[blackdog]

Only just caught up on this thread. We feel your loss bro. Condolences.

[XxKiTtiExX]

Only just caught up on this thread. We feel your loss bro. Condolences.

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