Any Veterinarians on here?

**Dogboy900** · 23rd May 2011, 14:16

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** · 23rd May 2011, 15:48

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.

**98tls** · 24th May 2011, 21:03

Originally Posted by Motig

There are actually vets in Oamaru.

No shit.Your point?

**98tls** · 24th May 2011, 21:07

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

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** · 24th May 2011, 21:17

Originally Posted by 98tls

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

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** · 24th May 2011, 21:29

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.

**SMOKEU** · 24th May 2011, 21:31

Originally Posted by 98tls

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** · 24th May 2011, 21:52

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 24th May 2011, 22:07

Originally Posted by 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.

sory to hear that mate

**Madness** · 24th May 2011, 22:20

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** · 24th May 2011, 22:21

Originally Posted by 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.

Bill starts at $600 but hey shit happens eh,might suggest he gets a part time job to help pay his way.

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** · 24th May 2011, 22:33

Originally Posted by 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.

Bugger sorry to hear that.