Tonight is going to be a very long night

[NIGHTHAWK]

We have insurance on our remaining two dogs

 

[Badjer]

Glad he is home and doing better.

On a different note, did he also have erectile dysfunction?
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Not anymore...

 

[Randy F]

Great news! Happy to hear he's home and on the mend. Recovery will speed up now that he's home with Daddy.

 

[TXhunter65]

Glad Charlie's home and doing better.

 

[gillettehunter]

Good news! Keep us in the loop.

Bruce

 

[D.M.V]

Prayers

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Looking at my little French Britt sleeping at my feet. Three years ago I had to rush her seven hours to Minneapolis in the worst storm of the century (4' of snow in three days!). She had a tumor the size of a softball next to her liver that was obstructing breathing and heart rate. Just the month before she'd been hunting hard for six weeks in Montana. "Puppy" simply crashed one morning. They asked me if I was willing to pay for surgery on an eleven year-old dog to remove a giant ball of cancer. "The long term prognosis is not great." How much "long term" can I expect with an eleven year-old dog? I didn't bat an eye. The bill was $12K. Poor little fart barely made it. She finally started to eat a bit of canned chicken the last day. They wanted to hang onto her longer but I said no. I think separation anxiety was killing her. At checkout I asked if they could throw in a can of chicken so we could get on the road. "No, we have already made up the bill." "Are you f**ing kidding me? I am writing you a gawdam check for twelve thousand dollars (US!!) and you can't give us a can of chicken for this poor little dog!" And I DID not say it quietly! Everyone in the lobby could hear me. As we were heading across the parking lot a young black college intern came running after us with a couple cans of chicken. "Man, that sucks. I'm so sorry."

Last season my Lab came up lame again and little Puppy had to step up to the plate again (Ellie tore her right ACL during 2023 season). Little stinker hunted like a dog half her thirteen years. And there's every indication she may have one more season ahead at age fourteen. FINALLY those dogs saw a good year for birds like what Puppy knew her first three hunting seasons. Shot close to fifty uplands.
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Correction: This outfit wouldn't take my cheque (out of state). I had to use my credit card. When the gal handed me the slip to sign, she marked the X on the line for gratuity to add. I'm sure it was a mistake! Pfft! University Vet Hospital in St Paul always takes my cheques on Montana bank but they couldn't fit her in for surgery in time.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Wondering what kind of rehab will be in order for Charlie besides the obvious antibiotics?

 

[375er]

Yes it was pneumonia. He’s comfortable now and really happy to be home but he still has a ways to go.
I will say this, that hospital was crazy! Just like if not better than human hospitals! All the kennels and runs had all the computerized monitors, they all had cameras and there was a huge bank of large screen tv’s so they were always watched. They had both X-Ray and CT scan rooms, multiple operating rooms that looked really advanced, as well as a pretty big staff that included Doctors, Nurses, and techs.
So I guess someone has to pay for all that.
Seriously this hospital was more advanced than some hospitals I’ve been in lol

Thank you Lone Star for keeping him in you thoughts! It means a lot! Everyone here has been so kind as always and it helped for me to talk about it when I was so worried

Yeah, the thing is the same equipment used in human care is also used in veterinary medicine. The equipment is expensive to purchase and maintain. There also needs to be qualified people there to run it. All costs money. Everything in life is expensive one way or another.

 

[CZDiesel]

Good news! Keep us in the loop.

Bruce

Wondering what kind of rehab will be in order for Charlie besides the obvious antibiotics?

So Charlie is doing a little better today I think? His breathing seems to be good and he’s comfortable but he just had a panic so yeah not sure.
He’s been walking around and drinking a lot of water but is still not eating? Hopefully he can find an appetite tonight.
He has no real rehab just rest and medication. They did tell me to do some nebulization and couping to help break up any junk in the lungs

 

[NIGHTHAWK]

it’s always scary when they are not eating… Maybe some bone broth or similar broth over rice. Boiled chicken shredded.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Vienna sausages. My dogs would walk through a burning house for those.

 

[Russ16]

Glad he’s doing better! The meds prob may have his system way off. Hopefully he’ll get his appetite back in a day or so.

 

[CZDiesel]

it’s always scary when they are not eating… Maybe some bone broth or similar broth over rice. Boiled chicken shredded.

So I took your advice. I made a little white rice, mixed a little bone broth in it with some canned chicken and he ate 2/3rds of a small plate!
Not very much but it’s progress

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

So I took your advice. I made a little white rice, mixed a little bone broth in it with some canned chicken and he ate 2/3rds of a small plate!
Not very much but it’s progress

I’m not sure if you’d be anywhere near a butcher shop but liver seemed to really help my lab when she was otherwise having problems keeping food down. Plus it’s packed in proteins vitamins and minerals. Generally a butcher shop has got more than they can sell if they’re doing any amount of volume atleast we always did.

 

[375er]

So I took your advice. I made a little white rice, mixed a little bone broth in it with some canned chicken and he ate 2/3rds of a small plate!
Not very much but it’s progress

Yep, I agree, up the prize on food for a little while. At a lot of pet stores you can get wet food refered to as "toppers". Premium wet food basically. He needs energy to recover. Hell if all he will eat is fillet mignon for a while give it to him.