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Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gee whiz, BB, I'm not mad or holding any judgement on your beliefs. You really should talk with your vet and ask these good questions about your dog's possible pregnancy, though. I don't know if there is a test, but I would think there might be a definitive blood test like there is for humans. If she is pregnant, you'll need to know how to prepare her (and yourself) for a healthy litter, and to know how soon she can be safely spayed afterwards.

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-21-2004

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
BB - I think Babyruth was just suggesting a solution to you for the problem you presented us with. . . no offense is taken for your beliefs. . .and nowhere is it written that the tvch police will come out and beat you for not taking our advice!

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-21-2004

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh wow. . .I can see Pucci now. . . that's the coolest!!! it's wicked awesome!!!

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well I googled for a dog pregnancy test and there is one. Google is amazing. Here's a link, link But I would just call the vet and ask when you can bring her in to be tested.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
tell that assistant to get outta the way, we can't see pucci!

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-21-2004

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
when do we switch to the surgery cam?

Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, I'm watching Pucci, too, as I sit here preparing my class for tonight. :-)

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cool webcam! :-)

The boarding kennel where Kylie will be staying over thanksgiving weekend has TV's for the dogs to watch. As far as I know, there is no people cam for them to watch us...(yet!)

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If that is Pucci on the observaion webcam, she looks rather like a bear skin rug....

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow -- I can't believe there's a webcam!!! They must be super-confident of their skills to have a webcam LOL. Looks like a clean, nice vet hospital.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They're making me nervous...

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I was really getting worried because she was on the observation web cam way too long (so I thought.) They were doing the teeth cleaning there before moving her to surgery. The vet called and said that she had two fractured teeth, with pulp exposed on one of them. He said it is not uncommon for dogs that have been on their own to be so hungry they try to eat something hard and break their teeth. Anyway, he called to see if we wanted to extract the teeth now, wait for an inevitable infection before doing so, or DOING A ROOT CANAL!!! I can't believe they do root canals on dogs. I chose the extraction, with synthetic filling in of the bone and a tissue flap so it will heal better w/o infection, to the tune of another $350 today.

It looks like they are through with that, so they should be moving into surgery soon.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Darn the web cam won't come up here at work.

Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathie, this is the coolest thing! Thank you for sharing this and keeping us updated. You are a good doggy-mommie.

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the name Pucci

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL re: the name. We started calling her Poochie and when we decided to keep her we had to make the spelling a little fancier.

It looks like he might be doing the removal of the mass below the ear in the observation room since they had already done the other stuff there. It is below the left ear, which it looks like is the part of her body he is working on now.

I really like that they have the web cams there--it shows to me that they are proud of their work and don't have anything to hide.

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's over and she is "doing well"!!!

I'll attempt to post some screen shots from the webcam for those who couldn't see it:

First, the dog boarding webcam:

dog

Next, the cat boarding one, lol:

cat

Next, the observation room during the procedure:

obs1

And finally, when she was coming out of anesthesia we got to see her pretty little face :-)

obs2

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Awwww. Thanks for the pics Cathie, I was dying to see what was going on lol. Glad she's ok.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am so late to the party today. I wish I'd been around to see the cams this morning!

What a cool thing to do with those web cams. I don't know if I could have handled watching Bomba's surgery last year though. It was only to remove a lump from his leg, but I was just a wreck. I can't imagine what it would have been like to sit here watching it all happen!

Julie, thanks for posting those pics from the Longmont Humane Society (already archived here). I have that site on my favorites folder too, and browse it from time to time. Though a few have raised a bit of interest, none have said, "oh yea! That's the one!" I'll admit I'm still a bit hesitant as to when is the right time. I can't believe that today is five weeks to the day we lost Boomer. Five weeks seems like such a long time. It feels like only yesterday, yet it also feels like its been forever. Hard to explain that feeling, but...well. I dunno.

I think we've decided to wait till after Christmas. Only because with a new dog/pup in the house, we want to make sure he/she and Bomba are closely supervised for a long while before leaving them alone. And since we'd be leaving the house for a period of time for Thanksgiving and Christmas.....just seems better to wait. Of course, I'm also worried about poor Bomba being alone while we're gone too.

Riviere
Member

09-09-2000

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 4:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good news to read!!! And I have good news to share! Blue, 11 yo very friendly beta male ex race Greyhound, has been given a renewed lease on life.. The vets removed a small benign jaw abcess, extracted 10 bad teeth. Pronounced him fit as a fiddle for his age now! Blue has gained 3 lbs back from the 14 he lost suddenly and is no longer in pain. His old teeth were literally killing him.
Sight hound anesthesia has made huge strides very recently! Blue age 11 had a much better dental procedure than he had at age 5..
Thanks to everyone for your hopes & wishes Blue would come through this to spend more happy years in his much deserved retirement!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great news, Riv.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
*sigh*

I heard some sirens in the distance, and prepared in the back of my mind for the intense howling in the house to start. It hit me like a ton of bricks all over again to hear just one set of vocal chords howling. Poor Bomba wasn't quite sure why I started bawling. Maybe I should have just raised my head and howled along with him.


Lancecrossfire
Moderator

07-13-2000

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think you should have Who--seems perfectly ok to do.

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{Who}}}

Jasper
Member

09-14-2000

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I lost my most loyal companion on the weekend and am having a very hard time dealing with it. I know it is very fresh but I am crying at the drop of a hat and find myself on the verge of calling out to him and stepping over him, expecting to see him.He was 10 and just the best friend you could hope for, I am having a very difficult time coming to terms with the fact that I will never give him a hug or a kiss again. He was a lovely dog and I was blessed to have him in my life.