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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:00 am
I'm SO sorry to hear all this, Wargod, and certainly hope that things go well for Ozzy today.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:27 am
War, I hope the news continues to improve for Ozzy. And you might want to suggest they get a bell for the dog collar. I keep one on my cat because she's sneaky like that about trying to get out (she's indoors only). With that bell on, she can't make a move without me knowing where she is. 
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:36 am
{{{{{{War, Sis, BIL and Ozzy}}}}}
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 11:07 am
Wargod, I wanted to tell you a story about my little Sheltie way back in the day, I was 20 and my best girlfriend gave her to me when I moved out of my parents house, I was 17. She thought I needed a dog and at the time I took that very seriously..My little sheltie was with me for 14 1/2 yrs..she was my best freind and went thru many ups and down with me...but she was allways constant and my sweet pup.. when she was about 3, I was walking her on a leash near where I live, and a car full of drunk frat boys swurved off the road and just clipped my little pup and snaped the leash right out of my hands, it was about 10pm in the night and I was screaming my head off.. a bunch of colledge students came running from differant houses and with thier help we got her on a board and I franticly called my Vet, He got up in the night and met us at his office and worked all night on my pup.. she had the same injurys as your Ozzy, broken tailbone,broken back legs,pelvic bone, and other stuff...I was out of my mind with sorrow and so scared that I would loose her... My vet saved her life, she never wagged her tail again, it fell limp, but after recovery she lived a long great life and I was so happy my little friend stayed on this earth with me. She passed of old age when my only daughter was just 3months old, maybe she thought it was time for me to raise another kind of friend. Now my other dogs have a place in my heart but I allways remember my little sheltie girl... At that time it cost me $700.00 to have her put back togeather... I will be praying for Ozzy and that you will have as good as luck as did I.... I love my Vet, hes still my Vet today...
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 11:54 am
Secretsmile...I love to read your posts about Riley. It is so obvious that Riley is so precious to you. It seems like we are connected psychically to our pets...Charlie will come to me and just look at me and I will know he wants something to eat or he needs to go out (he is improving on that by the way ). It seems like you instinctively did the right thing when you gave Riley the sugar water...right on! Sunrvrose I am so proud of your courage going to court! I would have been a blithering idiot. You handled things the right way. Chewpito I have a fantastic vet now too. Really makes our lives easier to know they are there. After going thru Sophies bone cancer and helping us ease her to the Rainbow Bridge...well he is great.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:07 pm
Just got off the phone with sis who just got off the phone with bil. They put Ozzy to sleep (not put down!) to set her pelvic bone and pop the hip bones back into place or whatever they do with dislocated hips. Got her in a wrapping of some sort (not quite a cast?) She's still out cold right now. They want to keep her til this evening, give her a chance to shake off the drug after effects and measure her pain levels to determine how much pain meds she'll need. Vet said she might be able to come home tonight, but they might keep her to monitor her too, wait and see. So for now, bil's sitting at the vets waiting because he wants to be there with Ozzy and sis is getting ready for having her home.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:24 pm
Great news, but I hope she can stay at the vets for a day or two...just to be on the safe side.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:45 pm
OG I agree really. The vets big concern right now is checking her pain levels because he wants to set the dose of the pain meds to where she will be comfortable but not too comfortable. He doesn't want her so drugged up that she feels no pain and thinks she's fine and can get up and move around. At the same time he doesn't want her too uncomfortable. I'm thinking it'd be terrible if they get her home and in the middle of the night realize the dose isn't quite right and she's hurting too much. To me it sounds like finding such a delicate balance and how can they be sure it's right the first time? Max, I told sis about the bell, she thought it was a great idea. Ozzy's good at slipping out behind people because she's so small (people often think she's a young puppy because of her size even though she's 3) you really don't notice her around/under your feet.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:49 pm
(((( Ozzy and family )))) 
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 1:13 pm
War, thanks for the updates. Been sending healing thoughts all day. And thank goodness you clarified up above that Ozzy was only asleep and not put down. I jumped when I read that. I remember many years ago friends of mine had a doxie that was paralyzed in the hind legs and they had a harness type of contraption with wheels so the dog could get around. Maybe something like that would help Ozzy because she wouldn't be putting weight on her rear. Continued healing thoughts coming your way.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 1:21 pm
(((Ozzy))) Here's to a speedy recovery! Woof.
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Jrs6494
Member
03-30-2006
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 1:24 pm
I feel sad sometimes when my dogs eat things of mine. Then there are times when I want to kill them. Then when I get mad at them I turn and look at their pathetic faces and feel sad again for them.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 2:51 pm
I just did a search of 'dog wheelchairs' and got all kinds of hits. There are sizes for all dogs.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 3:02 pm
Retired when I read back over that post, I saw how that sounded and figured I should clarify it. I can't spell anesh..well, the meds they use to put her to sleep for then to set her bones.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 3:26 pm
OG, that is the cutest picture... did any one ever see that dog that was on Jay Leno or somthing?? it was a dog that was eather born without two front legs or maybe somthig else, but it walked upright like a human all the time...its really the cutest thing ever..I was amazed at how well adjusted he/she was...wish I could remember where I saw it..... when my dog was hit by the car, she stayed at the vet for about 4 days and then I do remember having to carry her outside to go to the bathroom, she eventually got stronger by crawling around using her front legs and slowly got to walking again, it was a slow process, but well worth it..and outside of her tail, she never seemed to be bothered by it-in all the yrs after....
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 3:55 pm
Chewpito...do you mean FAITH? http://www.faiththedog.net/index.asp
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 4:03 pm
Chewpito -- you probably saw that on Oprah. That's where I saw it first.
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 4:03 pm
I have been reading all the recent posts and just start blubbering everytime something happens to our beloved furbabies. Evertime I read something, I have to go lay on my Ozzie (Sheperd/Dobie mix) and give him so many smootches that he's starting to wonder what the heck is going on. OK, I don't need excuses, I do this all the time anyway. LOL!!! I pray for all of the families and furbabies that have passed and for Ozzy and his family. I can't even imagine. I had my Cairn, Bounder, for 13 years until he turned on me when I tried to hug him. I knew then, that something was wrong and he needed to cross the Rainbow Bridge....oh, here I go with the tears. Thought I would never have another dog, lasted a year and found my Ozzie at a shelter. He will be 2 in Oct. and we are a team. We just love our furbabies, don't we?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 4:17 pm
That's so funny you posted that OG. Sis was just saying she was thinking of one of those for her. The vet told them for going potty (so she doesn't have to lay down) to use a sheet or a towel, put it under her body and hold her up (that was a concern for them.) Secretsmile sent me a link earlier of a leash that does the same thing so I passed that along to them.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 5:40 pm
Yes Yes, cinnamongirl...thats it, Faith and that was one cool dog....I knew I saw it on one of those talk shows, theres so many they blur in my brain..thanks for the link too, its nice to remember Faith...
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Dlmmo
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:01 pm
Sun I am here if you need to talk.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:36 pm
Hi, Dlmmo, I got sidetracked reading the thread. Im tellin ya, this July has to be the worst month for furbabies ever. What I am so damn mad about is my freakin neighbors barking dogs. I got home from work at about 4 40 (my quote marks, colon marks and apostrophies dont work on this laptop) and those GD dogs were barking then, and have not stopped for a minute, and they are still going. And they will go all night. As I said earlier, there are 4 of them, stuck outside in a pen, and there are 4 very distinct barks, loud and deep, middle and not so deep, and small and piercing. For pretty obvious reasons, tonight, every bark is like someone is sticking me with a knife. Whether day or night, the second my dogs would start barking, I would IMMEDIATELY bring them inside. If I had to leave them, I always left the door to the house open. The back door of the house led directly into the dog yard, so they could come inside anytime they wanted to. One of the neighbors barking dogs, has a bark that sounds a lot like my BJs bark, deep and resonate. It is freaking making me crazy listening to them bark and bark and bark. I swear, I do want to go hit that stupid woman who leaves them out like that. I dont know why tonight is the worst night yet, but it is. And its not going to stop. So thats what I am so upset about right now. Probably some kind of diversion or substitution, or what ever you call it when you get mad about one thing, when you are really mad about something else. On the other hand, my sweetest little kittygirl, Princess Grace, the 7 toed wonder, is sitting right over my right shoulder, on the window sill, really enjoying the cool night air, and I need to close the window to block out the dogs barking, but Gracie is so happy, I just cant bring myself to shut the window. Oh, great, now the sharp yippy one is totally going off, along with the rest. Its going to be a long night.
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Dlmmo
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:54 pm
Do you want to call me or I can call you (free long distance)?
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:03 pm
I'm almost ashamed to say that I called the Sheriff, and that might be a problem, since I have drank almost 3/4 of a bottle of wine. The sheriffs hate it when we call from up here. It takes them 45 min to get here. We have no officers on duty here from, usually, 7 or 8 at night till 7 or so in the morning. The dogs are still going totally nuts, barking like crazy. I really like the way you asked about calling Dlmmo, but I don't like talking very much. I am much more comfortable writing.
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Dlmmo
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:10 pm
Oh Sun I wish I was there to help you and give you a hug. I am better on the phone than doing this refresh thing on a message board. Email me at debra.m@comcast.net.
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