Dog troubles.

[90VG]

My dog starting having problems walking. He was just out in back about an hour and suddenly came back home unable to walk. (Go figure that one out.) He's an old dog, so I figured it was about that time, as it goes.

Nope. I learned that he got hit by a car. They actually apologized, but honestly, the dog had no reason to be that far out. (This is a rural area, and my place is fenced in, but the dog goes over or under it.)

I kept him warm, well fed and watched like a hawk. He's doing great! Happy, bouncing around like a puppy again. Not 100% perfect, but doing very well. I'm happy!

I'm just happy my doggie of 11.5 years isn't suffering from arthritis and stuff and was only hit by a car.

 

[HauntedMyst]

Glad he is bouncing back! I hope he gets better 100% soon!

 

[bombastinator]

Yay bouncy pets!
Might do with an X-ray. He could have broken bones. I’m not a dog owner though so I dunno what the protocol for an 11 year old dog is.

 

[Letitia]

Glucosamine did wonders for my elderly dog when arthritis set in. Glad your pooch is on the mend.

 

[90VG]

I'm giving him 2 500mg of Glucosamine a day, of course in a small piece of hotdog. It does seem to help, so much as I'm thinking about trying it.

 

[Letitia]

Seems to be hit or miss for humans. Hope it hits for you. It can take several weeks before you feel real relief. Don't stop for at least two months before you decide to discontinue it.

 

[stols001]

I'm glad your pooch is okay. YAY for bouncy pooches, well, except our family's first dog. I don't know why she was the way she was (she did get into some chocolate as a puppy but also, just seemed to have a zany impulsive streak) but she managed to completely ruin her hips by jumping off a 3 foot ledge after a rabbit. Well, that kind of behavior is fine when you are young, but she landed (SPLAT) instead of bounce and her hips were never right after that. We tried some things but she was so elderly, we eventually had to have her put down, as she was the type of dog who was totally NOT okay with self-injuring herself over and over.... A sad day in our household.

Well, she did survive chocolate dosage, 3 rattlesnake bites (ploughing through a cactus in search of a pig (spines--- in the roof of her mouth and down her throat and everywhere else) and she was just kind of the spirit of reckless enthusiasm for life, what a great dog she was I still miss her.

Best of luck to your puppy 90VG. Glad you have a reprieve.

Anna

 

[90VG]

I didn't get smacked by a car, it's just an old sailing injury, herniated discs. It seems to perk him up pretty quickly though (the dog), as in within an hour, but that could have been the piece of hotdog.

 

[stols001]

My husband (with the broken neck and misspent youth punching things) seems to find glucosamine helpful but yeah, you have to be really consistent with it.

Anna

 

[90VG]

I think it was September, he "Gougon" tore the screen out of the second-floor window and jumped out. I wasn't home, but on the way home I stopped at the general store and I heard someone across the street at the bar yell, "Is this your dog?" Yep, he jumped out the window and went to the bar, 1.5 miles away along a 70 mph speed limit road.

I understand dog craziness, 11 years of it, and I hope I get more. I'm sorry you lost yours Anna.

 

[90VG]

Would you jump out this window? Because that's the window he chose.

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[stols001]

Hehehe I am glad your dog never met my dog and for spay and neuter.... The puppies would have been outstanding. We did not neuter her right away (she was such a great dog we were considering puppies for a while. One time, my husband hooked her up outside (she was really into watching stuff go by ) but I was like AKKK when I heard about it) and the neighbor's unsprayed dog broke free of HIS leash and paid her a "visit." We were able to separate them in time and all, but I'm betting THOSE puppies would have been a lot of fun. At the time? I was like, "She's getting spayed, husband, if you are going to TIE HER UP outside in the front yard, that's just ASKING for trouble," (still don't know what he was thinking.)

My dog would have leaped out of that window too... She loved snow, and playing "fetch" with snowballs. Every now and then she'd get super excited and crunch one up, then look mournful.

The funny thing is I was not a dog person until the kid, and I was like, "Every only child needs a dog," so I was a reluctant allower of it.... I used to be a cat person, and then I got to encounter dogs. Now I see cats more as fluffy pieces of furniture...which, well since I got allergic to them in my teens, just as well.

Anna

 

[90VG]

Carried that cow leg 6 miles up and down the mountain. He was proud of his find.

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(Not sure why it doesn't copy paste the images sometimes, so I sent both.)

 

[stols001]

He looks a lot like my kiddo's dog, who is also a magnificent piece of dog treasure. She and I get along (we both share a love of cigarettes, or did) we both adore my kiddo, and we both turn feral at the drop of a hat. She's actually my favorite "family" dog to date, and we've had a lot of good ones (usually strays and rescues and whatnot). I mainly adore her because she is fiercely loyal and (controllably) savage, and just cool all around. I always have to make sure not to love on her too much, as she really is the kiddo's dog.... But every time I show up, she licks all over my face, sneezes in my ear, and climbs all over me. Then goes and sits mournfully by the Arizona room door thinking "Why won't you smoke with me anymore?"
Who can't love that? Don't let her looks fool you, though...



My son adopted her she was a homeless person's dog and wound up in a shelter. He's so good with animals she has de-savaged greatly since his adoption (I still always go with them to the vet, I really don't want to lose her if she savages someone).

Anna

 

[90VG]

Those cute evil puppy eyes!