Sled dog breeding

[Americano Blue]

thats great

 

[SternRose]

Yea
How's your dogs?

 

[Americano Blue]

Yea
How's your dogs?

they are good. Meringue is mad at me and i dont know why

 

[SternRose]

they are good. Meringue is mad at me and i dont know why

Lol

 

[Starfire669]

Well Fiona is back home with me. I received a call late Tuesday night to come pick her up. Apparently they took her to the vet, discovered she was sensitive/having pains in her right thigh. The vet kept poking her, she gently grabbed his hand and pulled it away from her leg twice, and the third time she growled and bite him. She didn't break skin, or even leave a bruise, but the family got immediately sent her back to me. I can't figure out what's going on with Fiona's leg. Her knee is fine, she don't react when I press on her hip joint, it only bothers her when you press the muscles of her right thigh. She runs, jumps and chases her tennis balls like nothing is wrong with her, but push on the muscles and she whimpers. And she hasn't set teeth to me even once when I have felt her leg, she uses her nose and tongue to move my hand away. I suspect she only bite the vet because he was a stranger, in a strange place, and kept hurting her. Lots of dogs don't like going to the vet, and the vet was an idoit. If you even suspect a dog may bite, get a muzzle, duh! I dont blame Fiona, I mean, dang, she let the vet know not to touch there and he didn't listen. If someone kept poking me in a sensitive or painful area I'd hit them too.

Last night the lady dropped off Fiona's vet records and training collar and I could see she wanted Fiona back. I told her I was keeping Fiona, at least until I can figure out what the heck happened to her leg. For now I have Fiona in obedience training, and a weight loss exercise program. I think getting the extra weight off will help whatever is going on. The new family was overfeeding Fiona, so the she gained a bit of weight again. And we had worked so hard to lose those 2 pounds too! Poor baby, Fiona really misses the kids, and the lady told me the 2 older girls are crying and upset. Oh well, guess they should have thought about all this before they sent her back. In all other respects Fiona was perfect, she was gentle with the kids, she followed them around everywhere and was protective of them, and the large 20 pound rag doll cat was sleeping next to Fiona.

 

[SternRose]

I found a breeder! I'm emailing her and getting some info.

 

[SternRose]

Well Fiona is back home with me. I received a call late Tuesday night to come pick her up. Apparently they took her to the vet, discovered she was sensitive/having pains in her right thigh. The vet kept poking her, she gently grabbed his hand and pulled it away from her leg twice, and the third time she growled and bite him. She didn't break skin, or even leave a bruise, but the family got immediately sent her back to me. I can't figure out what's going on with Fiona's leg. Her knee is fine, she don't react when I press on her hip joint, it only bothers her when you press the muscles of her right thigh. She runs, jumps and chases her tennis balls like nothing is wrong with her, but push on the muscles and she whimpers. And she hasn't set teeth to me even once when I have felt her leg, she uses her nose and tongue to move my hand away. I suspect she only bite the vet because he was a stranger, in a strange place, and kept hurting her. Lots of dogs don't like going to the vet, and the vet was an idoit. If you even suspect a dog may bite, get a muzzle, duh! I dont blame Fiona, I mean, dang, she let the vet know not to touch there and he didn't listen. If someone kept poking me in a sensitive or painful area I'd hit them too.

Last night the lady dropped off Fiona's vet records and training collar and I could see she wanted Fiona back. I told her I was keeping Fiona, at least until I can figure out what the heck happened to her leg. For now I have Fiona in obedience training, and a weight loss exercise program. I think getting the extra weight off will help whatever is going on. The new family was overfeeding Fiona, so the she gained a bit of weight again. And we had worked so hard to lose those 2 pounds too! Poor baby, Fiona really misses the kids, and the lady told me the 2 older girls are crying and upset. Oh well, guess they should have thought about all this before they sent her back. In all other respects Fiona was perfect, she was gentle with the kids, she followed them around everywhere and was protective of them, and the large 20 pound rag doll cat was sleeping next to Fiona.

Maybe get he tested by your vet, maybe it's a rolled disk or something, maybe the start of hip displasa.

 

[Starfire669]

Maybe get he tested by your vet, maybe it's a rolled disk or something, maybe the start of hip displasa.

I think it's hip dysplasia or arthritis. When I first got her she was limping on her back right, the same leg causing her pain now. A vet told me she had a torn CCL. But her knee didn't slip, slide, or cause her any pain when it was messed with. I took her to another vet who said the first vet was an idiot and just wanted me to pay for an expensive surgery the dog didn't need. He thought she had possible arthritis, and told me she had no muscle tone. He said exercise her, get her muscled and toned, and loose the fat. Well, she now has some nice muscles on her, her legs are very nice and strong, but she never really lost the fat. She stopped limping, I was able to flex her hip, knee, and message her leg with no reaction so I thought all was well. Now though, I think the second vet was right. So I am getting her back on her diet and exercise program, and putting her on joint supplements. My hope is that we can reduce the pain enough for her to have a normal life. The second vet says the more muscle she has the better, it will help hold everything in place. And that she don't need any extra weight, that will make the pains worse. So that is our goal for Fiona, get her as physically fit as possible. We will start our 3 mile walks along the river again this weekend. It's really sad that a 25 month old dog has arthritis or hip dysplasia already though.

 

[Americano Blue]

Well Fiona is back home with me. I received a call late Tuesday night to come pick her up. Apparently they took her to the vet, discovered she was sensitive/having pains in her right thigh. The vet kept poking her, she gently grabbed his hand and pulled it away from her leg twice, and the third time she growled and bite him. She didn't break skin, or even leave a bruise, but the family got immediately sent her back to me. I can't figure out what's going on with Fiona's leg. Her knee is fine, she don't react when I press on her hip joint, it only bothers her when you press the muscles of her right thigh. She runs, jumps and chases her tennis balls like nothing is wrong with her, but push on the muscles and she whimpers. And she hasn't set teeth to me even once when I have felt her leg, she uses her nose and tongue to move my hand away. I suspect she only bite the vet because he was a stranger, in a strange place, and kept hurting her. Lots of dogs don't like going to the vet, and the vet was an idoit. If you even suspect a dog may bite, get a muzzle, duh! I dont blame Fiona, I mean, dang, she let the vet know not to touch there and he didn't listen. If someone kept poking me in a sensitive or painful area I'd hit them too.

Last night the lady dropped off Fiona's vet records and training collar and I could see she wanted Fiona back. I told her I was keeping Fiona, at least until I can figure out what the heck happened to her leg. For now I have Fiona in obedience training, and a weight loss exercise program. I think getting the extra weight off will help whatever is going on. The new family was overfeeding Fiona, so the she gained a bit of weight again. And we had worked so hard to lose those 2 pounds too! Poor baby, Fiona really misses the kids, and the lady told me the 2 older girls are crying and upset. Oh well, guess they should have thought about all this before they sent her back. In all other respects Fiona was perfect, she was gentle with the kids, she followed them around everywhere and was protective of them, and the large 20 pound rag doll cat was sleeping next to Fiona.

poor baby. why would the vet keep poking her if he knew it hurt her? losing weight should help, I know my dogs leg hurt when he was fat, when he lost weight he was in no pain

 

[Starfire669]

poor baby. why would the vet keep poking her if he knew it hurt her? losing weight should help, I know my dogs leg hurt when he was fat, when he lost weight he was in no pain

The vet did it "to push her and see what would happen", that's what they people told me when I picked her up. I'm sorry, ButI can totally understand why the dog bite, if someone poked me to see what would happen I'd would have too! Freaking idiots. Any creature, if pushed enough will defend itself, it don't take a genius to figure that out. I think that vet deserved getting bite, though I am glad Fiona didn't hurt him. I wouldn't be as upset if the vet had been trying to figure out what was wrong, and had taken safety precautions, but to continue to cause pain just to see her reaction was not right.

The only good that came of it, was the vet was able to move Fiona's knee and hip joints without any signs of pain. She only reacted when he pushed his fingers into her thigh muscles. So now I have 2 vets saying she shows no signs of a CCL tear, which is great news.