Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

LOL. @MinnesotaNice you may as well shut 'er down.


Well Change of plans. Sadie had a rough night last night. she was up at 1:00AM pacing/hopping on the bed between Craig and I. I checked to see if she needed potty then put her in her kennel so we could sleep. I heard her cry at 3 and went to go soothe her. I think she slept after but her wrist joint was noticibly swollen today. We checked in at 8AM at the Vet's and she had an elevated temperature and they ran some blood tests. Her tick test was all negative but her platelets were low and neutrophils were looking skewed and she was high suspicion for Anaplasmosis (tick-borne disease).

Two dogs in little over a year with this crap. I want to scream. She got two shots (steroid and antibiotic) and pills we'll start tomorrow for a month. By the time we got home she was using the paw gingerly...but at least she was using it. Vet said with such mild falls he's recommending the drops through December. I think I quit in November.
I'm worn out doctoring dogs. But We will reschedule her spaying after she's been treated



He got a bang out of her Ping-Pong-Ball behavior though. Expressed concern about her wanting to use her mouth all the time. Questioned me on training again. Love that.

But I guess it's a fair question and he is a kind man. I think he's understanding it's a personality trait in this dominant dog. And they aren't all the same.

Got her home and Let out Tootsie and the Girls.

It's Basketball Mania for the next 3 days for us. That and a sick dog. IDK....wish me luck.

A dog with a high play drive, which you can tell by their wanting carry something in their mouth and retrieve it is the best kind. They are easy to train and love to hunt, retrieve etc. You do not need food to motivate them just a ball.

I am kind of surprised the Vet did not know that especially about labs.


Sorry to here Sadie has an illness. I think you need some guineas to take care of the ticks. I do not think we picked more than 3 ticks off our dogs last year thanks to the Guineas.

 

[lvie]

that is how mine act too,, except for a couple whimps that sit under it.



Ivie the syringe is for adding water to the incubator. When it gets down to 10-12% moisture I put 5 ccs's of water in the incubator. with the syringe I can do it through the vents without opening the incubator.



PS it is the same syringe I use to fill their breasts with butter and seasoning when they become dinner guests.

Huh. I should have kept some syringes from my diabetic grandson when I gave him a bag full. He was visiting when he was quite young (before he had a pump) and his parents did not send enough syringes so I went begging from the pharmacy I always go to. They sold me a bag of syringes. Then a few years later he jumped in a pool with his pump on. His family was here for the weekend and I kept seeing his Dad working on this pump to get it dried out. Dah! I was going up to bed and realized I had all those syringes. Nate said "Grma - you have needles?! I love needles!" Problem solved for that night. I gave him the rest to use til the pump was fixed.

 

[duluthralphie]

Huh. I should have kept some syringes from my diabetic grandson when I gave him a bag full. He was visiting when he was quite young (before he had a pump) and his parents did not send enough syringes so I went begging from the pharmacy I always go to. They sold me a bag of syringes. Then a few years later he jumped in a pool with his pump on. His family was here for the weekend and I kept seeing his Dad working on this pump to get it dried out. Dah! I was going up to bed and realized I had all those syringes. Nate said "Grma - you have needles?! I love needles!" Problem solved for that night. I gave him the rest to use til the pump was fixed.

Mine is not a medical one, I got it at Cub with some injectable seasoning. The hole is on the side not the end.

 

[lvie]

Incubating is addicting. After the area beneath our kitchen table looked like a miracle of birth center last October, hubby said NO. What does he know....

Are you gonna tell him or wait and ask forgiveness? LOL - in our family we tend to ask forgiveness because if we discuss it beforehand the answer is 'NO.' Why is it that men think that is cooperation? That they can say no to everything their DW want/need?

 

[duluthralphie]

Are you gonna tell him or wait and ask forgiveness? LOL - in our family we tend to ask forgiveness because if we discuss it beforehand the answer is 'NO.' Why is it that men think that is cooperation? That they can say no to everything their DW want/need?

WAIT WAIT!!


Why is it a DW can say NO to everything a man wants and call it discussed and compromised?

 

[Bogtown Chick]

She can retrieve for days and days and never tire of it. Craig said she swam 120 yards on a retrieve and the duck must have dove....She was 5 months old. He'd never seen anything like that ever. I've never seen such a determined little thing. She weighs 44 lbs and she is solid fortitude. All our previous labs have been 70-80 lb.ers. Docile and like butter. This one has a racing stripe down the middle and by george she is perpetual motion. LOL. Kind of cracks me up. I think the outcome on this will be different...pray to God. But she has me a worried puppy Momma right now. That's for sure.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I believe they call them Basting injectors or something....LOL.

I was able to get syringes in the vet supply area at L & M and from a Online vet supply. But yes, generally pharmacy wants scripts for them.

 

[duluthralphie]

She sounds just like my OLD white lab. Except mine pushes 80 pounds. When I am tossing a dummy for her, or shooting one ( I have one of those dummy throwers you use a 22 shell in to throw it a couple hundred yards.) I have to stop, or she would kill herself chasing it and retrieving it.

Her pup the Black one, Does 2-3 retrieves and thinks it is time for a beer.

 

[lvie]

WAIT WAIT!!


Why is it a DW can say NO to everything a man wants and call it discussed and compromised?

WAIT WAIT!!


Why is it a DW can say NO to everything a man wants and call it discussed and compromised?

Somehow I KNEW I would hear from you on that one Ralph. LOL - cluck - cluck - cluck. I NEVER say no to my DH. He pretty much has whatever he wants.
But then so do I. He does play the game nicely of talking about it before he purchases. "If you want it go for it. You work hard." My memorized response.

When will I ever grow up and know it all. I would not stick that needle in anyone Ralphie - but still did not know that there is a syringe for injecting birds. Dah!

 

[duluthralphie]

I believe they call them Basting injectors or something....LOL.

I was able to get syringes in the vet supply area at L & M and from a Online vet supply. But yes, generally pharmacy wants scripts for them.

So your saying I use as baster in my bator to wet my eggs?