UPSTATE NY chickenstock OCT 3rd Sunday!! -The aftermath and hatching

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ahh Meg I wasnt being mean- Im so sorry your dealing with this:-( I was upset "with" you-this situation also reminds of my cat who was skin and bones and ate like a pig-she never grew and lacked the proteins that helped digest proteins-she passed at 10 mnths old depsite everything we tried-I hope someone can help you resolve this issue asap!!! I would so take him but with our 4 indoor animals Id be killed by all-Im so sorry

Nat, I'm so sorry...I didn't mean to come off as defensive. I know you weren't being mean...I just can't convey my tone in writing. I should have added smilies here and there. Bob can attest to how frustrated I've been. I've kept him abreast of everything that has been going on. I am literally beside myself. I'm looking for any glimmer of hope to put off the appt. I really don't want to do this, but I know I can't live like this anymore...I feel like I have somehow failed him.

Tomorrow morning I will be holding him when he takes his last breath. I doubt I will sleep tonight. I may just suffer being peed on and sleep next to him.​
 
Meaghan, you should NOT feel guilty! This has happened TO YOU - not BECAUSE of you - and I'm really sorry for it to happen all at once. I agree with Kristen - there is a cause - they just need to find it. How about contacting Cornell Veterinary School? The good vet schools are full of the latest techniques and treatments. Even the best vet can't know everything. All of us who spent time with him have broken hearts for him, and all of you, over this. Don't let the doctors put him down because they can't find the cause. I know this means you'll have to keep dealing with this, but I don't think it's what you really want, when I read your posts.

When I had cocci, I did Corid for one week and then Sulmet for one week. It did seem like it took about a month before I felt I could stop inspecting everyone. For that really sick little one, I put the Corid right into his mouth. He took at least a month to stop looking sick, then another couple of weeks to look healthy. You are doing everything you can - now it's a wait-and-see thing - which is the worst part.

When you're done with the medicine, mix up a big bowl of oatmeal, corn meal, dry milk and yogurt or buttermilk and give it to them about every other day or so for a couple of weeks. Also, I put Apple Cider Vinegar - with the junk on the bottom - in the water - 2 tbs to a gallon. Both of these things help to restore the gut flora that is killed with the medicine.

Please keep us all up to date - we're all sending good thought your way!!
 
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Nat, I'm so sorry...I didn't mean to come off as defensive. I know you weren't being mean...I just can't convey my tone in writing. I should have added smilies here and there. Bob can attest to how frustrated I've been. I've kept him abreast of everything that has been going on. I am literally beside myself. I'm looking for any glimmer of hope to put off the appt. I really don't want to do this, but I know I can't live like this anymore...I feel like I have somehow failed him.

Tomorrow morning I will be holding him when he takes his last breath. I doubt I will sleep tonight. I may just suffer being peed on and sleep next to him.

OH SOB HUNNY!!!!
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outdoor kennel??? at least until he can be trained for walks or something??? Or hey maybe his sphyncter is failing!!!! Im not kidding maybe his bladder sphyncter has loosed like women do after giving birth?? Im dead serious!!! They can't help that when that happens-I had my ureters operated on for that very reason- DONT LISTEN GUYS EHH HEMMM....all women after children know how it is when you sneeze-jump-etc. you squirt some little sometimes ALOT. I had my ureter fixed so that in order to pee I have to push insteasd of barely sitting before I peed myself-I was in for surgery and 4 hours later I was home-its laproscopic-ok sorry to be so graphic and guys I dont want to hear one word-but there is a life at stake and Im willing to put it out there to help this guy:-(
 
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I want this dog for the next ten years. I want him to have the best life he can, and for our family to enjoy him. No one would notice how much a dog pees outside, but you sure notice it inside. I've thought about putting him out with the alpacas, but because he is so underweight, he can't be out in the cold for long, and he has such separation anxiety that he would howl and whine all night (my neighbors are in close proximity). I tied him up out off of our back deck on Thursday (yesterday) while I cleaned up one hell of a mess he made...in 4 separate rooms plus a hallway. He howled for 3 hours straight. People stopped and stared at him. He is LOUD, and it isn't a life for him to be tied up. It was cooler outside, but not freezing, and when I brought him inside around 2:30 he was shivering so bad. I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a solution. My friend has put me in contact with the Neo Rescue organization, yet I have not heard anything back from them.
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I desparately want answers.
 
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I'm printing this off and what Kristen posted...I will present them to the vet.

Because he tested for regular diabetes, I would have said the test has been done, but I see that Diabetes Insipidus is different from sugar related diabetes. Anything is worth a try, right?
 
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Exactly...I specifically asked them to check for it. He is not diabetic. I have been hitting my head against a wall trying to figure this out.

I want to add that I have a friend who's dog is diabetic...he peed frequently, but in small squirts.

Also, I have a nephew w/ type 1 diabetes, and this was the first thing I thought of. Both of my parents-in-law have type 2 diabetes. I really was hoping it would be something obvious and manageable. It is awful that they can't find a reason to this behavior. High pressure urination from a tall, relatively large dog goes everywhere. It isn't tolerable, and I'm not a saint. I can not deal with this on an hourly to half hourly basis anymore. And the fact that he does it in his sleep...it makes NO sense.

It only adds to the guilt that people have said he had shown no signs before I got him. I can't make sense of it.

I just dont know because maybe its the other dogs??? its a territorial thing and just does it not to be mean just to be dominant? Im grasping at straws here
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How much does he drink??? Does the vet say to severely restrict the water to just his needed amount??? IDK
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I just cant see PTS he was soo good while he was here and he was soooo spoiled too-someone was always playing with him -I just did not see him peeing everywhere-of course I wasnt watching for it either:-( -and yes he took a poop the size of a horse! haha

It isn't territorial at all....I had a 14 year old golden who went through the same thing. His time was up.....enough said. Sad but tru.
 

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