Quote:Maybe ask your vet why they don't shave.

I might do that.  The Vet Care Team reports to me.


And for those who want pictures:



This is Brulee in the back and Sian in front.  Sian has heartworm and has just begun treatment.  Both came in from Korea earlier this month.  Ironically, Sian is the second infected dog we've taken from Korea and the reason we got her is that she failed the HW test at the meat farm.  They couldn't use her so they sent her to a shelter where a Rescue grabbed her and contacted us.  Heartworm saved her life.

If I think about it too long I start to feel like I wouldn't care if the WLB nuked Korea or not.  Best to concentrate on the dog.

(March 24, 2018 at 10:29 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:

(March 24, 2018 at 10:08 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Too many posts with just talking.

MOAR PIKTYURES!!!

IMABITECHEW

More like a mouse x bear now than a hippo.  My new nominee for cutest photo.

My 17 year old Maltese. She's sitting nicely because I have a treat in the hand not holding the camera.

(March 25, 2018 at 1:28 pm)Fireball Wrote: My 17 year old Maltese. She's sitting nicely because I have a treat in the hand not holding the camera.

In that picture she could totally pass for 17 months!

Definitely a first world dog ...Her only serious issues are whether to hold off on the boiled chicken or wait for a schmacko first?

(March 25, 2018 at 6:48 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Definitely a first world dog ...Her only serious issues are whether to hold off on the boiled chicken or wait for a schmacko first?

  Yeah, she's not too picky about her food, as long as there is some chicken or turkey added. We created that issue when she had an abscessed tooth and could only eat thoroughly diced soft food until we got her to the vet. She's no stranger to dirt, though. She used to dig up peanuts that the squirrels buried in our yard. The squirrels got the nuts from one neighbor. She broke some teeth on the rocks that were in the ground with the peanuts. Thus, the tooth problems. She's a real sweetie, and will come right up to anyone as if they are her friend for life. The lizards in the yard will go up to her, nose to nose, and if she's sunning herself, birds will come down where she is and hop around, taking a dirt bath without fear. Useless as tits on a boar, and not too bright. But that's not what we hired her for.

Staring up at me for some attention.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgw7k3bl5cY/

(March 24, 2018 at 8:20 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:

(March 24, 2018 at 8:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Why did they shave her back?  We've had multiple dogs go through the Heartworm protocol and I've never seen that done before.

Did they have adult heart worms? Your dogs may not have been at the same stage or had the same worm load.

The injections are into a large muscle in the back, hence the shaving with long hair (these dogs get shaved even for a blood draw). She was touch and go for a long while. If I recall correctly she was on cage rest for 4 months. But then she had other co-morbid issues. 

https://www.heartwormsociety.org/veterin...plications

Any dog that is positive on an antigen test or microfilaria test has adults already. It's not possible for them to be MF+ and not have adults.

She loves laying against my PS4. I think it is because of the heat it emits.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgw_po2lwfT/

(March 25, 2018 at 7:35 pm)Mermaid Wrote: Any dog that is positive on an antigen test or microfilaria test has adults already. It's not possible for them to be MF+ and not have adults.

You are correct, my bad.