Post by: vandeman17 on April 13, 2014, 07:00:42 PM
Post by: Goldeneye on April 13, 2014, 07:04:15 PM
Post by: singleshot12 on April 13, 2014, 07:14:47 PM
Post by: Don Fischer on April 13, 2014, 07:26:43 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on April 13, 2014, 07:28:27 PM
Post by: gasman on April 13, 2014, 08:31:12 PM
I got you and her in my prayers.
Post by: vandeman17 on April 13, 2014, 08:32:52 PM
She is tuff little bugger, she will pull through :tup:
I got you and her in my prayers.
Thanks Pete. She has many birds to retrieve in her future :tup:
Post by: REHJWA on April 13, 2014, 10:18:52 PM
Post by: Kittman on April 14, 2014, 07:41:54 AM
Good luck with your dog.
Post by: vandeman17 on April 14, 2014, 09:15:22 AM
Post by: YellowDog on April 14, 2014, 09:36:02 AM
I am wondering though how many of you all, especially on the West side, have your dogs vaccinated for Leptosirosis? I have not done this yet and am thinking it is probably a good idea given that there have been a few more cases diagnosed in Western Washington in the past few years.
Post by: trophyhunt on April 14, 2014, 09:38:16 AM
Post by: vandeman17 on April 14, 2014, 09:52:50 AM
Post by: AspenBud on April 14, 2014, 10:05:23 AM
We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.
Post by: vandeman17 on April 14, 2014, 10:12:29 AM
Out of curiosity, what dog food do you use?
We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.
I buy the kirkland brand food from Costco.
Post by: quadrafire on April 14, 2014, 10:26:46 AM
Post by: jackmaster on April 14, 2014, 10:30:05 AM
Just got a call from the vet and they say she is feeling better. She ate this morning and hasn't thrown it back up which is good. Her blood work is showing more normal levels in her kidney counts which is a relief. They still can't say or don't know what caused it but it could have been a number of things. I do know that I am glad I brought her in when I did and didn't wait because who knows what could have happened. They are keeping her one more day and then I will bring her home tomorrow. :IBCOOL:well thats some good news, i know my little female was sick on saturday, she came in and puked twice, i think she played way to much and it was really warm out, she is back to normal now :tup:
Post by: vandeman17 on April 14, 2014, 10:31:51 AM
Could she have gotten into any rat bait?
Not that I can think of. She is either in the back yard, which she has been in every day since I got her, or when she leaves the back yard it is straight to my Tahoe to go wherever we are going. My only thought could be that she might have drank some bad water or ate something tainted when she was out of sight up in the hills a two weekends ago. They say it takes 10-14 days for the symptoms to show and that would be about the right time line.
Post by: AspenBud on April 14, 2014, 12:09:14 PM
Out of curiosity, what dog food do you use?
We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.
I buy the kirkland brand food from Costco.
Nature's Domain? The stuff in the blue bag with salmon? I ask because we keep pretty close track of the dogs and they haven't been in any areas I would expect a reaction like that. We were theorizing it was bad batch of food.
We feed Costco's Nature's Domain.
Post by: vandeman17 on April 14, 2014, 12:13:49 PM
Post by: wildweeds on April 14, 2014, 12:22:38 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on April 14, 2014, 12:29:10 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 14, 2014, 12:29:30 PM
Had one get sick like that once,they assumed poison of some sort,turned out it was a Shrew,they are poisonious when dogs eat them,totally possible for her to have gotten one in the yard.My dog spent a night at the vet with a bananna bag and the next afternoon she was good to go coming home.Elevated temp and lethargic were her symptoms.
especially if cats are in the area they kill them and leave them. Then your dog finds them and eats one. :yeah:
Post by: vandeman17 on April 15, 2014, 12:23:19 PM
Post by: quadrafire on April 15, 2014, 12:24:27 PM
Post by: gasman on April 15, 2014, 12:59:33 PM
Post by: REHJWA on April 15, 2014, 01:05:39 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on April 15, 2014, 01:06:48 PM
We all know its hard to keep a good Lab down :tup:
They are tough dogs and I know she was looking forward to retrieving my ducks for many years to come. No way she would miss out on that!
Post by: Cascade on April 15, 2014, 01:12:02 PM
Out of curiosity, what dog food do you use?
We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.
I buy the kirkland brand food from Costco.
Nature's Domain? The stuff in the blue bag with salmon? I ask because we keep pretty close track of the dogs and they haven't been in any areas I would expect a reaction like that. We were theorizing it was bad batch of food.
We feed Costco's Nature's Domain.
I had been buying the salmon until my dog got sick. She wouldn't eat or drink and would just lay in her dog house. I threw the dog food all out and switched to the red bag. Within a day she was back to normal.....
Post by: Goldeneye on April 15, 2014, 03:05:37 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 16, 2014, 01:21:10 PM
Out of curiosity, what dog food do you use?
We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.
I buy the kirkland brand food from Costco.
Nature's Domain? The stuff in the blue bag with salmon? I ask because we keep pretty close track of the dogs and they haven't been in any areas I would expect a reaction like that. We were theorizing it was bad batch of food.
We feed Costco's Nature's Domain.
I had been buying the salmon until my dog got sick. She wouldn't eat or drink and would just lay in her dog house. I threw the dog food all out and switched to the red bag. Within a day she was back to normal.....
Diamond Brand Sport Dog Food, our labs love it plus their coats are always nice and shinny! :tup: Cenex/ Counrty Store has it for $38.00 for 50 lbs.
Post by: AspenBud on April 16, 2014, 03:24:33 PM
Out of curiosity, what dog food do you use?
We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.
I buy the kirkland brand food from Costco.
Nature's Domain? The stuff in the blue bag with salmon? I ask because we keep pretty close track of the dogs and they haven't been in any areas I would expect a reaction like that. We were theorizing it was bad batch of food.
We feed Costco's Nature's Domain.
I had been buying the salmon until my dog got sick. She wouldn't eat or drink and would just lay in her dog house. I threw the dog food all out and switched to the red bag. Within a day she was back to normal.....
Rumor has it if the food sits too long on the pallet and/or at the wrong temperatures it will go bad. One of the things about Costco is it usually doesn't sit out for long. However...
I've got a lead in town on "reasonably" priced bags of Fromm dog food. I'll be switching my crew off Nature's Domain and onto Fromm in the next week or two and see how that goes.
To date the most consistent trouble free food I have fed them has been Purina Pro Plan performance, but the price of that is now hovering around the price of a bag of Fromm so...
Post by: vandeman17 on April 16, 2014, 03:27:52 PM
Post by: Kittman on April 18, 2014, 12:13:01 PM