My dog is sick...

**R0cketer** · May 17th, 2007, 11:48 PM

They aren't considered man's best friends for nothing.

I know that if our new little chihuahua died, my wife would be miserable. It jumped off the couch a few weeks back, and started yelping, fell over and acted like it had killed itself, she started crying immediately and was almost ready to fall over. I came over and checked the dog, already plotting an emergency trip to the emergency animal hospital. Thankfully, it had just bruised itself a bit, got sore and tender, was timid for a few days but then full speed ahead. It had another episode last week, jumped off of the inlaws couch, slick floor, feet slid out and jammed its jaw into the floor hard. Took a bit, including it shaking its head several times to shake the cobwebs, but was fine thankfully.

That all being said, I paid several hundred dollars for the thing. Why would I just let it die if I could prevent it? Even right now, my wife is on her computer, and the dog is in her lap asleep wearing its pajamas (red flannel ones, very cute). If the dog was charging per hour for happiness it provides, already would be worth 10 times what it cost and we've only had it a few months.

**imported_burrhead** · May 17th, 2007, 11:51 PM

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

**centennialdawg** · May 18th, 2007, 07:37 AM

I have 3 chihuahuas and love all of them. Have had them now for 8 years and they still act like little babies.

**Shoe** · May 18th, 2007, 09:25 AM

Donna is a good vet. She has helped my mother out alot with her two dogs and bills/payment. I reckon mom has been going there for several years now and don't trust anyone else but her, lol.

**imported_elp6n** · May 18th, 2007, 10:40 AM

We starting going to Donna the day she opened her practice. It's because of her my oldest dog actually likes going to the vet!

I do use Rasnic in Duffield from time to time - he's very convenient and inexpensive when it comes to things like vaccinations and the allergy shots for my oldest dachshund. He holds 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm walk-in hours.

**imported_elp6n** · May 18th, 2007, 02:47 PM

Update:

The poor girl is so doped up the only thing she can really move is her eyes. She did lift her head up briefly when I came in.
She has 17 staples in her belly [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif[/img]

She was watching our every move, watched whoever was talking at any given point.

She's freezing cold (but anesthesia and surgery will do that - they have a heater on her).

We're hoping she might eat something in the morning.

Their office isn't open on the weekends but they'll give us a call each time they check on her.

**burton2019** · May 18th, 2007, 02:48 PM

Hope she gets better.

**Gotch** · May 18th, 2007, 03:04 PM

Where is this Vet located?

We usually go all the way to Kingsport.

**imported_elp6n** · May 18th, 2007, 03:05 PM

This is Donna (Dr. Stidham) in Pound.
Our family has a very good working relationship with her, have been clients since the day she opened. Even our pets like going to see her.