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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Mansfield, CT
Posts: 2,102
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My beloved Katja(first shep) had intersusseption as a pup. Her intestines would telescope on top of each other.
The first sign of trouble was the day my husband and I bought our first brand new car. (A little green Ford Escort, but by god, It was new!) We brought her with us to pick the car up. On the way home she suddenly had blow out diarrhea. Everywhere, and without warning. Ceiling, floor, us, front windshield; you get the picture. We had it professionally cleaned. The day she came home from surgery(lost a full 6 inches of intestine,) she bolted through the front door, snagged 2 lbs of stew meat off the kitchen table, tore upstairs, and devoured it, wrapping and all before I could regain my senses and realize that my hand was bleeding from the leash burn. So much for the leash walks only, no stair climbing, and bland diet for a month. I called my vet in tears, They laughed hystarically. Katja was fine. The car never smelled right again.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Western NY
Posts: 321
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Years ago, we had a wonderful Vizsla, Samantha. Sam was about three when a friend's mini-schnauzer had pups and we took a little male, Spike. Spike seemed impossibly small next to Sam and he thought she was the best thing ever. (Sam, not so much) One evening, little Spike was nestled with Sammie in the living room and both were asleep. DH and I took the opportunity to sneak off into the kitchen to tidy up a bit. On hearing a little whimper a few minutes later, I turned around from the sink to see Sam standing there with an exasperated look on her face as if to plead, "Get it off me!!". Little Spike had latched on to her loose throat skin and was hanging there limply - just hitchin' a ride! Good girl that she was, Sammie waited patiently for us to stop laughing and remove her new parasite.
Spike thought this was a great way to get around and we had a bit of work to do to convince him otherwise. He was not being aggressive in any way and while I would bet it didn't feel good, Sammie sustained no visible injuries. We watched them carefully and sweet Sammie was ever patient through the training process, which was not helped by the laughter each incident brought.
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