Who shot Tilden?

ah... sorry for the confusion - i didnt think to point out that it definitely happened prior to 9 months old which is when i adopted him, and at that point there was no entry wound nor was it disclosed by his former owners, so it likely happened a very long time ago.

the vet today said one of two things happened, that they just failed to have it looked at and it healed on its own... or... because of the location, it may have been too risky to remove it. either way - i'm going to leave it. his previous bloodwork has been normal and he isnt in pain, so there is no cause for concern.

i told my little cousin about it and she asked "does that mean he used to be a real police dog?"

Originally Posted By: GSDadbut if this had happened under my watch I'd be out on patrol and in face paint.

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haha, i hear ya!

Originally Posted By: GSDadif this had happened under my watch I'd be out on patrol and in face paint.

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Amen, GSDad!!

Dante is Grade I DJD in one elbow. Had the x-ray repeated at 3 years old and there was no change. Ortho vet said to just let him be a dog
I use Synovi G3

When I adopted my late Seiko many years ago she had a strange scab on her head. It was a like a straight line across the top of the head.

I didn't think much more about it until Seiko developted a breathing problem several months later. The Xrays revealed healed damage to her trachea and a bullet in her rib/abdominal area. The vet figures she had been shot twice - one bullet grazing her head and the other going into her neck and tumbling.

I was so sad to think what she must have gone through in her life - and such a sweet, mellow dog.

The scar tissue in her trachea was causing the gasping she had. Eventually the tissues were better healed and caused no more problems.

The bullet was not removed since it caused no problem and it was difficult to tell the exact location on a two dimensional xray.

Seiko was 2 when I adopted her and almost 13 when she passed.

Guess we should have named our dogs Bullet.

Now my memory is serving me better. We had a Cat scan of Dante's elbow to make sure there wasn't anything else going on in there. How could I forget that bill

These are some sites I found when I was poking around when I got Dante's OFA report back
http://www.vetsurgerycentral.com/elbow_dysplasia.htm
http://www.workingdogs.com/deboer_elbow1.htm
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/91305.htm

I hope for Tilden the same as Dante - No biggie

Originally Posted By: Barb E.Now my memory is serving me better. We had a Cat scan of Dante's elbow to make sure there wasn't anything else going on in there. How could I forget that bill

I hope for Tilden the same as Dante - No biggie

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ah, RIGHT, i forgot that part too, lol... he said that when i go to have his x rays done again - that the ortho might opt for a MRI instead because it will give a more detailed report of whats going on in order to give an accurate dx.

thanks for the links!

Originally Posted By: Everett54Ugh, not news to be expected. Glad you guys get to keep doing all the fun stuff. How's the herding going?

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hey new dad... glad lancer is still lending you to us

herding is on hiatus until the fall. i have one other lead for a place in malibu, but fillmore gets way too hot in the summer. all of her classes are now early morning and evening and dont work that well with my schedule anymore. she is giving a bbq tho at the end of this month and there will be herding games and an agility course set up for us... that should be very cool!

Hope that Gia will be okay.

What a shocker about Tilden! You always always wonder about the life of a rescue prior them coming into you life. So many mysteries! If only they could talk .(sometimes ).

Well, that's bizarre! Sure isn't slowing him down any though.

Cassidy had UAP, and we had the surgery done at a little over a year old. Our vet brought in a specialist to do the surgery and he assisted. They removed a piece of bone from the joint about the size of his thumbnail which was preventing the uniting process.

She never limped or showed any signs of pain either, we wouldn't have known there was a problem without the x-rays.

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Guess we should have named our dogs Bullet.

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i'm going with tilden von crossfire for now