An Education

Now I believe myself to be a responsible pet owner, but yesterday I got an education. Poor little Farrah got so sick Wednesday night, I was up with her almost all night. She had a bad case of diarrhea, so we were going out into the night every little while. I was thinking at this rate she won't make it long and I was worried. When she got up the next morning she was packing her back leg and not the happy puppy she usually is. I decided to call my friend Vickies vet, her dog ate rocks and had to have two surgeries, and she had nothing but good thing to say about this vet. He was in surgery, but we decided to wait until afternoon and see him anyway. I was so impressed by the time he spent with me explaining all Farrah's ailments. I would like to have a Doctor this caring for myself. Seems she has a bacterial infection, from me feeding her meats, and little goodies from the table. I thought meat was good for dogs, but found out it is one of the worst things to give them, one little slice of roast beef can cause a infection in some dogs. I had been giving Farrah a lot of meat lately. So, no more table scraps, the vet says, some dogs are just garbage guts and can handle anything, but some are very sensitive. The pain in her legs are growing pains, has some big long medical term which transalates into growing pains. The tendions on the long bones become inflamed. Yes I was feeding her to much, he told me to start giving her adult food now and only what is bag recommends for her weight (60) pounds. He gave her all her meds, and with in an hour she was a different dog. He said Dogie day care is very good for her but only 2 days a week and no more than 4 hours a day for a while. She will be taking about 5 pills a day for the next 4 days. We will both be breaking a lot of bad habits. Now if she stops chewing the lattice fence, and the house, and the Posts on the patio, we will all be happy.

Thank you Dr. Doughty.