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In February …
In February we are hoping to bring you articles on the following: Is your dog Fat Getting Ready for Crufts Obedience and other essential training issues We’ll also be bringing you a report on a new website/blog called Scottish Terrier Health Network. This Network is dedicated to looking into the health and well being of our Scotties, but lets wait till we hear from them. Oh and we’ll also be celebrating Bobby & Finlay’s 10th birthdays on 14th February! Don’t forget, if you want to contribute just get in touch.
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2nd Bladder Cancer Scan
Some good news at last. The tumour appears to have shrunk! Not a lot, but I’ll accept the fact that it’s diminished a bit. We’re going to keep Fin on the Metacam but take him of the medication that was keeping his stomach calm – my Vets are confident that the Metacam shouldn’t cause Fin too much stomach upset and that his period of vomiting and diarrhoea coincided with an outbreak of a similar virus in our area early December. He’s due for his Cushing’s ACTH Stim test at the end of February, so I’ll have the vets perform a scan whilst he’s with them for a few hours – just to see if more…
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McCartneysdogs
Source: mccartneysdogs.com via Karen on Pinterest Just wanted to highlight this fabulous website. Their range of products is A-MA-ZING. My wish-list grows by the day. Only trouble is not sure if I have enough friends to send it to! Don’t worry if you’re not a Scottie lover, McCartneysdogs.com cater for ALL breeds – its just that our particular link leads you directly to the scotties. This is a website we highly recommend, so go on, take a jump and visit McCartneysdogs.com today – you’ll be impressed.
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In January …
Before letting you know what we’ve planned for you this month, let us just say “Happy New Year!!!!”. We trust your holiday season was enjoyable. You didn’t over indulge too much; your scotties and doggies had lots of lovely walks; you watched lots of good TV (and bad TV as this goes without saying); and that overall everything went well. Now’s the time to think about that diet and to getting fit again – good luck to you all. This month we’ve promised you a report on Canine Cancers and Apocaps. We’re trialling the Apocaps ourselves with Finlay, so we also hope to bring you a “hands-on” separate report on this. Regular visitors will know…
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The all new Scottie Dog News
Now that we appear to have survived the “end of the world” we thought we’d put some effort into standardising our blog and try to be more focussed in bringing articles and posts that we think will be of interest to you As the Mayans are no longer around to edit their Doomsday prediction we hope to stick to the following schedule. We don’t intend to do a once a month blog, if all goes to plan we hope to have new and interesting articles appear week by week, but on a monthly basis – check the schedule below and you’ll know what we mean – we hope! If you don’t understand, just keep returning…
Scottie Dog Health Matters
2nd Bladder Cancer Scan
Some good news at last. The tumour appears to have shrunk! Not a lot, but I’ll accept the fact that it’s diminished a bit. We’re going to keep Fin on the Metacam but take him of the medication that was keeping his stomach calm – my Vets are confident that the Metacam shouldn’t cause Fin too much stomach upset and that his period of vomiting and diarrhoea coincided with an outbreak of a similar virus in our area early December. He’s due for his Cushing’s ACTH Stim test at the end of February, so I’ll have the vets perform a scan whilst he’s with them for a few hours – just to see if more…
Canine Cancers and Apocaps
Here’s a little report taken from Great Scots Magazine of February 2012. We don’t need to remind you though, that if your Scottie is exhibiting unusual health behavior you must visit your own Vet to seek proper medical advice. I found this article in a newspaper when we were in Hawaii in November 2010. I clipped it out and then passed it along to some friends with Scotties. One of the Scotties developed bladder cancer and my friend got the Apocaps through Amazon.com and started her Scottie on them. Within two months, the symptoms virtually disappeared. The Scottie has been living with bladder cancer for over a year and is experiencing great quality of life…
Finlay & Bladder Cancer
Unfortunately as well as suffering from Cushing’s Syndrome, Finlay has now been diagnosed with Bladder Cancer, or more commonly TCC. We wrote an article on this health matter last year, which you can read here, and we’ve attached a link to PetEducation.Com’s report into Bladder Cancer in Dogs. This is a disease, as mentioned, that is difficult to notice and when you do, it is sometimes too late to do something significant. We know the consequences for Finlay and we are keeping him comfortable. Our fingers are crossed that the medication we have chosen for him, will help reduce the tumour a little bit, so that he doesn’t have too much trouble having a tiddle. As…
Elevated Liver Enzymes
No doubt you have all come across these three words somewhere along the lines of owning a Scottie. Detailed here is a report handed to me, when one of my scottie boys was “diagnosed” with it, and yes, two of my girls in the past had also been “diagnosed” with it. A vet who was prepared to listen to me, sourced the following report, and I’ve also attached the link to it myself. Here is a report on Elevated Liver Enzymes. Please click here to read it directly from its source site. Plus, let me know what you think and how you have dealt with this yourselves – thanks!
Testicular Cancer in Dogs
Because we are awaiting Lab results from Bobby’s recent Scrotal Ablation, we thought we’d run this article on Testicular Cancer in Dogs. Reprinted with kind Permission from PetEducation.com Testicular cancer is considered one of the most common tumors in older intact (unneutered) male dogs. The overall incidence in dogs is not very high because of the large number of dogs that are castrated. However, in intact male dogs these tumors are considered fairly common. The tumors are usually fairly easy to recognize and diagnose. Treatment consists of castration and is usually curative. Which dogs are at risk to develop testicular cancer? Testicular cancer is most common in intact (unneutered) older male dogs. However, it can occur in intact males…
Emergency Vets
Emergency Vets. Not the best way to spend the early hours of this morning. The reason: I thought Bobby was experiencing a reaction to the annual booster he had earlier in the evening at 6pm. Spent two hours with the Emergency Vet. No real diagnosis could be determined for his symptoms: trembling, complete legarthy bordering on comatose (similar to last week’s health episode). As well as having a temperature of 40 it was found that one of his testicles is much larger than the other and has a growth attached to it! After plenty of discussion we decided upon giving him antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory injection. The Emergency Vet agreed to us taking him home…
Milestone Events
Valentine Birthdays
Here’s hoping that my two boys, particularly Finlay, manage to reach their 10th birthday on 14th February 2013. Keep your fingers and paws crossed, please.
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