10 X-rays for Mull

[sleepyduck]

They are great for people with allergies... like me... I'm horribly allergic to cats and somewhat less allergic to dogs, but I have no problem at all with my friend's Bichon

[Blownupdolly]

Apr 11, 2013 15:25:30 GMT lobeydosser said:

Apr 11, 2013 15:17:21 GMT Blownupdolly said:

Can you confirm this Lobey. I was told a few times that this breed doesn't shed its fur all over the house. Is that true?

Yes Blownupdolly.
Their hair is more like soft wool. It doesn't cast but it knots easily if you don't comb it.
At dog shows they are all frized up and look like Powder Puffs.
I prefer mine to look Bichony, without going overboard. Others would call it "scruffy"

They can (and have been) taken into hospitals and old folks homes, because the hair is non-alergenic and therefore folks with hair allergies can pet them with no problems.

This is the two of them together.
Mull is on the left.
I call them the Hounds of the Barkervilles.




They really are lovely Lobey.

When we llived in Sydney we found a lost one in the park whilst walking Honey. We took it back to our place and rang their equivalent of RSPCA can't remember what they are called now. They said they couldn't pick him up till the next day. So i gave him some food then tried to see how well trained he was. He completely ignored every command i tried. Later that day i got a phone call saying they had found the owners and they came round to pick him up. I quickly found out hy he ignored my commands. He only understood Japanese. The owners couldnt speak a word of English

[dave]

Hope all is well lobey. My two send their best wishes

[lobeydosser]

Thanks Dave's "Two" and thanks everyone else.

But I'm afraid the news isn't great,

He is not lame as suspected, but the problem appears to be coming from pains in his tummy cause by a huge amount of stones in his Bladder.

He will go in for an operation next Thursday to have all of the stones removed and some of these will be sent to the Vet Hosp in Glasgow for analysis.

Only then will we know if more are likely to grow and if so, would a change of diet help help to avoid future stones.

Until we get a result from the analysis, his future is in the lap of the gods.

[esmecullen]

Awwwwwwww bless him shall keep for him

[beautycat]

Sending mull and all of you at home best wishes for a speedy recovery x x x

[lobeydosser]

The Vet has only seen a similer case once before, where Bladder Stones affected the rear legs of a dog and that was a big Labrador. So Mull is unique, being both small and it affecting both front legs and one rear.

So it really is going to be a wait and see time.

[bomberharris]

awww thats awfull shame they can't give something to disolve the stones ,

[Karma]

Oh Lobey, what a worry

My late mum's cat had to had to have emergency surgery for stones, 50/50 chance of survival. She (the cat) survived and lived to a ripe old age on a special diet

[fred]

lobeydosser if the stones get successfully removed, you can help prevent furthre stones forming by adding a small amount of unpasteurised apple cider vinager to their drinking water.
If you do think about it, it needs to be the stuff you get in a feed/equine/farm type store - NOT the stuff from a supermarket, as it has been pasturised and all the enzymes and goodness taken out. It is a natural remedy/treatment/preventative for all kinds of ailments/conditions.

Our cats, dogs and chooks all get ACV in their drinking water - scrumpy for animals

Wishing him, you and your family all the best.

[lobeydosser]

Hi Bomber, seemingly there are 3 different kinds of Bladder Stones and they don't yet know what kind they are. Only an analysis of the stones themselves will determine that.
Hence the op to remove all the stones and then sending them to the Vet Hosp.
Once we know what they are, then, if they are likely to re-occur, then he goes on a diet that will dissolve any future stones.
Yes we could put him straight onto a special diet to see if they will dissolve, but if they are of a non dissolving type, then the ones he has will get worse and we will have wasted time and money treating him.

Myself and the vet have decided that whatever it is, we need to know what we are dealing with.

[lobeydosser]

Thanks Fred. I have PMed you.

[lobeydosser]

I was that upset tonight driving home from the vet that I decided that I couldn't face cooking a tea and so I called in at the Curryhouse and got a curryoot.

Then when I got home and after feeding the animals, I went to dish out my meal and proceeded to spill half the curry down my t-shirt.

I wonder what the hounds thought as I leaped around the kitchen, trying to keep red hot curry off my skin while trying to sook the remains off my shirt.

Oh well, that is one shirt for the bin!!!
The curry wasn't all that brilliant either.

I think a good Vape and an early bed is on the cards.

[fred]

Apr 11, 2013 20:30:03 GMT lobeydosser said:

Thanks Fred. I have PMed you.

No probs - PM'd back

Take care of the young man, aand his playmate.

[Deleted]

Poor little boy & not good for you either, Lobey. Here's to them getting him up & running again soon. They do tend to bounce back quickly, so his playmate will be happier too.