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My 4 year old female purebread Bassett has had health issues from day 1. She has dirty ears, we clean daily, apply medicine,etc. She started to get hot spots, scratching until the skin oozes. We shaved the spots cleaned and medicated. One vet suggested that we were feeding her cheap food. We began to feed her expensive single protien foods and suppliments. The we tried skin ease, a suppliment bought online and that seemed to help more than the food change.
Then, last year she contracted Leptosplorosis(sp?). This is found in wild animal urine(possibly in our back yard, fenced by the way?), her liver was damaged from this but pulled out of it pretty well. My wallet was 1,000 dollar lighter however. This was all strange as the vet had given her a shot to prevent this very disease. His answer was sometimes it doesnt work? So why am I paying for this protective measure? 3 dogs in my nieghborhood died that month. I walked around and spoke to the owners. 2 said they were told it was lime desease, one died of kidney failure. My other nieghbor is a state biologist, he said, Lepto was common in the area and often mis diagnosed. Ok, learned a little on this one.
She then had toe nails that were oozing green stuff and were infected? We had the vet cut them back once and that was painful for the dog and heart wrenching for me. We had her on anti biotics, topicals, etc.
The nail began to grow in above the remiander of the old nails, mutated I guess you could say. This time I had her sedated and we removed all the claws as far back as we could to promote new growth. Yes, a nightmare. I being brief in this episodes, but understand the care and time it took for all of these things to be treated.
She started to climb the stairs slowly, not plays as much. She looked depressed, looked at the floor not at us in the eye. She would shake for no reason as if she were cold.
We finally said the first 2 vets have been less than helpful so far, let go to the big 24/7 emergency hospital.(3 million dollar building and all) They were very nice and said it sounds like Addisons. She was hospitalized for 3 days and tests confirmed Addisons. She would need monthly shots $110, prednisone and monitoring for the rest of her life. Well, she's home now, day 5 she still looks horrible, puking up bile every hour. Peeing everywhere and drinking constantly. I hope the medications take effect soon, I can't take much more of this.
I guess I just wanted everyone to know what has happened to our dog some they may learn something from it. I on't know what the message is exactly, don't listen to your vet? Don't buy a dog? Maybe just not a Bassett?
Here is something else ironic. Buddy is out other dog, he's 14. Half Bassett, half black Lab. Got him at the pound. He's always healthy, eats Alpo and the vet can't find anything worng with he ever? Go figure.
Then, last year she contracted Leptosplorosis(sp?). This is found in wild animal urine(possibly in our back yard, fenced by the way?), her liver was damaged from this but pulled out of it pretty well. My wallet was 1,000 dollar lighter however. This was all strange as the vet had given her a shot to prevent this very disease. His answer was sometimes it doesnt work? So why am I paying for this protective measure? 3 dogs in my nieghborhood died that month. I walked around and spoke to the owners. 2 said they were told it was lime desease, one died of kidney failure. My other nieghbor is a state biologist, he said, Lepto was common in the area and often mis diagnosed. Ok, learned a little on this one.
She then had toe nails that were oozing green stuff and were infected? We had the vet cut them back once and that was painful for the dog and heart wrenching for me. We had her on anti biotics, topicals, etc.
The nail began to grow in above the remiander of the old nails, mutated I guess you could say. This time I had her sedated and we removed all the claws as far back as we could to promote new growth. Yes, a nightmare. I being brief in this episodes, but understand the care and time it took for all of these things to be treated.
She started to climb the stairs slowly, not plays as much. She looked depressed, looked at the floor not at us in the eye. She would shake for no reason as if she were cold.
We finally said the first 2 vets have been less than helpful so far, let go to the big 24/7 emergency hospital.(3 million dollar building and all) They were very nice and said it sounds like Addisons. She was hospitalized for 3 days and tests confirmed Addisons. She would need monthly shots $110, prednisone and monitoring for the rest of her life. Well, she's home now, day 5 she still looks horrible, puking up bile every hour. Peeing everywhere and drinking constantly. I hope the medications take effect soon, I can't take much more of this.
I guess I just wanted everyone to know what has happened to our dog some they may learn something from it. I on't know what the message is exactly, don't listen to your vet? Don't buy a dog? Maybe just not a Bassett?
Here is something else ironic. Buddy is out other dog, he's 14. Half Bassett, half black Lab. Got him at the pound. He's always healthy, eats Alpo and the vet can't find anything worng with he ever? Go figure.
