[cdombrowski]

We have yet to experience winter in New England with our basset, but she already seems to be having problems with being chilly (she lost a lot of hair since she was constantly scratching for years before we got her. Her previous owners never treated her or the cats in their house for fleas!). She tends to start shivering, her whole body shaking. We tuck her in with a blanket at night now, but she's still shaking. I asked the vet and she seemed to feel it was that she had so little hair on her underside, but I'm wondering if anyone else has a chilly basset. I never thought I would get my dog a jacket but I Bailey might need one since it's not even that cold yet!

clare

 

[cdombrowski]

Thanks for the responses! I was worried it might be pain, which is why I asked the vet, but now I might push a bit more. She does seem to be better when she's tucked under a blanket (she loves it and will actually wake us up at night to put it back on her). I think I might have the vet check for hypothyroidism since she has been getting these rashes on her belly and chest that the vet just thought were allergy related, but could be something. The only thing is that she is REALLY active and loves to run and go on walks and is a really trim weight, but it's worth a go if it is her thyroid.

love the snow pictures!

clare

 

[cdombrowski]

Well, another update. Bailey had a really bad case of the "shivers" last night and it was so bad that we called the vet's 24 hour service because something was not right. I took her in this morning and the vet did find a tender part on her back and has put her on anti-flammatory and "bed-rest" (which is going to find really hard since she's so active!) for a week. It could be she had an old injury that has been bothering her and she might have reinjured herself somehow yesterday. Hopefully, we'll be able to get her out of pain and hopefully it's not a slipped disk or something.

Clare (and a tired Bailey)