:(  ill cross my fingers for you,

Seems one of my dogs has a skin infection her self, groomer found it.  Trying to get her into the vet tomorrow morning. 

She had a skin infection perhaps 3 years ago too middle of her back, down near the tail.  ( this is in a couple of spots this time tho )  Not sure where it came from, either time . 

Major bacterial skin infection again.  Shaved her back, most was hidden by the fur like last time.  Almost had to sedate her. Drugs for 2 weeks then a followup.

Since this is 2x in 3 years they are concerned she has some sort of minor immune deficiency, which i guess is common in GSDs. ( news to me, but never had to care before )

Tho a couple were mixes, which may negate this illness, I have had several full blooded over the years, and this is the first one that may have the problem.  Not saying its not common, but i must have got lucky before. Last time she had this, the drugs did clear it up. so either way it seems like this can be managed. They also say if she does end up testing positive for this and its not severe, they have some sort of maintenance drug she can be on. 

Last night was her first time with a cone. Took her forever just to figure out how to lay down ( its a "soft cone", not one of those hard plastic satellite dishes ..still not fun, but not as bad.. .).  Last time we went thru this i used an inflatable collar and slept on the floor with her, but that wont do it this time as its a little but down the sides of her back towards her hips and she can reach around the donut.

its amazing how much the fur can hide.  

She lost 8+ pounds too...:(     With her being a long hair, harder to notice. shes always big and fluffy.

Depending on where the 'chew' is, ya it might work better.  In this case its the 'next step' after the inflatable collar.  And is doing the job. She isn't pleased but she cant get to it when i leave her alone to go 'do stuff' ( or sleep ).   Last resort we do have one of those plastic ones in the garage.  We also often use a 'coat' to start with if its body and not legs, but vet wants this to get air, so that was off the table.

I am sure they are a bit warmer than plastic, but i have a couple of floor fans down in the rooms we mostly stay in so she can stick her face near if she needs to.

Tue Aug 06 2024 07:28:19 EDT from darknetuser

I am a fan of the stellite dish cone. I have some soft ones for the very nervous dogs, but the satellite dishes are usually more effective. It is too bad they are too cumbersome.

Best wishes for the dog.

Skin has improved a lot.  Still have a week of drugs + followup the 18th

Related to another thread, i pulled our dead clothes washer out a bit ago to get ready for the new one tomorrow.  Cats are sitting where it used to be, looking around in the air confused...  Dogs walk up, look at the empty spot. then look at me with a WTF sideways face..  

lol

They all have ESP.

Sun Aug 11 2024 19:43:24 EDT from darknetuser

From the makers of "The horses are on the other side of the field now, so I am sure I can open this bag of snacks without causing an stampeede..."


comes "The dogs are all asleep now, so I am sure I can get to the fridge and get a yogurt without causing all the dogs to wake up and pounce on me..."

Now the other dog has it.

I told the vet "we have another dog and 2 cats" she blew it off.    Now i worry about the cats, and if we can catch it too... Waiting for a call back.

Sun Aug 11 2024 18:07:10 EDT from Nurb432

Skin has improved a lot.  Still have a week of drugs + followup the 18th

 

About got in a fight today out with the dog.

Still not 100% sure what the idiot was saying ( other than a few bits and pieces, 'kids play here' 'i dont care'  and 'put your dog away and we will talk'  ) but was harassing me and my GSD, taking pictures, following us home.  Ended up taking my camera out at one intersection where we were going to try to either ditch him or circle back around to end up at the fire station which was full of people ( not sure what was up, several area trucks were hanging out. party perhaps ).   Was going to take a picture of his sorry ass to send to the cops, but he ran off the other direction. 

Ended up calling the cops at home, but had to use vague description " low 30 something, overweight, beard, bicycle, backpack"     Frisbee throwing Millennial or something that lives in his mothers basement.

Told him to get a job at one point and to f-off. that really offended him.

Some days i think seeds magically teleport into my FCR dog's fur.  My other dogs never had it so bad..  20 feet into the woods, look down, she is covered.. 20+ minutes to get it all out.

Sky raisin in the house.. bleh.