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Wordless Wednesday: Me & Lulu
Happy Wednesday!
This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Tuesday’s Tails Blog Hop: Senior Kitties Galore!
So glad you are joining me today for the Dogs N Pawz Blog Hop called Tuesday’s Tails! New posts go up on Tuesday but you can link up and post when you want all week-long. The whole purpose is to feature cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, etc. so when you link up is up to you! Even pets from PetFinder, are fine. Let’s just get them all homes!
Dogs N Pawz said “I also want to encourage all of you to share each other’s Tuesday’s Tails posts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and whatever other social media channels you use. The more we share the more likely we are to get the word out!”
Let’s hop to it! Today we are featuring lots of senior cats. The shelter is full to capacity – that is not good for these wonderful seniors with lots of life left.
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Tuesday’s Tails pets can all be found at the Anne Arundel County Animal Control. For more information please call (410) 222-8900 (this is Annapolis, Maryland, USA).
Click here for the Pet of the Week Video
Click here to View ALL Pets Available for Adoption
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Please remember that all pets need loving homes. If you are looking for a new pet to take home and live in Maryland, please come visit the Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Animal Control today!
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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Please Send Prayers For Louise
Warning: This post may be a little graphic for weak stomachs.
Lulu the day she came to live with us
Remember a few month’s ago I told you that I thought Louise had squatted on a rose-bush or something and cut her behind? She was on antibiotics and I thought it healed. Well the other day I noticed not only one cut but multiple and an abscess on her anus.
I am very upset to report that Louise has been diagnosed with Perianal Fistula Disease. This is a serious condition and I am very worried about her.
A perianal fistula is a severe lesion that develops around a dog’s anus. A fistula is an abnormal pathway from something inside the body to the surface of the body. “Perianal” simply means the area around the anus.
In perianal fistula disease, there is often more than one lesion. The result is chronic, persistent draining ulcers that are very painful for the dog.
Perianal fistula disease is also known as anal furunculosis.
The vet says that they are not sure but think this disease is auto-immune (it just is, she did not catch it from something or someone). There appears to be some genetic basis, especially in German Shepherds who are predisposed to this condition. Approximately 80% of the dogs affected are German Shepards and most are male. (Louise is neither a German Shepard nor male, but…)
From what I am reading, they use to think the problem was related to how the dog carried its tail and the presence of a type of sweat gland that produces a stinky oily sweat in the anal area (common in German Shepard). Some articles said that they cut off the dog’s tail to try to treat this – but that does not seem to be suggested today. (The Pet Health Library)
Lulu is being treated now with a heavy antibiotic, then we will move to a cyclosporine, and ultimately, if we have to, prednisone. This is not going away but maybe we can make it so unremarkable, it will not hurt her.
She is OK, but I am concerned about long term drug treatment on a 3 1/2 year old dog. I pray that we caught this early and she will respond well. Right now, I am just trying to keep her from the constant butt licking (and Sofie nosing her – which she never did until recently.)
Please light a candle that she does well on the treatment.
Have any of you ever had a dog with this problem and what have you done about it?
NOT Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Black and White Sunday: 9 and the Head
Last Christmas, V bought me 3 matching head sculptures (don’t ask). They sit in the middle of the table. I turn their faces away from view because they creep me out (Bwaahahahaha). Nine likes to lie with them. Hence the title of today’s post.
This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to My Life in Dog Years for hosting. Click here to get to know other wonderful animals and their parents and to see how you can take part in this fabulous blog hop!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Caturday: Pet of the Month
I can not imagine a life without cats. Happy Caturday.
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
